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Summary: WAY OVERRATED
Review: JUST WHEN I THOUGHT VAN DAMME'S MOVIES COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. AFTER GUNNING DOWN THE MURDERER OF HIS WIFE, KYLE [VAN DAMME] GETS SENT TO PRISON FOR LIFE. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THE WARDEN FORCES THE PRISONERS TO FIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER TO THE DEATH FOR PROFIT. VERY VIOLENT AND VERY BORING. VAN DAMME JUST ISN'T WHAT HE USED TO BE. THE MOVIE STARTS OUT OK, BUT IT QUICKLY RUNS OUT OF STEAM. ALMOST ALL OF THE ACTION SEQUENCES ARE DOWNRIGHT BORING. THIS MOVIE IS DEFINITELY PROOF THAT VAN DAMME'S BEST DAYS ARE WAY BEHIND HIM. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FORMER NFL STAR LAWRENCE TAYLOR HAS A ROLE IN THIS MOVIE. ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES OF VAN DAMME'S CAREER. WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST AN ACTION VERSION OF ''THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION''. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY ON THIS TIME-WASTER. AND IF YOU STILL DECIDE THAT YOU WANNA SEE IT, DON'T SAY YOU WASN'T WARNED.
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Summary: Great effort for Van Damme...
Review: Although In Hell is nowhere near the best Van Damme movie, it is a glimpse of hope considering his last release, Derailed. Derailed was easily the worst Van Damme movie ever made, not to mention the worst movie I've ever seen. I feel somewhat bad about saying this, because I'm the biggest Van Damme fan (without being an obsessive nerd).
In Hell had better direction, editing, music, and overall production. At first, I was worried because I had heard about the absence of Van Damme's high flying kicks. Despite my skepticism, I bought the DVD on it's release date. I watched it as soon as I got home, and to my surprise, the fight scenes were more than tolerable. In fact, the fighting realism was impressive.
Besides his stupid haircut (not the same on the cover), the only complaint I have about In Hell, is that the structure of the plot was weak. There was too much depressing emotion stuffed into act 2. It kind of made the continuity of the film a tad bit awkward. Although many of my friends criticize Van Damme's plummeting career, I convinced them watch the movie and they didn't hesitate to admit that it was pretty good. If you're a faithful Van Damme fan, In Hell is a must see! P.S.- What's the deal with putting different pictures on the covers of his last couple of movies? I understand that Van Damme is getting older, but it can be a little decieving.
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Summary: VANDAMMES KICK START BACK TO THE TOP
Review: VANDAMME HAS HAD HIS UPS AND DOWNS JUST LIKE ANY MOVIESTAR BUT WITH HIS RECENT OUTING 'IN HELL'I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS FILM REALLY PACKS A PUNCH. THE FILM ENTAILS SOME REALLY GRUESOME FIGHT SCENES WITH A CLEVER AND BELIEVABLE PLOT.IF YOUR A FAN OF JEAN CLAUDE DO NOT GO WITHOUT THIS FILM .SIMPLY A MUST HAVE TITLE, KEEP EM COMIN JC.
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Summary: Be Prepared for the Violent Nature of the Subject
Review: Clearly, this is one of Van Damme's best acting performances. He's not the usual pretty boy martial artist although he shows his street fighting abilities. He plays Kyle LeBlanc, an American, whose wife is murdered while living in Russia. When the murderer is set free for supposed lack of evidence, LeBlanc decides to kill the murderer himself. Then he is arrested and sentenced to life without parole. While in prison, LeBlanc and the other prisoners are used for sport by the guards and prison personnel. Prisoners fight to the death while the spectactors place bets. For the prisoners it becomes a choice between playing the game or standing together. For LeBlanc it's a matter of becoming what he despises. There are many talented character actors involved. The film is gritty, dark, violent and bloody. A full spectrum of people are provided. There are prisoners of all races and ethnic backgrounds. There is even a prisoner in a wheelchair. I definitely wouldn't recommend children viewing. If you ever read "The Gulag" by Anne Applebaum, you may want to view this movie to get a visual of what it was like in the Russian prison system. Just step back a generation or two.
