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Plot: Exiled to a video-only release when its distributor balked after the flop of Jean-Claude Van Damme's previous film Knock Off, this lavish adventure deserved a chance at theatrical success. Act...( read more read more... )ion icon Van Damme recasts himself as a tragic romantic hero in this entertaining old-fashioned adventure with a modern sensibility. "The Muscles from Brussels" is no Brando, but he acquits himself nicely as a cocky boxer who double-crosses a Marseilles mobster and joins the French Foreign Legion when his half-baked plan backfires with tragic consequences. Surrounded by a better than usual cast (including Steven Berkoff as a Teutonic drill sergeant, Jim Carter as the ruthless ganglord, and Nicholas Farrell as a gentleman soldier with a taste for gambling and a dark past), Van Damme's dour performance sometimes gets lost in the colorful characters around him. But that's okay--there's adventure enough to go around and he's willing to share it. The Marseilles scenes evoke a quaint movie past with their smoky bars and shadowy streets, but the film is reborn as an ambitious, stoic platoon drama in the sands of French Morocco. Legionnaire alludes to classic films from Beau Geste to Casablanca to Lawrence of Arabia, but ultimately marches its own macho course, reveling in testosterone-driven heroics and bonding-under-fire while acknowledging the irony of its colonial mission ("We're the intruders," realizes one soldier). It's a calculated risk for Van Damme (who also cowrote and coproduced), but if Legionnaire never quite grasps the epic scope it's reaching for, it remains one of his best films, a handsome, exciting, and surprisingly grim desert adventure. --Sean Axmaker

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  • theturdkingofohio
    theturdkingofohio
    1.0 Star
    MCT:
    April 11, 2008
    JCVD plays a legionnaire, finally a role that panders to his french accent. This movie is a wet fart.
  • mentalfig
    mentalfig
    0.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 22, 2007
    Van Dammage will never do better than the sublimly insane Derailed...seriously it has more plot holes than plot
  • davscds
    davscds
    3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 9, 2007
    Another Van Damme movie with something to do with the Foriegn Legion!

    Much less martial arts, which is good, as it wouldn't really fit in this film and much more gun toting.
    As with most Van damme movies, it isn't the worlds greatest movie, but keeps your attention and makes you want to watch.
  • lenozzediseneca
    lenozzediseneca
    2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 16, 2007
    Jean Claude and camels means you've got a straight to DVD hit. The sad thing is he doesn't have to do any martial arts on the said camels
  • jaystardaman
    jaystardaman
    Want To See
    MCT:
    April 15, 2007
    Spike Lee was the perfect director for this ambitious and heartfelt sports drama, which brought out the best in both Lee and his well-chosen cast. In his third film for Lee, Denzel Washington plays Jak...
    Starring: Denzel Washington, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Hill Harper, Ned Beatty, John Turturro
    Directed by: Spike Lee Rate It
  • guts29
    guts29
    4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 8, 2007
    Amazing movie. Nothing like your typical Van Damme movie, so don't expect crazy martial arts fight scenes. Definitly worth seeing.
  • headneophyte
    headneophyte
    1.0 Star
    MCT:
    March 8, 2007
    TBS hearts VanDamme! EVERY one of his crap movies, I have seen on TBS...I have NEVER rented one, but somehow they ALL make it to TBS, maybe thats why TBS had to take a break!
  • spacecasefukface
    spacecasefukface
    3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 10, 2007
    not a typical van damme film. low buget straight to dvd release is a decent watch. it helps if you have a soft spot for van damage like I do.
  • garyX
    garyX
    1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 30, 2006
    Typical Van Damme transferred to the desert, complete with all the usual accompanying cliches. JC fans won't complain. I, however, prefer GOOD films.
  • Collegekid
    Collegekid
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 5, 2006
    Aren't all of his movies about the same. Blah blah blah kick some Ass. They are vaying in entertainment but all the same movie.
  • truenorthstrongnfree
    truenorthstrongnfree
    2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 18, 2006
    I agree with the Flixster reviewer. This one DID deserve a theatrical release. This one COULD have been the movie that saved JC's career. Alas, he's now doomed to live out the rest of his life in a ddirect-to-video hell.
  • splittailluvr
    splittailluvr
    3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 12, 2006
    While its not Beau Geste its a pretty good modern soldier in the sand movie about the Legendary Legionnaire's.
  • jessmjordan
    jessmjordan
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 10, 2006
    well this guy looks like he is in some uniform and if it is a marine uniform or something like that i think that i would love this move because most marines movies i have seen have either been tradgedies or really sadand since i live for these kind of movies i will love this movie
  • heatherbellingham
    heatherbellingham
    Not Interested
    MCT:
    October 23, 2006
    AHAHAHAHAHAHA I've been working on a campaign at work to sell this to Japan!!! Rights are available now!!!!
  • sazrarocks
    sazrarocks
    2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 4, 2006
    i don't care what anyone says, van damme doesn't need to act his way out of a paper bag; he can simply kick it in half!
  • slytherinsux
    slytherinsux
    2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 24, 2006
    I used to have the worlds biggest crush on Jean-Claude Van Damme. I think it had something to do with the fact that he could do the splits.
  • lostindark
    lostindark
    5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 8, 2006
    not kickboxing, fighting and beating every1 with his famous-dangerous-mortal kick! u'll see the difference if u watch!..
  • barbre
    barbre
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 24, 2006
    Jean-Claudes best acting performance, by far and away. Not his best movie though, that would be Bloodsport.

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