How would you rate this movie?
No more than 5 or at most a 6/10, not too bad but not among Van Damme's very best in my opinion.
shareIt's a Van Damme classic, but typically average for him. I would say judging from the era it's in and its competition of the time, a 6 is a gracious score. Now, if we judge it on a curve compared to modern action movies like this, it's probably a 7 on the low end, because 90's movies were sooooo good.
As with many JCVD classics, and there are quite a few, these can be watched spontaneously any time, over and over, whenever you desire, but that doesn't mean it's a 10. In fact, any film I rate a 10 is probably not watched all that much by me, because it's probably heavier, for example Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago.
My movie watching habits thrive in the 5-7 range.
Now, if we judge it on a curve compared to modern action movies like this, it's probably a 7 on the low end, because 90's movies were sooooo good.
That's true. This movie has a certain charm which sets it apart from movies today. People talk about comic book movie heroes, well those early 90s muscle dudes Dolph, Van Damme, Arnold, Sly, Chuck Norris - those were the comic book superheroes of that era. share