Rating: Summary: Van Damme needs Moore plot! Review: This film wasn't too bad considering it was directed and cowritten by star Jean-Claude Van Damme. The movie starts off in the 1920's with Van Damme dressed as a clown wearing stilts working with street orphans to steal some money from gangsters. He escapes from gangsters before being chased by the police onto a ship. The next morning, out to sea, the ship owners chain up the stowaway and put him to work. Shortly after the ship is ambushed by British cavaliers, led by Roger Moore, which free him only to bring him to an island and sell him to the Mutai to be a fighter. The movie quickly changes from an adventure story to a video-game movie the likes of Tekken. All of the best fighters in the world are invited to fight in a tournament at the Lost City for the prize of Golden Dragon and honor. The fighters are acted by real fighting champions from around the world. Each brings his own fighting style resulting in some satisfying matches which is the saving grace of the film. This film would have been much improved with plot twists and more attention paid the the back story of Van Damme's orphaned past to gain a better appreciation of why the fighting is so important to him.
Rating: Summary: GOOD ONE Review: This is a fine Van Damme movie. Once again he is pitted against the worlds greatest fighters.(This happens alot in his movies!) Once at the contest, he ends up fighting a huge mongolian man who feels no emotion, no pain, and no fear. Its obvious he cant be beaten. As the battle rages between them the crowd begins to back Van Damme. Although he is beaten down to a bloody pulp he begins to think of all the little orphans he will let down if he doesnt win. Suddenly with a renewed strength he hits the monster man with all his power, the stunned behemouth falls for the first time in his life. He looks at Van Damme with stunned amazement. With no reguard for his life, Van Damme brings all his power and skill to bore on the hulk and leaves him dead in the dirty filthy street! Broken and beaten bad himself he crawls to the gold prize statue and caresses it so gently.We were left dizzy with all the action and events. Two thumbs up.
Rating: Summary: Van Dammes best Review: This is a fun "indiana jones" type martial arts movie. It's Van Dammes best movie, even though Van Dammes fight sequences are mediocare. There is some nice capoeira in the movie. The atmoshpere & cinematography are great.
Rating: Summary: type of van-damme flick everyone will enjoy! Review: this is a great martial arts adventure story movie that i really enjoyed watching,roger moore is in it too, couldn't recognise him at first but he is co-starring with van-damme in this great movie directed my van-damme himself with a great plot.
Rating: Summary: Two words: BRICK BRONSKY Review: This is actually a real good movie. I'm not really in to martial arts movies(except Bloodsport) or van damme at all. To tell you the truth the ONLY reason i even watched this movies was because i heard that BRICK BRONSKY was in it.Brick is such a great actor. I can say that i love every movie i have seen him in. He was great in Troma's Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. where he plays "Jughead", He was great as Roger Smith in the Class Of Nuke'em High part 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown, as Adali, Roger and Dick Smith in the Class of Nuke'em High part 3:The good, the bad, the subhumanoid, where we takes on 3 staring roles, and as the Russian fighter in The Quest. Anyway, the fighting in this movie is really good & its filled with action. Great film, mad props goes out to BRICK BRONSKY and van damme is this film.
Rating: Summary: This Movie stars Van Damme with Roger Moore Review: This Motion picture does have a plot.The movie has alot of action. It is a combination of a bloodsport, and kickboxer, but a better version I believe. The fight scenes are fantastic. Their is alot of fighting, and there is a lot of quality acting from Van Damme, and Ex-bond of the past Roger Moore[both are superb actors]. The only disappointment I have is that Janet Gunn did not play the hot babe who was after Jean Claude. The chemistry looked so so, it was there, but that magic was missing, the chemistry! I recommend this movie to all the old and new fans who like and admire Jean Claude-. A great motion picture!
Rating: Summary: This is what his other movies should look like Review: This movie envoles around a martial arts tounament with fighters from around the globe. The plot is slow and just stupid but the fight scenes are phenomenal and there are plenty of them, with real masters doing their thing. The best thing about this movie is just the authenticity of each style. no style is bashed and they all look the way they should. there are no actor artist (except van damn who does a good job himself)they are real masters. researchers will have a blast recodnisesing the greats that they have only read about. well done. Provided you fast forward the plot.
Rating: Summary: The Greatest Movie Ever Made Review: This movie is fantastic. I won't go on to tell the story, jest resd Maltin's peice. All I have to say, is that the brilliant story and fighting scenes make this movie the best.
Rating: Summary: Horrendously funny Review: This movie was just bad. Makes all his others seem so much better. I am a huge fan of his films but this one just seemed like a c-Level movie.
Rating: Summary: Horrible Review: This movie was just bad. Makes all his others seem so much better. I am a huge fan of his films but this one just seemed like a c-Level movie.
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