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Summary: Lionheart
Review: Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as a soldier drawn into the world of modern day gladiators fighting for the amusement of the rich in this fast-moving actoin thriller. This movie is one of the better Van Damme action flims that I have seen.
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Summary: Another amazing van damme movie...WHAT A SHOCKER!!!
Review: Let me just say....this is one of VAN DAMME's cheeziest but amazing movies other than kickboxer, bloodsport, and double impact.. But cheezy is good in this case... Van DAmme escapes from a military base in North Africa...and arrives in L.A. To visit his dead brothers wife. Since he is broke when arrived to L.A. he has to fight in order to make a living....!!! WHat a great Plot...so far.... Later on in the movie he becomes close with his brothers wife...and stays in L.A. The Action is pretty cool with good fight scenes....IF ur a true Van damme Fan you would buy this even if u never saw it....I mean just look at the cover for goodness sake!!!
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Summary: Brilliantly crosses over to drama!
Review: Let me start by saying that I don't go for action-adventure movies. I was reluctantly dragged to this one by my boyfriend yet came away singing its praises. Wow!!! Most AA movies are mere vehicles to showcase the star's martial-arts prowess; this movie does much, much more. It crosses over into the mainstream and has a plot which is much more riveting than the so-called blockbusters Hollywood churns out. The characters are believable and rouse genuine emotions. To wit: Jean Claude's tears when he is informed of his brother's death. How could that not melt your heart? And the genuine and desperate need of his sister-in-law and little niece -- who can't empathize with that?This is the only AA movie that would score huge points with feminists because unlike every other movie in its genre, LIONHEART is very female-dominated. The genuinely powerful people are not Jean Claude or any of his competitors, even the Goliath he ultmately battles. They are the niece and the sister-in-law, and, of course, the lady he works for in the fighting world. These are the people who call all the shots and control every aspect of this movie. The score is wonderful, too, especially the piece that is played while Jean Claude covertly watches his sister-in-law and niece walk to school one morning. Because this movie crosses over so brilliantly, I think it could very accurately be categorized as a drama. The ending is a complete tearjerker!
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Summary: he's the fastest fugitve and the best fighter.
Review: lionheart is a film which is mostly about family,when van-damme is in a french prison for drugs which he did not commit,he has to run away with a only six month sentance because his brother was burnt in a drug problem, when he escapes two french officers come to look for him in america where his other family is, when van-damme reaches america and meets his family he saw that they were in a very big money problem, van-damme decides to fight for money and becomes a trained fighter ,getting a lot of money after fight's and fight's he is nearly ready for his family to leave the bad neighbourd until the french officers are on his back. the last fight is amazing and the best scene in the film. In britain this film is called a.w.o.l which stands for absent without leave.
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Summary: Lionheart: About Duty & Responsibility Too
Review: Most films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme are nothing more than vehicles for showing off his considerable fighting skills. Prior to LIONHEART, JCVD rarely had to act. He fought a lesser series of bad guys on the way to a final confrontation with a very intimidating fighter. Now this also sounds like a plot summary of LIONHEART, but in addition to the kicks and punches, the film also delves into some serious issues of duty versus responsibility and the meaning of friendship.
JCVD plays a Legionnaire whose brother in the US is ill, so he requests permission for emergency leave. His request is turned down on the rightful claim of his commandant that his presence in Africa was needed for Legionnaire business. At this point, VD must decide which is of greater import: his duty to his brother or to his country. He chooses to go AWOL to find his brother. This choice could not have been an easy one since his decision to leave the base would necessarily entail his being labeled a deserter. Two Legionnaire NCOs are sent to bring him back in chains. While in America, he discovers that his brother is dead and has left behind a destitute wife and child. VD determines to win money to provide for them by engaging in brutal cage fights. Along the way he picks up the services of a wino manager, oily played by Harrison Page. Slowly the two men, the fighter and the manager, lay the grounds for a binding friendship, which is tested by the manager's decision to bet on the fearsome and final opponent. When VD finds out that his manager sold him out, you can see that the pain in his heart outweighs the more obvious pain of his bruised ribs. When he somehow defeats this monster fighter, the scene in which his manager first congratulates then apologizes to him is both touching and convincing.
As with most JCVD movies, there is plenty of eye-popping body slugging, with the final match the most interesting. But behind the fighting, Van Damme also shows that emotional impacting on those who call him either friend or enemy is often at least as fascinating as watching him grind his most recent opponent into the dust.
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Summary: Lionheart: About Duty & Responsibility Too
Review: Most films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme are nothing more than vehicles for showing off his considerable fighting skills. Prior to LIONHEART, JCVD rarely had to act. He fought a lesser series of bad guys on the way to a final confrontation with a very intimidating fighter. Now this also sounds like a plot summary of LIONHEART, but in addition to the kicks and punches, the film also delves into some serious issues of duty versus responsibility and the meaning of friendship.
JCVD plays a Legionnaire whose brother in the US is ill, so he requests permission for emergency leave. His request is turned down on the rightful claim of his commandant that his presence in Africa was needed for Legionnaire business. At this point, VD must decide which is of greater import: his duty to his brother or to his country. He chooses to go AWOL to find his brother. This choice could not have been an easy one since his decision to leave the base would necessarily entail his being labeled a deserter. Two Legionnaire NCOs are sent to bring him back in chains. While in America, he discovers that his brother is dead and has left behind a destitute wife and child. VD determines to win money to provide for them by engaging in brutal cage fights. Along the way he picks up the services of a wino manager, oily played by Harrison Page. Slowly the two men, the fighter and the manager, lay the grounds for a binding friendship, which is tested by the manager's decision to bet on the fearsome and final opponent. When VD finds out that his manager sold him out, you can see that the pain in his heart outweighs the more obvious pain of his bruised ribs. When he somehow defeats this monster fighter, the scene in which his manager first congratulates then apologizes to him is both touching and convincing.
As with most JCVD movies, there is plenty of eye-popping body slugging, with the final match the most interesting. But behind the fighting, Van Damme also shows that emotional impacting on those who call him either friend or enemy is often at least as fascinating as watching him grind his most recent opponent into the dust.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: The action scenes are fantastic. Van Damme is just too good.
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Summary: A Van Damme movie with heart
Review: There are quite a few likeable characters in this movie: Lyon (Van Damme), Russell (hilarious), Cynthia (nasty) and one of the few LIKEABLE kids in any movie (right up there with Short Round and the little girl from Waterworld.) Anyhoo, the action scenes are wonderful, and they are stuck together with a story that brings in some believable emotion, but doesn't go too over the top. The fairy-tale ending is a nice touch. So, it's got heart. Crud, I just remembered the title. Now this is going to sound corny. :)
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Summary: Great movie
Review: This is a great movie. It has everything. You got to wach this one
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Summary: Good Van Damme
Review: This is not a good film. However it is an entertaining film. The plot is as follows: it is a Van Damme flick. The plot is always the same. In Lionheart Van Damme's excuse for kickin butt is that he has to provide for a family his junkie brother has left behind. Since he has no other skills to fall back on(acting included) he fights in small time pitt fights for L.A's rich thrill seekers. This films saving grace is that the action is pretty good. It is a mindless film that action lovers can enjoy.
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