Action

Wake of Death

Bauer Martinez Studios

UKFS

Frame Werk Produktion GmbH & Co. KG

The Tower Limited Liability Partnership

Lucky 7 Productions

Blue Rider Pictures

LMCP Films

Royal Bank of Scotland

Sagewise

United States of America

广州话 / 廣州話

English

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Simon Yam

Valerie Tian

Philip Tan

Tony Schiena

Claude Hernandez

Lisa King

Anthony Fridjhon

Danny Keogh

Pierre Marais

Warrick Grier

Tom Wu

Jacqueline Chan

Burt Kwouk

Joon Chong

Bo Petersen

Tarryn Meaker

Arnold Chon

Stephen Chang

Philippe Martinez

Guy Farley

Emmanuel Kadosh

Christopher Robin Bell

Dedan Ouziel

Stanimir Stamatov

Stanley Roup

Alan Latham

Anton Ernst

Stefan Jonas

Luc Campeau

François Cohen-Séat

Antony Blakey

Helmut Breuer

Karinne Behr

Donald A. Barton

Douglas W. Miller

Juan Montilla Eslava

Ernie Seegers

Jeremy Zimmermann

Nicky Homann

Hans Van der Zanden

Maleen Nokel

Anni Bartels

Gino Zamprioli

Bob Keene

Mike Peel

Tom Delmar

Gerry Toomey

Sorcha Vasey

Lali Avis

Doug Cooper

Robert Farr

Stefan Korte

Guido Zettier

Gavin Meadon

Daryl Andrews

Rory Atkinson

David Julienne

Dominique Julienne

Phil Green

Dan Hirst

Christophe Roblin

Janine Wyatt-Mair

Paul Pieterse

Nimi Getter

Volker Kreinacke

Arnold Hattingh

Mick Davis

Laurent Fellous

Kristina Hamilton-Grobler

Per Gunnar Jonsson

When I sat down to watch this movie last evening I expected a fairly ordinary direct-to-video (actually it was released to cinema in France) action movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme that would, at best, be somewhat entertaining. Well I was wrong. After having watched the movie I had to say: Wow that was a good movie! Now the threshold for that wow was of course a bit lower than usual since I was not expecting that much from the movie but still, this is a surprisingly good movie.

Sure it has its silly moves and plot holes like most movies of this kind but it is miles away from the usual brain-dead run-of-the-mill action movie.

First of all, Jean-Claude Van Dame makes a quite decent, even good, performance. Personally I am not much for these sentimental cry-scenes but Jean-Claude manages to make these parts well and at the same time he is brutally cool when he is out seeking his revenge.

The action in the movie is also very enjoyable whether it is car chases, motorcycle chases or martial art displays. When it comes to the latter Jean-Claude proves that he is still good at making these scenes unlike for instance Steven Seagal who mostly stands in one spot waving his hands while trying to hide his beer belly. At times the movie is quite cruel. There is a torture scene which is really good without being unnecessarily graphic. Speaking of graphics, the entire movie is well shot. The cinematography is simply very good. I would even say that for this kind of movie it is great. At times this is a very dark movie and those parts of the movie are really the best.

For me this was a very positive surprise and I found this movie very well worth watching

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Jean-Claude Van Damme

Simon Yam

Valerie Tian

Philip Tan

Tony Schiena

Claude Hernandez

Lisa King

Anthony Fridjhon

Danny Keogh

Pierre Marais

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