Revenge was all he had left.
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Dark Jedion TMDB · Nov 20148/10
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
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Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeBen Archer
- Simon YamSun Quan
- Valerie TianKim
- Philip TanHan
- Tony SchienaTony
- Claude HernandezRaymond
- Lisa KingCynthia Archer
- Anthony FridjhonMax
- Danny KeoghMac Hoggins
- Pierre MaraisNicholas Archer
Crew
- Philippe MartinezDirector
- Mick DavisWriter
- Laurent FellousWriter
- Philippe MartinezWriter
- Emmanuel KadoshDirector of Photography
- Guy FarleyOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher Robin BellEditor
- Dedan OuzielEditor
- Stanley RoupProducer
- Alan LathamProducer
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