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Until Death [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Proof that Van Damme can still cut it...
Review date: 2008-08-29 Rating: 8 out of 10
The critic's these days are very quick to bash the 80's/90's action stars whenever their movies hit the (dvd) market, giving them very short thrift...
Thankfully these guy's still have their fans (yeap, i hold up my hand) and Van Damme is the one who out of all of them picks the best material (for the most part!) "Until Death" not only gives him chance to kick some butt but also flex his acting talents (he does have them) and whislt the movie falls a little short of his best recent ("Wake Of Death"), it suffers from some bad pacing and a few action scenes which just don't have the crunch you would hope for... It still works with director Simon Fellows handling it all pretty well and the added bonus of Stephen Rea on bad guy duty's!!!
Dvd wise; no extras but at least it's in the correct widescreen ratio unlike the British release...
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Solid, memorable movie. Van Damme still delivers.
Review date: 2007-05-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
Although Van Damme is an 'old-school' action star most popular for his martial arts and quick fun action films, he still delivers great character acting and action scenes 20 years on from from his popular 80s early 90s features. Until Death is now in my top 3 Van Damme favorites. Unlike Steven Seagal, Jean Claude has aged with grace and diginity, taking his roles seriously and puts out some dynamic character acting that gives this film good weight and a suspense unlike that of his more popular movies. This is far more then just an action screen favorite doing a low-budget 'dated' + 'easy money' flick for the fans. Until Death holds it's own and differs greatly in style and suspense from personal fav's such as A.W.O.L. and Double Impact. It's more brutal, and bleak then cheesy and '80s' cool.
Van Damme plays a beat-down heroin addicted cop, who's having a string of bad events in and out of work, resulting in a real mess of man who has to pick himself out of a partly self-made gutter. The synopsis could read like that of an action movie 20years old but the execution is modern and fresh, with Van Damme giving a strong performance mixed with ballsy and dramactic action scenes. I feel, long term fans and general action/drama viwers will certainly get their moneys worth in checking out this film.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
William Ash
Stephen Rea
Selina Giles
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Mark Dymond
Creators:
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Primary Contributor)
Stephen Rea (Primary Contributor)
Avi Lerner (Producer)
Bernard Mazauric (Producer)
Boaz Davidson (Producer)
Christian Frohn (Producer)
Danny Dimbort (Producer)
Dan Harris (Writer)
James Portolese (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
EAN: 0043396176997
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2007-04-24
Universal product code (UPC): 043396176997
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 101 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Chinese (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Korean (Subtitled)