“Kickboxer: Armageddon” Theatrical Poster
Dimitri Logothetis, director of 2018’s Kickboxer: Retaliation, as well as co-director for 2016’s Kickboxer: Vengeance, will soon begin Kickboxer: Armageddon, the upcoming third entry of the rebooted Kickboxer franchise.
Martial arts star Alain Moussi (Kill Order, Jiu Jitsu) will reprise his role as Kurt Sloane from Kickboxer: Vengeance and Kickboxer: Retaliation.
This time around, Moussi is being joined Mark Dacascos (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, One Night in Bangkok), who returns to the franchise for the first time since 1995’s Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (which was technically a standalone film, since it doesn’t revolve around the “Sloan” name… think of it as the Halloween 3 of the Kickboxer franchise).
Contrary to previous reports, Scott Adkins (Prisoner of War, John Wick 4, Ip Man 4) is no longer part of the cast (via MAAC).
Kickboxer: Armageddon follows Kurt Sloane (Moussi), whose life is turned upside down after an explosion meant to kill him kills his wife and baby. With nothing left to lose and bent on vengeance, he enters the underground fight scene of Malaysia to train. For when he tracks down the man responsible for his tragedy, pain can be his weapon of vengeance. However, the man he is looking for is Master Durand’s twin brother Cesare, a martial arts master who leads a sadistic cult. Kurt is in for the fight of his life (via TC).
In a 2018 interview with TMS, Logothetis had this to say (please take the following with a grain of salt, since this was nearly 7 years ago):
“Kickboxer: Armageddon will blow your mind. The kind of fight sequences that I have for this are going to take us to a totally different level. I have a oner planned that’s going to top the oner in Retaliation. It’s going to take us to a completely different level and we’re just excited and we’re just looking forward to having a lot of fun doing that.” Logothetis added that he’d be bringing back Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3), soccer star Ronaldinho and Christopher Lambert (The Hunted). Other possible appearances include MMA stars George St. Pierre (who had a role in Kickboxer: Vengeance), Uriah Faber, Cody Garbrandt, rapper Snoop Dog – not to mention, a second soccer star, Neymar”
Kickboxer: Armageddon begins principal photography (in Dublin and Wicklow) this year from October 27 to November 21.
Keep it here for updates! For now, we leave you with the Trailers for Kickboxer: Retaliation and Kickboxer: Vengeance:
Is there a reason why Vam Damme isn’t mentioned as a returning cast member?
In the first, he was dubbed. In the second, blind. In the third… puff! Gone!
This time, they need to bring in good fight choreographers, and let them take over the action scenes. John Salvitti, Larnel Stoval, JJ Perry, or Tim Man would do wonders for the franchise.
That would be a blessing for sure. Like I mentioned in my review for ‘Retaliation’, this series has the talent in front of the camera, it just seems to be lacking a decent choreographer to really bring the magic together. In 2018 we need more than slow motion and money shots, I like to see some actual exchanges taking place.
Appreciate the shout. I’ll be working again soon to live up to such expectations as I’m frequently mentioned in these forums and feel I’ve warned my way!! So thanks mate.
I am very surprised to read that you can find abetter choreography to do the kickboxing scenes, then Jean Claude Van damme.
Jean Claude Van damme is a legend and he has entertained people such as I for many years.
No one will ever be more better at kickboxing moves, then Jean Claude Van damme.
Have you seen the work of the above choreographers? Van Damme would work well with them. (And has)
The pandemic prevented other films from getting made. It’s sad that this franchise seems to survive anything.
Indeed, I’ll take the Kickboxer sequels (2 and 4 are guilty pleasures) over these flicks.
Alain Moussi – the Dale ‘Apollo’ Cook of this generation.
At least Dale got a decent fight scene with Yu Rong Guang in Deadend of Besiegers. Alain hasn’t had any decent one-on-ones.
I’m laughing at the plot synopsis from MAAC; Kurt’s getting revenge for his murdered wife and child against Durand’s evil twin brother.
Bonus points if they cast Sasha Mitchell as the evil twin. I’ll grant you Mike Tyson and Van Damme as a blind Kung Fu mentor recalls old school Kung Fu and the fight scenes were alright, and Lambert was fun but the main problem it was 1 hr and 52 min. The original which dubbed over Van Damme dubbed over was shorter, but somehow so utterly banal, boring and workmanlike.
I’ll say it again, give us a Kickboxer 5 pack on Blu ray and scrap these nonfactor remake nonsense.
Not sure why they’re not calling Sasha Mitchell up. He’d be another great “bridge” to the original trilogy.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Scott Adkins has joined the cast as an evil cult leader named Cesare. I hope this means that the plot synopsis from MAAC isn’t true, and that Scott brought Tim Man or Andy Long with him.
I am excited for Scott Adkins in this
I’m disappointed that Sasha Mitchell has not been part of this reboot.
He was decent in the Kickboxer sequels.
It just lacks everything
What do you mean?
To be fair, while Logothetis’s Jiujitsu isn’t a good movie, the fight scenes were a bit better than in his Kickboxer films, and were a step in the right direction. I hope with the talent involved, that a good action director is brought in and given full creative control.
Tim Man, Larnell Stoval, Andy Long, Luke Lafontaine, and John Salvitti (especially since he reads these comments!) would be extremely helpful. (Since JJ Perry has been busy in Hollywood, he might be unavailable.)
You forgot to mention that Dacascos starred in Kickboxer 5 ))
Another shit movie 🎥 there is a reason why these people never grow in movie industry
They all wanna be Van Damme