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Summary: Great movie
Review: Van Damme gives a great acting role as well as fighting. I am not talking about splits and spin kicks but niddy griddy street fights. The supporting cast was great as was the plot. I highly recommend this movie to everyone, not just Van Damme fans.
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Summary: I'm now a Van Damme fan!
Review: I've never actually sat down and seen a Van Damme movie before, mostly because I'm not an action or martial arts fan. But for some reason I chose to see this movie. I must say Van Damme is a good actor and this movie really touched me. I love every second of it. I loved the way they did the flashbacks, the fight scenes, and the plot was great too. This is my first Van Damme movie but I can now guarantee it wont be my last. I cannot wait to see what he does next. If you're a Van Damme fan or not you need to see this movie.
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Summary: Good.
Review: I have not seen a Van Damme Flick in years, and years. I was a little dissapointed to see Jean Claude Van Damme lose his pretty boy looks. However, his acting has drastically improved. This was a good movie, there were parts that dragged on a little too long at times, mostly the flashbacks and hallucinations of his dead wife. The storyline is: After Kyle (Van Damme) kills his wife's murderer. He is incarcerated into this European prison (mostly full of Russians). He learns that money can buy the guards, and that the guards are very anti-American. Kyle is often mistreated and targeted because of it. After some brutal treatment Kyle gives up and tries to hang himself alone in his cell, when he fails to succeed in the hanging.... he decides to become stronger mentally and physically and bulges up in order to fight off his attackers (which happens to be in this fighting ring that the warden has set up to pit criminals against each other in order to make a buck or two) Kyle becomes the wardens prized fighter and as the movie progresses and as time goes on, Kyle realizes he is turning into this "fighting monster" and is no longer his true self and he no longer wants to fight. The warden is not too happy with Kyle's decision and makes an example of him for those who are also not willing to fight. What will happen? Watch and see.. Like I said the movie is good. There is violence in this movie of all types: Rapes, Stabbings, fistfights, and etc.. Very brief nudity. Not recommended for kids. Also, I would like to comment about the DVD... I felt the images in a couple of the darker scenes were a little grainy, did anyone else? Otherwise the DVD was good. There is also a featurette on the disc that shows all the work put into the movie and Ringo Lam in my opionion would be one TOUGH director to work for. There is a trailer for the film, and your choice of Widescreen or Full Screen. This movie is a good rental, and worth a purchase for die hard "Van Damme fans". Also a full Screen Theatrical Preview. Enjoy!
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Summary: Finally a decent Van Damme Flick
Review: I had about given up renting the Van Damme flicks, especially after the horrible Derailed. I watched this last evening and was very surprised. Van Damme finally gives a real acting performance and has a supporting cast that does the same. There is no fancy spinning kicks, just down and dirty real street fighting and realistic depiction of prison life. It is a story of redemption. Losing his wife and all that is dear, Van Damme descends into the hell of a russian prison and learns about being true to oneself. Highly recommended.
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Summary: DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, BUY THIS MOVIE RIGHT NOW!!
Review: This is a seriously good movie, well thought out and put together nicley. Vandamme Gives us the best acting preformance of his career and some very realistic and gruesome fight scenes.All movie fans will be pleasantly suprised at the amount of depth that this movie has as well as its top notch direction by its world reknown director, Ringo Lam. Vandamme fans and non Vandamme fans alike will be glued to the television screen in utter amazement by this phenomenal film. Vandamme is back on top and here to stay!! Don't let your DVD collection go without this movie! "In Hell" WILL NOT DISSAPOINT!
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Summary: Van Damme in a flick worth watching
Review: Along with many of the other reviewers I must say this is something of a rarity, a good Van Damme movie. Make sure you watch fairly closely to catch the small details that make it this way.
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