The Redemption: Kickboxer 5
After Sasha Mitchell decides not to return, the studio replaces him with Mark Dacascos (Oh hi Mark!) and finish the series on the fifth film... that is until JCVD decided to reboot the series with three new films: Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kickboxer: Retaliation, and Kickboxer: Armageddon (Releasing later this year?).
Riff material includes:
- Friend not mentioned in previous films becomes main character (Just like David, the third brother who was never mentioned in the first film, became the hero from the second to fourth entries)
- James Ryan of Space Mutiny fame plays the head of the evil South Africa kickboxing syndicate
- Temptation to use Oh Hi Mark jokes intensifies.
In Kickboxer 5, David gets murdered off screen, so a friend of the family travels out to avenge his death.
Trivia: For anyone wondering why Mitchell didn't return, it was because he got in trouble with the law. Around this time he got arrested for Domestic Abuse. He couldn't reprise his part without breaking probation (Which he later did break, costing him his role on the TV Series Step by Step).
Bonus points to anyone who riffed Kickboxer 2 to 4 and thought of Hoyt Axton's song Mitchell... while riffing on Sasha Mitchell. Happy Riffing.
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