Accompanied by an occasionally jazzy score, the film has a solid dramatic base on which to build the Jean-Claude Van Damme action.
Lionheart (1990)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:3
Rotten:8
Average Rating:4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Lyon Gaultier deserts the French Foreign Legion in North Africa when he learns that his brother in Los Angeles has been seriously injured. Fleeing from the Legion's Security Forces, Lyon turns to... Lyon Gaultier deserts the French Foreign Legion in North Africa when he learns that his brother in Los Angeles has been seriously injured. Fleeing from the Legion's Security Forces, Lyon turns to the illegal, bare-knuckle underground fighting circuit to raise the money he needs to help his brother's family. [More]
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan, Michel Qissi, Thunder Wolf, Christopher M. Brown
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Director: Sheldon Lettich
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Reviews for Lionheart
Using tactics like these, Woody Allen could become an action hero, too.
The fight scenes, which are all Van Damme fans care about anyway, are pumped up by swift edits, which repeat snippets over and over so that it's the MTV equivalent of boxing, and punched-up volume control that adds bangs, pows and zonks wherever possible.
As Lionheart heads for his final confrontation, the film's soundtrack blasts out a "Rocky"-like song called 'No Mercy.' Unless you're a Van Damme or martial arts fanatic, you're more likely to be thinking: No, merci.
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