Kickboxer (film series)

Kickboxer (film series)
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 now playing the trainer. The recent seventh entry entitled Kickboxer: Retaliation serves as a direct sequel to the characters and story in Kickboxer: Vengeance.

The Kickboxer film series encompasses:

Characters

Character Movie
Kickboxer Kickboxer 2 Kickboxer 3 Kickboxer 4 Kickboxer 5 Kickboxer: Vengeance Kickboxer: Retaliation
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
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