Jean-Claude Van Damme has starred in dozens of action movies, but arguably his most overlooked also happens to be his directorial debut. My love of martial arts began in childhood, which naturally sent me down an infinite rabbit hole of watching every martial arts flick I could get my hands on and studying a wide

M aybe you're too young to remember Kickboxer, the 1989 martial arts movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme learns Muay Thai in a training montage, kicks down a banana tree, and dances

In 1989, the original Kickboxer martial arts movie helped establish Jean-Claude Van Damme as an action star. Now, for the first time ever, the Kickboxer franchise is making the leap to video games with Force Multiplier Studios, a team of developers with experience on Call of Duty, Borderlands, Halo, Tomb Raider, and Mortal Kombat.