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Legionnaire (1999)

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Action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this globe-trotting adventure set in the 1920s. Van Damme plays Alain, a carefree French playboy who makes the mistake of getting involved with the girlfriend of a notorious Mob kingpin. Running for his life, Alain decides to hide out in a time-tested manner -- he joins the French Foreign Legion. Stationed in North Africa, he must deal with a violently psychotic senior officer and troops of bloodthirsty guerillas. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Action & Adventure

Directed By: Peter MacDonald , Peter McDonald

Written By: Sheldon Lettich, Rebecca Morrison

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Nov 23, 1999

Sterling Entertainment

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In its look and feel, the film resembles action adventures of the 40's and 50's, starring perhaps Gary Cooper.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Peter M. Nichols

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A fun, great-looking, old-fashoned adventure film in the tradition of Beau Geste. One of Van Damme's best.

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

So-so, granulated Foreign Legion adventure.

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Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Could have been a great film, [but] suffers the fate of its protagonists -- honourable failure.

June 15, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

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Van Damme delivers a monotonic performance that is sufficient to cure the worst cases of insomnia imaginable -- and that, mes amis, is the good news.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Did I remember this movie wrong or what?....It wasn't good....I thought the beginning was the best part...but that wasn't good at all....and it didn't get better after that. awful dialogue as well...This went from one of the best van damme movies to one of the worst.

November 2, 2010