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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Peter Bryant, Ron Bottitta
Directed By: Sheldon Lettich
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396155473
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 2006-08-15
Running Time: 110
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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An ex-combat desert storm veteran is hired as a bodyguard by a former world heavyweight boxing champ to protect his family and him against a vengeful rap music mogul. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/25/2007 Starring: Jean Claude Van Damme Vivica A Fox Run time: 110 minutes Rating: R
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Summary: JCVD stepping a bit outside his comfort zone
Comment: The Jean Claude Van Damme Review Matrix (JCVD-RM)
1. Who is he? He's a hallucination-prone, recovering alcoholic, troubled former U.S. soldier Phillippe Sauvage who served in Afghanistan and a few times in Iraq.
2. Which family member/friend must be avenged? His former Sergeant Major, with whom he served multiple tours, was killed in a shootout.
3. Does he take his shirt off? Unbelievably, it doesn't happen.
4. Does he have sex with a C-List actress? It was probably a deleted scene (or will be in the sequel), but JCVD hit the jackpot in this one and he hooked up with Tamara Barclay (Vivica A. Fox). C-List? Pshaw!!
5. Is there a tournament? He trains several novice bodyguards like there is going to be a tournament, but it's just to protect the champ.
6. Is training needed for this tournament? In a surprise twist, JCVD trains others!
7. Does he do the splits in training or in the tournament? The actual splits aren't done, but in the penultimate battle, he does a kick that exposes "Big Jim and the Twins" to the enemy - close enough.
8. Does he punch someone in the balls? No, but one of Wayne's booty-call girls field-goals a thug's balls somewhere near his esophagus.
9. Does he do a series of flying or 360 kicks? Good ol' JCVD, he had me going for a while. He saved the 360-goodness for the very end.
10. Is his enemy unbeatable? Hardly. A group of ignorant thugs who hold their pistols sideways do not a formidable enemy make.
11. Does he overcome an injury or other hindrance? Aside from being fragile and suffering from PTSD, there are no real injuries of which to speak.
12. Does he win? He basically assassinates everyone; so, I'd call that a win.
A former boxer, Wayne Barclay, needs protection from a cliché-ridden Suge Knight wannabe. Eventually, a battle-hardened Sauvage (JCVD sporting a huge, baseball-sized knot on his head throughout the movie) is hired and tasked to build his own security team. The people he plans on hiring are the "hardest of the hard corp," but that basically ends up being one former soldier buddy and a few people from Barclay's gym.
To summarize this movie, I'd borrow a line from Wayne: it's like "pouring water on $*&# and calling it gravy". The convoluted plot, the stereotypical black characters, and the paint-by-numbers approach shouldn't work. It should be ridiculous. Adding JCVD's over-complicated character is brilliant. It's never enough for JCVD to have a drinking problem in a movie; the character has to be riddled with problems and responsible for the My Lai Massacre in order for JCVD to bite. Somehow, however, all of it together simply works.
As far as production value goes, it's slightly better than average for JCVD. It steals bits from several other movies (The Bodyguard, Major League, Four Brothers, Rocky II, Romeo Must Die,New Jack City, Jungle Fever) but ends up providing a relatively new, enjoyable experience. Watch this movie. That's an order, soldier.
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Summary: Just kill me, please!!!
Comment: I'm a big Van Damme fan, I own all his movies, even this one, but you don't have to do that!!!
Avoid this movie, it's the worse of the worse ( I repeat I'm a big fan of JCVD ).
Bad acting, bad directing, bad story.
Don't make the same mistake I did, you have to avoid this movie and Derailed at all costs.
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Summary: Hard Corps?.....Still Hard Van Damme!
Comment: I dont like to compare movies instead i would rather judge each on its own merits and quite frankly this Vann Damme movie im glad to have watched! Theres plenty of good action sequences and pretty believeble bad guys all helped make this a Vanny movie to see.
Know one should expect J.C.V.D to be the absolute high kicker he was in premier heydays and should rather expect to see a more matured actor cum action star as in these newer offerings from Vanny are more story biased than balls-out action but with The Hard Corps action fiends will not be dissapointed!!A super effort from the best Martial Arts action /movie star ever to be silver screened..Worth every penny..
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Summary: action movies
Comment: In our household we enjoy watching jean claude van damme movies and this adds to the collection
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Summary: Amazing acting from Van Damme!!
Comment: Don't let the other reviews of this movie fool you. Some JCVD fans may be dissapointed due to the minimal martial arts scenes in this film.However, this is not a martial arts movie, it is a suspense drama movie that contains more acting and less fighting. With that in mind, I see this film as a transition for Van Damme who appears to be stepping away from martial arts films and stepping toward suspense movies.
Van Damme delivers an emotional yet highly entertaining
performance as a military veteran who is haunted by an accidental bombing of innocent civilians and many children by terrorists. There are some flash back scenes which vividly show Van Damme's inner struggle to cope with the painful memory of war.
Vivica Fox manages her famous brother who is an ex-athlete turned business man. The bad guys want to "eliminate" Vivica's brother by any means neccessary. Basically, Van Damme is hired as a bodyguard to protect her brother from the bad guys. That is where the movie takes a turn from action to drama. The supporting cast (including the bad guys) are believable. Also, there is a very shocking torture scene involving pitbulls!
Van Damme has truly "stepped up to the acting plate", so to speak.
I rate this movie 5 stars because of the gripping plot and as always, Van Damme shows that he is more than just an athlete & martial artist. He is a highly skilled actor who I see making several more entertaining suspense dramas.
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