Tom Jolliffe looks at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s history of tournament fight films… If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. For a while in the earlier career of Jean-Claude Van Damme, that seemed to be more or less the case. When Enter the Dragon ended up as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon, a host of imitators […]
Mike Tyson joins Jean-Claude Van Damme in Kickboxer: Retaliation
We’re still a few months away from the September release of the Kickboxer reboot Kickboxer: Vengeance later, but with production is already underway on a sequel, we now have word that Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3) has signed on to appear in the follow-up, titled Kickboxer: Retaliation. “This is a monumental moment for us,” states producer Robert Hickman of […]
Kickboxer remake already has a sequel in development
It looks like the producers of the upcoming Kickboxer remake are confident that they have a hit on their hands, with Deadline revealing that a sequel to Kickboxer Vengeance is already in development. Entitled Kickboxer Retaliation, the second film will see stuntman Alain Moussi returning to the role of Kurt Sloane, played by Jean-Claude Van […]
Jean-Claude Van Damme returning for Kickboxer: Retaliation
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 […]
DVD Review – Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)
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. […]
Watch a jailhouse fight scene from Kickboxer: Retaliation
With a little over two weeks to go until its home entertainment release, a new clip has arrived online for the action sequel Kickboxer: Retaliation which sees Alain Moussi’s Kurt Sloane getting involved in a jailhouse brawl with a group of inmates; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Kickboxer: Retaliation clip featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZG2Ft-4nNM […]
Exclusive Interview – Dimitri Logothetis, Director of Kickboxer: Retaliation
Tom Jolliffe chats with Dimitri Logothetis, the writer, producer and director of Kickboxer: Retaliation… Writer, director and producer, Dimitri Logothetis has had a long and successful career in TV and film. He’s worked in an array of genres over the years, from action, thriller, sci-fi, and horror, as well as a highly regard documentary called […]
Kickboxer: Retaliation clip featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
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)
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 […]
Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Mike Tyson in clip from Kickboxer: Retaliation
Following a new trailer and poster for Kickboxer: Retaliation [check them out here], a clip has arrived online for upcoming action sequel which features a tense fight scene between Master Durand (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Briggs (Mike Tyson); watch it here… SEE ALSO: Kickboxer: Retaliation gets a batch of images One year after finding vengeance for his […]
