The Quest (1996)

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• Tsubaki S

  
  Van Damme basically remakes Bloodsport, but makes it boring instead of fun.

• Lenny M

  
  Pretty much the same movie as Bloodsport set in the early 20th century with a more "elaborate" plot. I don't know why but I love this movie.

• Jason O

  
  In "The Quest," Jean-Claude Van Damme directs and stars in this action movie about a street dweller (Jean-Claude Van Damme) who helps out kids that are on the street the best he can. He accidentally gets onboard a freight ship and travels to the Far East. Some people notice… More
  In "The Quest," Jean-Claude Van Damme directs and stars in this action movie about a street dweller (Jean-Claude Van Damme) who helps out kids that are on the street the best he can. He accidentally gets onboard a freight ship and travels to the Far East. Some people notice his fighting skills and he eventually gets entered in a fighting tournament that features the best fighters from various countries and continents. The fighters range from a sumo wrestler from Japan, a martial arts fighter from China who fights just like a monkey, and a monstrous and intimidating fighter from Mongolia. It's up to Van Damme to try and show everybody that he's the best fighter and have a chance at winning a huge golden dragon that goes to the fighter. Unlike what Van Damme movies are usually known for, "The Quest" does have a good plot, and it's even directed by Van Damme himself. He should make more movies like this. "The Quest" has a plot, the fighting is exciting, and it's a good movie. I recommend anybody who likes good fighting movies to get "The Quest." You'll be glad you went along on this quest. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001.

• Phil H

  
  A reasonable cast and some nice looks only save this feeble film. Its basically just a rehash of 'Bloodsport' with virtually the same types of fighters, plot and fight sequences!! Roger Moore adds alittle class but thats about it really.

• Dean M

  
  Van Damme did good jobs on acting and directing in this epic one-on-one martial-arts fighters film.

• Kalel J

  
  After rewatching this film recently I really had the urge to re-rate it. It was one of my favourite action films as a kid and it has been a few years since the last time I've seen it, however, my tastes may have matured and now I see many flaws in an otherwise potential driven… More
  After rewatching this film recently I really had the urge to re-rate it. It was one of my favourite action films as a kid and it has been a few years since the last time I've seen it, however, my tastes may have matured and now I see many flaws in an otherwise potential driven script. The main problem with the film (apart from it's blatant rip-off of 'Bloodsport') is that it loses the plot half way through the second act and continues right through to the conclusion. The plot and characters of this film had potential and with a different director at the helm it may have worked well. However, we are left now with a film that apart from Van Damme's 'Christopher' has a cast of bad characterization, contradictions in character and plot movement, bad use of emotion, and little evident character development in times when it was sorely needed. Van Damme dubbed this the 'Ben-Hur' of martial arts films, instead we are left with the doppelganger of an already established action film.

• Joseph E

  
  Van Damme is great!

• Marcus W

  
  Harmlessly enjoyable "warriors gather from around the globe" movie with competent direction from Van Damme. Moore gives good support and it's wonderful to see so many different fighting styles pitted against each other - with great choreography. The tone is more Stephen… More
  Harmlessly enjoyable "warriors gather from around the globe" movie with competent direction from Van Damme. Moore gives good support and it's wonderful to see so many different fighting styles pitted against each other - with great choreography. The tone is more Stephen Sommers than Ang Lee, but there are far worse ways to spend 90 minutes.

• Dimitris S

  
  Seeing Roger Moore on his "quest of regaining the glorious fame he once had" is probably the best thing coming from an ambitious,eccentrically fucked up "competition" of juvenile warriors including Van Damme.Hey,it's not the worst movie ever but the whole… More
  Seeing Roger Moore on his "quest of regaining the glorious fame he once had" is probably the best thing coming from an ambitious,eccentrically fucked up "competition" of juvenile warriors including Van Damme.Hey,it's not the worst movie ever but the whole movie pack of this genre is generally despicable.

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