Kickboxer (film series)

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

Kickboxer is an American action film franchise that totals seven films to date. 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.

Films

Film	Release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)
Kickboxer	1989	Mark DiSalle & David Worth	Glenn A. Bruce	TBA
Kickboxer 2	1991	Albert Pyun	David S. Goyer	TBA
Kickboxer 3	1992	Rick King	Dennis A. Pratt	TBA
Kickboxer 4	1994	Albert Pyun	Albert Pyun & David Yorkin	TBA
Redemption: Kickboxer 5	1995	Kristine Peterson	Rick Filon	TBA
Kickboxer: Vengeance	2016	John Stockwell	Dimitri Logothetis & Jim McGrath	TBA
Kickboxer: Retaliation	2018	Dimitri Logothetis	Dimitri Logothetis & James McGrath	TBA

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				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