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Among the stars of the upcoming film Kickboxer: Retaliation are the global household names Jean-Claude Van Damme (“the Muscles from Brussels”) and Mike (“Iron Mike”) Tyson. But neither of them is the movie’s star.

Instead, doling out the film’s righteous punishment is Alain Moussi.

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So what’s his nickname?

“I don’t have one yet,” he laughs. “It has to be assigned.” Then, he remembers that when he was a stuntman, before he became a bone-crunching leading man, they called him “Moose.”

As per Moussi’s wishes, the world premiere for Kickboxer: Retaliation will be in Ottawa. It takes place Thursday at Cineplex Cinemas Lansdowne, complete with a pre-screening red carpet and an after-party at Craft Beer Market. Tickets are $30 at alainmoussi.com/kbr-premiere.

Later this month, Moussi will travel to Los Angeles and then Beirut — not coincidentally, he is Lebanese on his father’s side — to celebrate the $13-million film, which was shot in 2016 in Las Vegas and Thailand. In Canada, the film will only be available digitally, on iTunes, on Jan. 26, but it will open in theatres in the U.S. and internationally.