Kickboxer: Vengeance type Movie

Jean-Claude Van Damme will kickbox — and hopefully dance — once again.

RLJ Entertainment has announced that it acquired Kickboxer: Vengeance, a revival of the Kickboxer franchise that sees the return of Van Damme, now in a mentoring role, alongside a number of athletes starring in the film, including Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi, Gina Carano, Georges St-Pierre, and Cain Velasquez.

Vegeance offers a reboot of the original film and focuses on Moussi’s Kurt Sloane who journeys to Thailand to challenge Tong Po (Bautista), who killed his brother. Kurt trains under the tutelage of Van Damme’s Master Durand.

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Written by Dimitri Logothetis (Sleepwalkers) and Jim McGrath, and directed by Blue Crush‘s John Stockwell, Vengeance is set to hit theaters and Video on Demand services later this year. The 1989 original Kickboxer featured Michael Qissi as Tong Po and Van Damme as Kurt Sloane, allowing the action star to both show off his fighting and dancing moves. Kurt trained under Xian Chow (Dennis Chan) in the original film to fight Tong Pon and seek revenge for his brother. Check out a new look at the film below.