
To reunite with this dying brother in Los Angeles, the French Foreign Legion officer, Lyon Gaultier, abandons his unit. Penniless, yet determined to make those who harmed his brother pay, Lyon takes part in an illegal street fight and catches the eye of Cynthia Caldera, an unscrupulous organizer of underground fights. However, as Lyon becomes Lionheart, the unpaid medical bills of his sister-in-law, Hélène, start to pile up. Now, the odds are against Lyon, who desperately w... (Full plot summary below)
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To reunite with this dying brother in Los Angeles, the French Foreign Legion officer, Lyon Gaultier, abandons his unit. Penniless, yet determined to make those who harmed his brother pay, Lyon takes part in an illegal street fight and catches the eye of Cynthia Caldera, an unscrupulous organizer of underground fights. However, as Lyon becomes Lionheart, the unpaid medical bills of his sister-in-law, Hélène, start to pile up. Now, the odds are against Lyon, who desperately wants to help his brother's family. Can Lionheart defeat brutal Attila, the undisputed champion of Cynthia's underground fighting matches?
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleBy never fessing up to its own bloodlust, Lionheart is, at bottom, chickenhearted. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonThe scriptwriters, first-time director Sheldon Lettich (Sylvester Stallone's collaborator on "Rambo III") and Van Damme himself, dream up the worst things that could possibly happen. Then they try to kick their way out of them. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaBeing 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. |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonUnless you're a Van Damme or martial arts fanatic, you're more likely to be thinking: No, merci. |
| CinapseEd TravisLionheart is a fantastic piece of entertainment, and Van Damme himself gives a charismatic performance proving he's not only got the goods for martial arts action, but can also hold his own with drama. |
| The Seattle TimesMichael UpchurchVan Damme, who has nonetheless made eight films in six years, including "Bloodsport," "Cyborg" and "Kickboxer." His looks are memorable but his acting skills stunningly limited, confined mostly to the flexing, seething and pouting realm. Should anyone be in the market for an all-new Hercules, Mr. Van Damme might at the very least take a number. But when it comes to even the minimally dramatic events of Lionheart, he's in over his head. |
| Radio TimesJohn MarriottVan Damme gawps blankly, as if trying to remember the simplest lines is a particularly tricky task ... |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinUsing tactics like these, Woody Allen could become an action hero, too. |
| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzVan 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. |
| User ReviewChristine Bgreat film, but then jean-claude van damme is hooooooot, and what a body, |