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:

• Kickboxer (1989), directed by Mark DiSalle and David Worth
• Kickboxer 2 (1991) (a.k.a. Kickboxer 2: The Road Back), directed by Albert Pyun
• Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992), directed by Rick King
• Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994), directed by Albert Pyun
• Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995) (a.k.a. The Redemption), directed by Kristine Peterson
• Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016), directed by John Stockwell
• Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018), directed by Dimitri Logothetis
• Kickboxer: Armageddon (2019), directed by Dimitri Logothetis

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