The production looks like a medium-budget movie.Good photography and locations add to the "american" look of the movie. On one side we have battle-traumatized soldier Phillip Savuage(JCVD) who lands a gig as a bodyguard to a head-strong(but well to due) Boxer named Barclay(Raz Adoti) all the while answering to his sister played by Vivica Fox.Tensions arise when a Gangster with an army of thugs put away by Barclay is released from jail wanting serious payback.Can Savauge rise to occasion? Hard Corps reunites Jean-Claude Van Damme with frequent collaborator Sheldon Lettich for the 4th time.The first time was 1991's Lionheart,followed by the classic Double impact,until 2001's interesting,but flawed The Order.Hard Corps is a nice return to form for the talented director who should clearly be making more movies than he has. Those movies you could at least laugh at. Mr Van Damme, I insist you make another Street Fighter or Hard Target. To be honest, I don't think this movie accomplish anything, but to disappoint Van Dammes fans. So they hired Van Damme to get some extra viewers and voilà! A big hit and more Van Damme-fans! Thats what they thought. But on the other hand, if they would have hired somebody else to have the leading part, I don't think that anyone would be interested. It is just so obvious that Van Damme don't belong in this movie. I'm not trying to be a racist or so, but I take the plot as a failed attempt to attract the black audience. Van Damme has to act as a bodyguard to a boxer who is threatened by a rapper, who just got out of prison.
I'm not one of them, but I do think that they want the exact same thing today. 10-20 years ago, it was Sci Fi and karate the Van Damme-fans wanted. It don't get any better when the plot is a ridiculous, laughable attempt to bring Van Damme into the "modern" world.
Either Van Damme was forced to act in this movie or he has grave economical problems. Van Damme have never been a great actor, but this film takes the goddamn price! He seems bored throughout the entire movie, even in the fight scenes, where he usually seems engaged.
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