(Contains minor spoilers)
In contrast to the many negative reviews, I really enjoyed this movie very much. You mustn't take it serious, that's the point.
There are so many scenes which are so incredible ridiculous that it makes a good movie again: Rodman throwing bad guys around like they were basketballs, the Colloseum exploding (!) and the Coke Machines flying around, that knife toe guy... fantastic.
Mickey Rourke is great - he only knows to play one kind of man: a brute ashtray macho villian, but he's a real expert in that.
Even Van Damme is good: his first film without having him suffering all the time (I used to think, he is some kind of "anti-hero" because he is allways suffering so much in his movies).
The directing and camera work is really amazing, the plot is ridiculous, but the Action is highly enjoyable.
In contrast to the many negative reviews, I really enjoyed this movie very much. You mustn't take it serious, that's the point.
There are so many scenes which are so incredible ridiculous that it makes a good movie again: Rodman throwing bad guys around like they were basketballs, the Colloseum exploding (!) and the Coke Machines flying around, that knife toe guy... fantastic.
Mickey Rourke is great - he only knows to play one kind of man: a brute ashtray macho villian, but he's a real expert in that.
Even Van Damme is good: his first film without having him suffering all the time (I used to think, he is some kind of "anti-hero" because he is allways suffering so much in his movies).
The directing and camera work is really amazing, the plot is ridiculous, but the Action is highly enjoyable.