Lionheart

Name: Lionheart
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Crime
Released: January 11, 1991
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 41
Cast: Ashley Johnson, Brian Thompson, Deborah Rennard, Eric Karson, George McDaniel

1991

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Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) | Release Date: January 11, 1991 | R

Starring: Ashley Johnson, Brian Thompson, Deborah Rennard, Eric Karson, George McDaniel, Harrison Page, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lisa Pelikan, Michel Qissi, Voyo Goric

Summary: An Ex-French Soldier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.

Director: Sheldon Lettich

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Sport, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min

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Mick LaSalle

I found myself enjoying Lionheart, mostly because Van Damme is appealing and easy to root for. I like the steady, oddly unjudgmental look that crosses his face when he's about to beat someone to a pulp. [12 Jan 1991, p.C3]

Jean Carey

Van Damme, who co-wrote the script, set out to make a punch-packed, entertaining action film, and succeeded. [18 Jan 1991, p.10]

Ty Burr

By never fessing up to its own bloodlust, Lionheart is, at bottom, chickenhearted. Read full review

Susan Wloszczyna

But there are kicks a-plenty besides the times J-C flings his tootsies of terror at opponents. [14 Jan 1991, p.6D]

Michael Wilmington

Being able to kick people in the head, at least while they’re standing up, is no negligible talent--though Lionheart is a pretty negligible movie. It has that grotesquely off-scale exaggeration of many post-'80s action movies. Read full review

Michael Upchurch

Performances are lively, the story is incredibly stupid - and if you've seen one fight you've seen them all. Van Damme should market his next film as offbeat comedy - go for the laughs he'd get from the art-house crowd. [11 Jan 1991, p.26]

Johanna Steinmetz

Van Damme himself, a graduate of the blank-stare school of acting, is so without emotional inflection on the screen that his most affecting moment in this film, if one is to judge from a preview audience's reaction, is when he drops a bathrobe for a couple of seconds of magnificent gluteal exposure. Read full review

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Steven1981

Apr 22, 2020

A.W.O.L as it's originally known also goes under the film title "Lionheart." Basically this film is a 1990 or 1991 film that's more martial arts than anything else but the opening is a dude getting set on fire with gasoline after getting involved with drugs then his brother (Van Damme) who'sA.W.O.L as it's originally known also goes under the film title "Lionheart." Basically this film is a 1990 or 1991 film that's more martial arts than anything else but the opening is a dude getting set on fire with gasoline after getting involved with drugs then his brother (Van Damme) who's a foreign legion deserts his post to support his brother's family after his death. Van Damme supports them by getting involved in fights with random opponents and the fight scenes are very violent, some funny and for me the best fight scenes were with the Scottish dude surrounded by cars and Atilla at the end. The only problem with A.W.O.L is it lacks realism especially at the end which is unrealistic beyond belief, with a broken rib which is damaged even more and the mangled state Van Damme was in against a bigger, stronger opponent surely Atilla would have kicked Van Damme's butt right? Wrong, Van Damme does a flying kick and that's all it takes to defeat Atilla and that's with a broken rib and being punished brutally by Atilla which is laughable. This film is so unrealistic so that's the only negative and the reason I don't give it full marks but besides that it's an okay film. Brian Thompson does a good job with his role considering how limited it is and his acting is professionally decent and Deborah Rennard is okay but a bit insane at times. Harrison Page makes an appearance as Joshua who's the clingy type who's over Van Damme like a rash throughout the movie. Overall fairly good job and it's not a crap or bad film as it's fairly decent but some parts are silly. Surely after Van Damme's brother's death he could have raised money to support the family by not getting brutalized though I mean couldn't he have found another way? Lol… Expand

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