Kickboxer: Armageddon

There is going to be a third installment of the rebooted Kickboxer series, entitled Kickboxer: Armageddon. Plot details are under wraps, but the script is complete and both co-writer and director Dimitri Logothetis is returning to the director's chair.

The director confirmed in an interview that Alain Moussi would return as Kurt Sloane and returning as well are Mike Tyson, Christopher Lambert, and Ronaldinho, who appeared in Kickboxer: Retaliation.

The interview with Dimitri Logothetis about both Retaliation and Armaggedon can be found here:
http://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.co...hetis.html?m=1

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Teaser has been released:

Kurt Sloane is no longer clean cut...

Production may finally be beginning in January 2024 and it looks like it will be Kurt Sloane vs. his mentor's twin brother, who kills his wife and daughter.

https://deadline.com/2023/08/kickbox...is-1235521859/

Hopefully it doesn't tank further downwards like the original Kickboxer story did.

I've only watched the first Kickboxer with JVD so don't really know too much about the plot lines in any of the following films but i do know that JVDs character and brother don't end up happy ever after.

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Think of the Boston albums, and how they get a little worse each time. Problem is, Boston used to be good, and the first Kickboxer wasn't, so imagine how bad Kickboxer 5 is.

Loved the original, along with all early JCVD films the boy me was obsessed but it doesn't hold up very well and I'll take a long pass on this, cheers.

This will be the final film as the reboots meant to be strictly a trilogy.

Scott Adkins has been cast as the lead villain of the film, Master Durand's brother Cesare, who is a cult leader who kills Sloane's wife and unborn child, leading him to head to Myanmar to unleash his fury on the underground fight circuit. Shooting begins in April.

https://screenanarchy.com/2024/02/ki...l-chapter.html

Actually, according to Rotten Tomatoes...it's gone upwards. Vengeance (41% RT), the 1st film, had been plagued with some on-set issues plus the death of actor Darren Shahlavi (who played Kurt's brother Eric in his final film role) but Retaliation (92% RT) actually is a major improvement and doesn't kill off Kurt Sloane, but puts him in prison to take on a new opponent in The Mountain from Game of Thrones. Now, Armageddon will have him take on Scott Adkins as the main villain.

That 92's only based on 13 reviews.

UFC fighters Jorge Masvidal and Derrick Lewis, alongside former fighter Paige VanZant have also been added to the cast. They're looking to end this trilogy on a high note with the addition of Adkins and the real-life MMA fighters.