Canadian cop Louis Burke is assigned to go undercover in a notorious prison where prisoners are mysteriously being killed off. Being one tough cookie he is able to earn respect and trust from the hardened criminals, but just as he thinks he's getting to the bottom of the case, and old adversary shows up.
I agree with the other reviewers who boldly state that you know what you are getting when you load a JCVD film into your player. It's safe to say that by and large, you are a fan of sorts of nonsense high velocity bottom kicking!. I consider myself one of that number, however this doesn't mean that every film should be talked up as worthy entertainment, Van Damme has done some pretty naff films, