wake of death (my review)

ad_adrian

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i just saw the movie....as normal i like a good martial arts film like the rest of us...this movie had really good acting by jean claude van damme...he really has turned to be a great actor.

and there were a few good realisitic martial art scenes and some good action and the movie i guess was realisitic.

but some of the actors were awefull especially the wife most of her lines were dubbed and there were a few to many close up shots in the movie and some of it went slow...and there was 2 much of the whole love making scenes in the beggining they didnt need to show that much even though i understand why they did it.

so overall it was an ok movie...the goods do outweigh the bad in this movie...kind of reminded me a lot like a steven seagal movie wife died..he gets angry goes around and kills everyone lol

but yeah it was an alright movie
i'd rate it like 6.5-7/ out of 10

well worth a hire
 
I really thought that this movie was his best movie out yet, I was kinda upset that he delayed the Kumite movie cause I wanted it the same day as Submerge came out, but that won't happen until 2007. I hope that his new movie "Second In Command" does pretty well, I think it's almost like a Mercenary, but I could be wrong.

I liked how Van Damme got into this movie, His acting got a little better than before. I'm a big fan of his work too and I knew if he did that famous "Round House Kick" that would of made my day right there. If and when he picks back up Kumite, I feel that it will probably be his best movie ever *not his old ones, but his up-to-date work*
 

Mason

Well-Known Member
Yeah this movie is okay. I like it as well, I am allso a little excited to see what he has in stall for Second In Command. :) :cool:
 

hofmae

New Member
Im still waiting for this movie to come out in Switzerland or Germany... But it looks like we have to wait some months :(
 
When you do watch it, I'm pretty sure this movie won't let you down. It's a pretty good Van Damme Movie, I could tell you that right now.
 

hofmae

New Member
Prisoner 1137 said:
When you do watch it, I'm pretty sure this movie won't let you down. It's a pretty good Van Damme Movie, I could tell you that right now.

Thanks for the tip, i really heard a lot of good reviews about this one...
 

seagalfan128

New Member
I really enjoyed that movie for some reason. Although most of the Van Damme movies are fun with good adventure, I really loved watching Van Damme play a sad, depressed man in a dark movie like this. The story line was pretty good as well. The action was pretty good, especially that motorcycle chase, but too short. I wasn't all that happy about the first 15 minutes of the film being all sex scenes and what not but the movie really did turn around after that. Overall, a fun movie that turned out good. I give it a 8/10
 
You know what is funny too, I don't know why, but they everytime with a damn sex scene they would show that damn "Butt Shot". I remember they used to do that everytime in his other movies.
 

seagalfan128

New Member
Yeah, it's perfect for some of the girls here if they were Van Damme fans. That movie, Maximum Risk, Death Warrant...like 7 movies they have that shot.
 

Littledragon

Above The Law
ad_adrian said:
i just saw the movie....as normal i like a good martial arts film like the rest of us...this movie had really good acting by jean claude van damme...he really has turned to be a great actor.

and there were a few good realisitic martial art scenes and some good action and the movie i guess was realisitic.

but some of the actors were awefull especially the wife most of her lines were dubbed and there were a few to many close up shots in the movie and some of it went slow...and there was 2 much of the whole love making scenes in the beggining they didnt need to show that much even though i understand why they did it.

so overall it was an ok movie...the goods do outweigh the bad in this movie...kind of reminded me a lot like a steven seagal movie wife died..he gets angry goes around and kills everyone lol

but yeah it was an alright movie
i'd rate it like 6.5-7/ out of 10

well worth a hire

I thought it was a cool movie and very interesting story line. I thought this film could have had been much more better because the story and plot was great. I was sad that I didn't see more un armed combat scenes from Van Damme. But the action was cool I just like to see those Karate scenes from Van Damme and I didn't see any.

I rate this film a strong 3/5 stars.
 

SweetChinMusic

big gulps huh
The movie really showed that Van Damme is becoming quite the actor. There were some plot holes that bugged me, like who were the mob guys, were did they come from, I could've sworn he called Van Dammes wife his neice...what was that all about???

Also I actually like the sex scenes and stuff like that. It was probably the most intense van damme sex scene yet. And I thought Lisa King did great, and her voice wasnt dubbed, thats what she sounds like. And I know it wasnt dubbed because I have the screener before they did any serious/realistic dubbing.

And how about that torture scene! With the freaky music and drill...that was intense!

Fight scenes were good too, but Tony Schiena had the best one in the movie, that fight scene with the guy with the knives was awesome. Also they motorcycle chase scene was great, and the music was awesome, much better than what was on the screener.
 
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