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Jean-Claude Van Damme returning for Kickboxer: Retaliation

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We’re still a couple of months away from the release of Kickboxer: Vengeance, but camereas are already rolling on a sequel to the reboot – intended as the second part of a trilogy – and Jean-Claude Van Damme is now officially on board the film, titled Kickboxer: Retaliation, having posted a video of him signing his contract […]

Kat Foster joins Van Damme in comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson

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Deadline is reporting that Kat Foster (Weeds, Your Family or Mine) is set to star alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme as the female lead in Amazon’s comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson. The pilot sees Van Damme as a “famous actor and martial-arts pro who comes out of retirement to resume his alter-ego: an undercover private contractor by […]

Blu-ray Review – Death Warrant (1990)

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Death Warrant, 1990. Directed by Deran Serafian. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Cynthia Gibb, Art LaFleur, Patrick Kilpatrick, Robert Guillaume, Joshua John Miller, George Dickerson, Conrad Dunn and Abdul Salaam El Razzac. SYNOPSIS: A French Canadian cop goes undercover in a violent prison to investigate the deaths of several inmates but soon uncovers a plan to […]

Blu-ray Review – A.W.O.L. (1990)

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A.W.O.L., 1990. Directed by Sheldon Lettich. Starring  Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Brian Thompson, Lisa Pelikan, Ashley Johnson, Abdel Qissi and Eric Karson. SYNOPSIS: A French Foreign Legion deserter takes to street fighting to help pay his murdered brother’s wife’s debts whilst trying to avoid capture. Sandwiched between the classic Kickboxer and the largely under-appreciated […]

Blu-ray Review – Black Eagle (1988)

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Black Eagle, 1988. Directed by Eric Karson. Starring Shô Kosugi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Doran Clark, Bruce French, Gene Davis and Vladimir Skomarovsky. SYNOPSIS: A top CIA agent investigates a US military plane that has crashed somewhere over Europe but comes face to face with Soviet agents operating in the area. Much like the 1986 The […]

Gina Carano joins the Kickboxer remake

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Following on from the news that Jean-Claude Van Damme has joined the cast of the Kickboxer remake as Master Chow, producers Radar Films has now announced that MMA star Gina Carano (Haywire, Fast & Furious 6) has signed on to play the film’s female fight promoter. “It will be fun to watch Gina as the […]

DVD Review – Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)

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Kickboxer: Retaliation, 2018. Directed by Dimitri Logothetis. Starring Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christopher Lambert, Sara Malakul Lane, Mike Tyson, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, and Sam Medina. SYNOPSIS: After the brutal defeat of Tong Po, kickboxer Kurt Sloane is kidnapped and forced to take on the hulking Mongkut in another fight to the death. […]

Kickboxer: Retaliation clip featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

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Coinciding with its digital release today, we’ve got a new clip from the action sequel Kickboxer: Retaliation which features Jean-Claude Van Damme and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, a.k.a. The Mountain from Game of Thrones; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Kickboxer: Retaliation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK7HxRMVNtY One year after finding vengeance for his murdered brother, […]

Movie Review – Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)

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Kickboxer: Retaliation, 2018. Directed by Dimitri Logothetis. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alain Moussi, Christopher Lambert, Mike Tyson, Sara Malakul Lane, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, and Ronaldinho Gaúcho. SYNOPSIS After the events of Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kurt Sloane is captured and imprisoned by Thomas Moore (Lambert). Now back in Thailand, Sloane must fight Moore’s champion, a 6ft 8, 400 […]