Jeanskynebu
the audience applauded
Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
GurlyIamBeach
Instant Favorite.
ChanBot
i must have seen a different film!!
startrekfan-4
I like most of VanDamme's movies. They're for the most part no-brain movies with a lot of action! This one, not so much! Instead we get here an actual movie with a plot and some really decent acting(yes, even VanDamme!!) Buyer by ware that there is some nudity, but it just really works with the story line! A small amount of swearing, with the F bomb dropped once! Still, worth a watch if you're a fan of good movies, and a definite watch if you've been waiting for something different with VanDamme in it!! 9/10
alberteffendy-98357
This is another Jean-Claude Van Damme action flick, but a definite notch above many of his other films, at least in production values. The photography and stereo sound are excellent.Actually, this is pretty simple stuff and old storyline of a low-key good guy rescuing the girl from local meanies. Here, Van Damme defends Rosanna Arquette and her small kids.In another respect, the movie is just another avenue for the two stars to show off their incredible bodies. Neither has ever been shy about doing that and certainly aren't in this movie. My only objection is having one of the kids make a sexual remark, which is done in here. There is no excuse for that.Ted Levine, who has turned nice guy in the hit TV series "Monk," is an effective bad guy in here. He played a lot of villains before "Monk" came around.Anyway, it's fairly low-brow entertainment, but at least it is entertaining and fun to watch.
rndhyd
Not exactly the typical Van Damn (SIC; ha ha) movie. Only watched it in 1-2015, although it's 20 years old.Good story/plot, moving, & somewhat to the "heart." Although, kinda slow, but has some action, & some of his fighting skills. Slightly similar to his movie in LA, which had its bayous (swamps) -- made within a few years of this -- as a drifter, helping someone.Hopefully, I gave any potential viewers an insight to watch or not.I like to brief & to the point, but the above is not submittable, because it too brief. This paragraph makes it so. No need to type blah blah....
invictorious
On the surface, it looks like Van Damme is starring as another one of his formula based action hero. But his Sam Gillen character is an escaped convict. He hides out and eventually helps a widow named Clydie (Rosanna Arquette) ward of land grabbers during his "free" time. He bonds with Clydie and her two kids Bree and Mike (Culkin).It's a groundbreaking role for Jean Claude. Especially for this part hero, and pseudo bad guy role. How many people remembers, knows or cares that he was a villain named Andrei in the less notable "Black Eagle"? Credit is deserved for not making this completely run-of-the-mill with a predictable character and outcome.The film perfectly pulls of the task of putting viewers in a somewhat psychological dilemma. Sam's crime(s) are never revealed, leaving an incomplete picture. Although Gillen is likable throughout, he has baggage. Not all good inside, the character is a complex one, which, for me, adds to the film. Sam could have saved the world, yet he's still guilty.
