Though working on a Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle can be seen as a comedown for Woo, he rises to the occasion to create an often rousing entertainment that is almost inarguably Van Damme's best film to date.
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11/02/08
Hard Target (1993)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:13
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A young woman searching for her missing and homeless father in a seamy section of New Orleans is saved by a martial arts fighter, sometime merchant seaman, when a gang of thugs try to rob her. She... [More]
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Wilford Brimley
Director: John Woo
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Reviews for Hard Target
A disappointing American debut of the Hong Kong cult director John Woo is a decent action vehicle by standards of its star Jean-Claude Van Damme but, hampered by a B script and flat characters, it doesn't bear Woo's auteurist signature and unique vision
10/10/06
Top CriticIt's what Hollywood wanted Woo for: bigger, brighter explosions.
06/24/06
One of my greatest guilty pleasures.
05/26/06
Hysterically inept attempt at action filmmaking
01/20/06
No review available.
10/09/05
No review available.
09/23/05
A combo of American Honk Kong actioners that fails to show John Woo's distinctive talent
07/03/05
Top Critic
Presenting Mr. Van Damme as reverentially as Sergio Leone did the young Clint Eastwood, Mr. Woo displays a real aptitude for malignant mischief, which is this story's stock in trade.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
03/23/04
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01/02/04
It may once have been a second-rate "B" picture, but John Woo turns it into something better.
10/20/03
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08/01/03
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06/30/03
Van Damme's kicks and flips never looked so cool.
09/10/02
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08/08/02
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08/02/02
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