Kickboxer | |
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![]() DVD box set containing the first five entries | |
Directed by | Mark DiSalle (1) David Worth (1) Albert Pyun (2, 4) Rick King (3) Kristine Peterson (5) John Stockwell (6) Dimitri Logothetis (7, 8) |
Distributed by | Kings Road Entertainment |
Release date | 1989–present |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Kickboxer is an American direct-to-video action film franchise that totals seven titles. [1] The first instalment, released in 1989, revolves around a character named Kurt Sloane, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. [1] [2] [3] 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. [2] [1] 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. [1]
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. [4] [2] The seventh entry, titled Kickboxer: Retaliation, is a direct sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance. [1] An eighth film, titled Kickboxer: Armageddon, is in the works. [5]
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
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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: The Aggresor | 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 Stockwell | Dimitri Logothetis & Jim McGrath | Nicholas Celozzi, Ted Field & Dimitri Logothetis |
Kickboxer: Retaliation | January 26, 2018 | Dimitri Logothetis | Dimitri Logothetis & Robert Hickman | |
Kickboxer: Armageddon | TBA | Dimitri Logothetis |
Character | Original series | Reboot series | ||||||
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Kickboxer | Kickboxer 2 | Kickboxer 3 | Kickboxer 4 | Redemption: Kickboxer 5 | Kickboxer: Vengeance | Kickboxer: Retaliation | Kickboxer: Armageddon | |
1989 | 1991 | 1992 | 1994 | 1995 | 2016 | 2018 | TBA | |
Kurt Sloane | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Emmanuel Kervyn | Jean-Claude Van Damme A | 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 | |||||||