Kickboxer is an American action film franchise that totals seven titles. The first instalment, released in 1989, revolves around a character named Kurt Sloane, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. As Van Damme opted out of doing Kickboxer 2 to work on Double Impact, the second through fourth instalments focus on the character David Sloane, played by Sasha Mitchell, the younger brother to Van Damme's character. Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (simply titled The Redemption in the opening title card) focuses on Matt Reeves, played by Mark Dacascos, a friend of the Sloane family.
After a long hiatus, a sixth entry was made, titled Kickboxer: Vengeance, which serves as a reboot to the storyline, with Alain Moussi portraying Kurt Sloane and Van Damme playing his trainer. The seventh entry, titled Kickboxer: Retaliation, is a direct sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance. An eighth film, titled Kickboxer: Armageddon, is in the works.
Films Film U.S. release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Producer(s) Kickboxer September 8, 1989 Mark DiSalle & David Worth Glenn A. Bruce Mark di Salle Kickboxer 2 June 13, 1991 Albert Pyun David S. Goyer Tom Karnowski Kickboxer 3 September 4, 1992 Rick King Dennis A. Pratt Michael D. Pariser Kickboxer 4 March 3, 1994 Albert Pyun Albert Pyun & David Yorkin Jessica G. Budin Redemption: Kickboxer 5 August 1995 Kristine Peterson Rick Filon Michael S. Murphey Kickboxer: Vengeance September 2, 2016 John StockwellDimitri Logothetis & Jim McGrath Nicholas Celozzi, Ted Field & Dimitri Logothetis Kickboxer: Retaliation January 26, 2018 Dimitri Logothetis Dimitri Logothetis & Robert Hickman
Cast and characters Character Original series Reboot series Kickboxer Kickboxer 2 Kickboxer 3 Kickboxer 4 Redemption: Kickboxer 5 Kickboxer: Vengeance Kickboxer: Retaliation 1989 1991 1992 1994 1995 2016 2018 Kurt Sloane Jean-Claude Van Damme Emmanuel Kervyn Alain Moussi Tong "The Tiger" Po Michel Qissi Kamel Krifa Dave Bautista Eric Sloane Dennis Alexio Casey Stengel Dennis Alexio Darren Shahlavi Xian Chow Dennis Chan David Sloane Sasha Mitchell Matt Reeves Mark Dacascos Mr. Negaal James Ryan Master Durand Jean-Claude Van Damme Mongkut Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Joseph King Steven Swadling
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