Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Yam, Tony Schiena

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R, 90 min.

Directed by: Philippe Martinez

Release Date: December 28, 2004

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  • June 26, 2009
    Wait, what? Simon Yam? Headshots everywhere? Absurdly over-the-top use of quick jumps and flashbacks? Shit, Van Damme might be starring in really awful movies these days, but i wouldn't guess they were that insane. Either that or the director was doing 8 ball after 8 ball while s...( read more)hooting this.
  • January 4, 2008
    probably one of van damme's good movies but it's still not re-watchable. i'm guessing it's probably thanks mostly to philippe martinez that it's better than usual. not as much of a cheesefest as most of his others either! average stuff
  • February 18, 2009
    It's good! I liked it! Somewhat of a surprise.
    Yah, it's an action film and it does mostly follow the numbers. It uses that cool/artful direction and editing that is common in modern action, but it's effective. The director and/or the editor do go into some interesting flairs in ...( read more)some of the sequences which look, well... cool. It also develops (yah, actually develops, if only somewhat) some interesting characters that go a bit beyond your stock fare. Jean-Claude's character is even a little different that your average stock hero and, you know, he shows a bit of his acting chops through the character.
    Basically if you want an actioner that hit all the popcorn notes but still deviates enough to be interesting, see it.
  • November 19, 2009
    Jean-Claude Van Damme was showing his high quality act. I felt how much he loved his wife by his expressions.
  • August 19, 2009
    overcomplicated plot and dire acting from all involved makes a film with some nice ideas and brief good moments all seem a little out of sorts. You can see far better action films and better van damme films for that matter. One of the saving graces is van dammes performance is th...( read more)e best acting on show, but at times that showcases why the film fails also. There is no fallout or resoultion either to the very abrupt well thats done with ending.
  • July 21, 2009
    Fuckin awesomest movie! Not ever but its awesome! An action movie lovers feast!
  • July 8, 2009
    I love Van Damme Movies, BUT I couldnt see anything I m used to with his Movies. This was not Typical Van Damme Movie. DARK HELL what a boring piece of shit. I mean there was even not a single Van Damme Sidekicks I love to watch in his Movies. I forgive you for this Movie Van ...( read more)Damme.
  • July 8, 2009
    Quite an emotion-filled movie. I would say this is the best of the ten or so Van Damme movies I have watched. I highly recommend it.
  • February 2, 2009
    This film had potential. It has some good action and fight scenes. The story is decent but overall the direction and some of the acting are not that great. The director made it seem like a very low budget film at times. Also they seemed to make the story go to fast. Plus the endi...( read more)ng could have been better. Van Damme was very good in his role. But even he could not save the entire film. He has made better films.
  • January 20, 2009
    well, only option and advise to see it would be for Jean-Claude Van Damme fans..

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