Kickboxer (film series)
Kickboxer is an American action film franchise that totals eight films. The first installment revolves around a character named Kurt Sloan, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Due to opting out of Kickboxer 2 to do the film Double Impact, the second through fourth installments revolve around the character David Sloane (played by Sasha Mitchell in all three entries), little brother to Van Damme's character from the original. Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (simply titled The Redemption in the opening title card) focuses on Matt Reeves (played by Mark Dacascos), a friend of the Sloan family. After a long hiatus a sixth entry was eventually made as Kickboxer: Vengeance which also serves as a reboot to the story line with Alain Moussi playing Kurt Sloane and original actor Jean-Claude Van Damme playing the trainer. The seventh entry entitled Kickboxer: Retaliation serves as a direct sequel to the characters and story in Kickboxer: Vengeance.
| Kickboxer | |
|---|---|
 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 |
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 Stockwell | Dimitri Logothetis & Jim McGrath | Nicholas Celozzi, Ted Field & Dimitri Logothetis |
| Kickboxer: Retaliation | January 26, 2018 | Dimitri Logothetis | Dimitri Logothetis & James McGrath | Dimitri Logothesis & Robert Hickman |
| Kickboxer: Armageddon | 2020 | Dimitri Logothetis | Dimitri Logothetis | Dimitri Logothesis |
Cast and crew
Principal cast
| Character | Original series | Reboot series | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickboxer | Kickboxer 2 | Kickboxer 3 | Kickboxer 4 | Redemption: Kickboxer 5 | Kickboxer: Vengeance | Kickboxer: Retaliation | Kickboxer: Armageddon | |
| Kurt Sloane | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Emmanuel Kervyn | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Alain Moussi | ||||
| Tong Po | Michel Qissi | Kamel Krifa | Dave Bautista | |||||
| Eric Sloane | Dennis Alexio | Casey Stengel | Dennis Alexio | Darren Shahlavi | ||||
| Xian Chow | Dennis Chan | |||||||
| David Sloan | Sasha Mitchell | |||||||
| Matt Reeves | Mark Dacascos | |||||||
| Mr. Negaal | James Ryan | |||||||
| Master Durand | Jean-Claude Van Damme | |||||||
| Mongkut | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | |||||||
| Joseph King | Steven Swadling | |||||||