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. The first installment revolves around a character named Kurt Sloane, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. Due to opting out of Kickboxer 2 to do the film Double Impact, the second through fourth installments focus on the character David Sloane (played by Sasha Mitchell), younger 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 storyline, with Alain Moussi portraying Kurt Sloane and original actor Van Damme playing his trainer. The seventh entry, titled Kickboxer: Retaliation, serves as a direct sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance.

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 & Robert Hickman
Kickboxer: Armageddon	TBA	Dimitri Logothetis

Cast and characters

Character	Original series					Reboot series
	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