Le Sang du cartel

Yes folks. Never forget that this film was made, destined to straight to DVD market and streaming platforms, certainly not a theatrical release. And if you are a JCVD fan, hard boiled, die hard boiled fan, it will please you too, under the condition you accept that the JCVD here is not the same as in SUDDEN DEATH (1995). He plays here a war veteran, addicted to drugs, a perfect role for JCVD who himself, in real life, encountered more or less similar problems. So, I won't say any harm about this film, I like it, though I admit that the making is certainly not an Academy Awards potential contender.

Everyone remembers Van Damme as the legendary action star of great 80s and 90's genre classics. In the last decade, he's proven he's more than that especially in his post JCVD (2008) career and has shown more depth to the roles he has done. This is more than action, it has a dramatic story with genuinely good performances from the actors which make you care about the characters more than a typical action movie. The story felt realistic, had a good message and was better than expected for a B direct to VOD movie. Overall, the movie may not be as action packed as some of his earlier work, but is still recommended for fans as Van Damme gives a solid performance. Good to see JCVD doing better than Seagal after all these years, and this is one of his better latter career movies alongside his recently released film - The Bouncer.

6/10.

With all the positive reviews on IMDB I thought it was a good movie, but it really isn't. I'm a Van Damme fan, but this movie is just done badly. The camera is all over the place, even when there's no action it just jerks from left to right. The music is bad, the story is dull and there are way to much boring scenes that just don't fit the film and take the pace out of the story, if you know what I mean. All in all it's just a weak movie, that isn't even interesting enough to play in the background. Sorry, Jean-Claude...

Van Damme is one of my favourite Action heros ,but this movie was quite disappointing. The actors were awful,The Action scenes and the Cinematography was terrible also the Storyline was not real Interesting. There must be many fake reviews for this movie on imdb made by the Bulgarian Co production Company.

Van Damme should better read the script before make such awful Films,and not thinking about a quick paycheck.

This is not an engaging movie at all. It shows some promise at the start and teases, yet never delivers. JCVD is under utilized and does nothing of note. The shaky cam is well noted and just underlines the cheapness of the whole project. It would of been an easy 5* if JCVD just burst out from his passive shell just once.