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Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Rachel Grant, Mark Dymond, Gary Beadle ... see more see more... , Selina Giles

Upon awakening from a deep coma, a troubled police detective sets out to rescue his wife and seek vengeance against the men who nearly took his life. Anthony Stowe (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a heroin-... read more read more...addicted detective attempting to take down the city's most powerful drug lord. His life is in shambles, his wife is pregnant with another man's child, and when the bust goes awry, two of his fellow officers end up dead as Lowe lies in a hospital bed hovering between life and death. Miraculously, Lowe eventually wakes up from his trauma-induced repose. While he once thought his life couldn't get any worse, however, the ailing detective is shattered to learn that the very same men he had nearly died attempting to apprehend have kidnapped his wife. Now left with nothing to lose and every reason to live, the same man who had once written his own life off determines to rescue his wife and ensure that justice is served no matter what the cost. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: Simon Fellows

Release Date: March 17, 2007

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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007

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  • phubbs1
    May 21, 2012
    phubbs1
    A nice change for Mr JCVD here, he plays the anti hero whom everybody despises in his local police station. Mr JCVD is a bad cop who has a drug addiction which clearly affects his judgement leading to an undercover cop getting killed by another ex-cop friend of his who also turne... read mored into a bad guy...must be something in the water huh.

    Its clear this is where Jean Claude has turned the tables and started to take roles with a bit more meat, roles that challenge his acting skills where he isn't just a kicking machine, and it works. Of course there is still plenty of gun action and Van Damme is still a bad ass but there is a strong undercurrent of real acting involved too and he's not too bad.

    The film is held up with the help of Rea as the ex-cop turned drug kingpin (massive career swing there and it seems to be going well for him) who sneers his way through the action until the rather predictable conclusion. Yes its predictable and still cliched like all action thrillers but the European version has a different ending which does have a slightly original twist...for Van Damme anyway.

    Still can't escape the 'straight to DVD' abyss but this admittedly is a much better film than his other action fluff, the Euro version has the better ending.
  • allan913
    November 22, 2010
    allan913
    Not bad but not great either, its kind of a waist and fails to have an active plot.
  • Deano78
    August 22, 2009
    Deano78
    Falls into the trailer made it look so much better category. Pity but very run of the mill action film. Oh and don't expect to see any martial arts in this!
  • deano
    July 15, 2007
    deano
    Van Damme makes a fine performance in this corrput cop action-thriller, but I liked the way he changed after an intense gunfight.
  • Beefy
    June 10, 2007
    Beefy
    As Van Damme grows older, his film choices appear to be skewering more towards acting than martial arts. And he's not doing a half bad job at it.
  • jam233
    June 27, 2010
    jam233
    Until Death will teach me a lesson about prejudging a movie because of it?s star and genre. Although it starts out as a routine action film, it develops into a compelling and interesting story. Van Damme?s character has depth, you learn to know him and his acting is downright gre... read moreat. Good supporting cast, fine screenplay and a plot that is far more dramatically complex than the average action film, yet has plenty of action sequences to satisfy those looking for that. Good job all around.
  • bigmac32792
    January 20, 2008
    bigmac32792
    as far as van damme movies go it has points where its better than most others, like van dammes acting and the story was good too. but the problems i had were no martial arts but then again this isn't that type of movie. the gunfights were pretty cool for a straight to dvd movie. ... read moreif you like van damme this movie is worth a watch
  • njreynolds
    September 4, 2007
    njreynolds
    Van Damme turns in his first really good acting performance of his career. Very convincing as a drugged out cop.
  • feelingfine2
    July 13, 2007
    feelingfine2
    Being a Van Damme fan I can see he is growing in his acting ability-saw more depth in this character. Junkie cop gone bad- after a shooting, falls into coma. When he awakens, he tries to right his wrongs. Thought Van Damme looked really rough, and showing his age, but realized he... read more was just playing his character.
  • kimberlybeauregard
    June 16, 2007
    kimberlybeauregard
    Jean-Claude is one of my favorite actors, but this movie did not keep my attenion. It was not one of his typical movies. He used a gun alot more in this movie instead of hin skills.

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Chuck O'Leary
April 24, 2007
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

Starts out strong ... But after the 42 minute point, it turns into the action movie equivalent of Regarding Henry. Full Review

David Nusair
April 23, 2007
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...who could've ever predicted that Neil Jordan regular [Stephen] Rea would be out-acted by the Muscles from Brussels? Full Review

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