After the murder of his brother, a tough soldier goes awol and enters the underground world of bareknuckle fighting to support his family. Filled with anger, betrayl, and the best jcvd fight scenes, by far, lionheart tells the story of leonlion, while working for the french foreign legion, leons brother is killed in the city by a bunch of drug dealers. This is a van damme flick more or less its own genre, certainly sufficiently signposted for the unwary to avoid if this is not their comfort zone. After predator was a success, van damme said that he appreciated the movie and that he had no regrets about missing that role. Lyon gaultier van damme dezerteaza din legiunea straina. Action movies full movie english 2012 jeanclaude van damme. Van damme best scene from lionheart 1990 van damme best scene from lionheart 1990 jump to. Lionheart is a 1990 action film, directed by sheldon lettich, starring jeanclaude van damme and costarring brian thompson. While lionheart still had plenty of fighting action, it also had more story than any of the previous van damme releases.
Lionheart also known as awol and wrong bet is a 1991 action film directed by sheldon lettich, starring jeanclaude van damme and costarring brian thompson, along with harrison page, deborah rennard, lisa pelikan, and ashley johnson. A pretty standard and straight forward action flick where van damme participates in an underground fighting tournaments for rich peoples entertainment to provide money for his dead brothers family. Lionheart 2 follows a cynical street hustler takes in a talented fighter on the lam from the authorities, helping the fighter raise money for his family as he uses him to pay down his own large. The muscles from brussels started martial arts at the age of eleven. It is my eight personal favorite jeanclaude van damme movie. A film from back when van damme made goodexciting movies, its in a different league from the stuff he stars in now. This actionpacked collection includes four of his most popular films. Jeanclaude van damme takes no prisoners in this gritty, gripping action thriller set in the gory world of modernday gladiators. The muscles from brussels the story of jeanclaude van damme.
Lionheart 1990 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Lionheart is a fantastic piece of entertainment, and van damme himself gives a charismatic performance proving hes not only got the goods for martial arts action, but can also hold his own with. In 1988, van damme was cast by cannon films to star in bloodsport, a movie which followed the life of famous ninjutsu fighter, frank dux. Double impact jean claude van damme video dailymotion. Jeanclaude van damme deserts the foreign legion in order to avenge his honor in this action film also known as a. Beside hard target, kickboxer, universal soldier, bloodsport, death warrant, and double impact. Make offer 4 movie van damme collection 2 disc dvd set action classics unleashed. Now i have to admit to a certain bias we have almost every film van damme has ever made, and for the most part, on simply an entertainment scale, jean claude delivers the goods. Kickboxer 1989full movie english jean claude van damme. The best rated item with jeanclaude van damme on netflix is welcome to the jungle and appeared on screen in 20. Released 1990, lionheart stars jeanclaudevan damme, deborahrennard, harrisonpage, lisapelikan the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Movies like bloodsport and kickboxer clearly established jcvd as an action star, but lionheart was jeanclaude van damme s first shot at proving he had some acting chops. This is certainly one of van damme s best early movies, a must have for action fans and cult fight movies of the 90s, also better known as lionheart in america and a.
The film stars jeanclaude van damme as chance boudreaux, an outofwork cajun merchant seaman who saves a young woman, named natasha binder yancy butler, from a gang of thugs in new orleans. Harrison page as van damme s boy provides a lot of good oneliners and van damme kicks a lot of ass. Lionheart was a monumental film in the career of jeanclaude van damme. It is a beautiful movie, jeanclaude van damme s best acting performance i have seen. Hard target, lionheart, sudden death, and the quest. Jeanclaude van damme in lionheart movie press photo. Hard target is a 1993 american action film directed by chinese film director john woo in his american directorial debut. L absent without leave in the uk, van damme plays lyon gaultier, a deserter from the foreign legion arriving in the usa to find his brother has died and his sisterinlaw without the money to maintain her and her child. This is certainly one of van dammes best early movies, a must have for action fans and cult fight movies of the 90s, also better known as lionheart in america and a. Jeanclaude van damme was set to star in no retreat, no surrender 2, but backed out. Sheldon lettich made his directorial debut with jeanclaude van damme s street fighter movie, lionheart and went on to direct the actor again in double impact, the order, and the hard corps. Jeanclaude van damme, harrison page, deborah rennard, lisa pelikan. Lionheart 1990 was a real street fighter movie, it was also one of my favorite best van damme childhood movies. Action 4 pack collection volume 1 dvd, 2010 van damme schwarzenegger dmx new.
Van damme athon 2020 man, i dont know what van damme loves more in a movie. Lionheart came out in january of 1991 and helped further jeanclaude van damme s status as one of the most indemand action actors on the planet. Lionheart 2 begins shooting with van damme later this year kevin burwick feb 28, 2018. His character has a good heart, like he gives money to the poor people. Retaliation is set to return for round two of his classic 1991 action thriller lionheart. Best film scenes van damme best scene from lionheart. Jeanclaude van damme interview about bloodsport, kickboxer, double impact and more duration. Jeanclaude van damme announces that lionheart 2 will begin production later this year. Get ready for edgeofyour seat excitement with one of the biggest martial arts stars of all time, jean claude van damme, in the van damme four feature film set. With a wealth of martial arts skills under his black belt, van damme was the perfect person for the lead role, and he was a hit with the producers and the general public.
Lionheart is clealry one of the best movies van damme made in his early days. Assistr movie kickboxer vengeance official hd trailer 2016 jeanclaude van damme, dave bautista. Van damme fourfeature film set hard target lionheart. Lyon lionheart van damme, attila abdel qissi, joshua harrison page. Watch lionheart 1990 full movie free online streaming tubi.
Double team 1997 jeanclaude van damme action,comedy,scifi movie part 02. This is in my opinion the best van damme movie since bloodsport. The cannon group offered van damme the lead in either delta force 2. Lionheart movie 1990 jeanclaude van damme, harrison page, deborah rennard. Action movies no retreat, no surrender jean claude van damme full hd. In lionheart, his seventh film and fifth starring vehicle, jeanclaude van damme might more profitably have exercised his muscles than his acting. Lionheart full hd movie super hit movie video dailymotion.
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