Jean-Claude Van Dama was able to return to this cult saga but not the way you thought

Kurt Sloan wants to revenge his brother Eric, who was paralyzed by the terrible tong of his life during the battle of kickboxing. The concern is that Kurt does not know how to fight. He will have to learn the basics of this sport in the old Sage Xian chow …

These three synopsis lines should be logically enough to grab the fire between Jean-Claude Van Damis’ fuss, as we are talking about the cult film Kickboxer, which came out in 1989 in our countries. It is understandable to say that the exploitation of JCVD, which is facing his opponent Tong Poe, was using several chapters of our magnetoscopes questions at that time …

An indestructible franchise, or almost

Great success, the film will also be clearly reduced in the franchise, as at least 8 films, including 2016 reset. Last dating of 2018 with Kickboxer: The Heritage. 5th film in Saga, Kickboxer 5: The last battle, not connected to the front and presents a new character, Matthew Reeves, depicted by Mark Dacascos. New Opus, Kickboxer: Armageddon, scheduled for 2026.

Before we continue to dig a vein (still a little tired …), Force Multiplier Studios announces a video game based on the first movie Kickboxer on JCVD. The partnership was created with Dimitri Logothetis and Rob Hickman, the authors of Kickboxer: Revenge, Kickboxer: Herialance and The Next Kickboxer: Armageddon.

The game is currently at the beginning of its development, so we don’t know much about it. The studio defines that it features film characters and emblem places. Van Dam’s participation was neither confirmed nor denied.

For an anecdote, Force Multiplier is a new studio created by three developers who worked on Call of Duty, Borderlands and Halo franchises. Also adapt to Tomb Raider and Mortal Kombat’s movie theater. This will not even make Kickboxer nuggets of the next game. To see especially after the first pictures of the title …