The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
1,201 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Claude Van DammeScreenplay
- Sheldon LettichDirector
- Sheldon LettichScreenplay
- John ScottOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeLyon Gaultier
- Harrison PageJoshua Eldridge
- Lisa PelikanHélène Gaultier
- Ashley JohnsonNicole Gaultier
- Deborah RennardCynthia
- Brian ThompsonRussell
- Michel QissiMoustafa
- Vojislav GovedaricaSgt. Hartog
- Billy BlanksAfrican Legionnaire
- Tony Halmesecurity guard
- Scott SpiegelPool Fight Bookie
- James Brewster ThompsonN.Y. 'Monster' Fighter
Stills
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Themes
drug dealermartial artsstreet gangsportsupper classforeign legionfistfightforeign legionairerevengeclass differencesunderground fightingstreet life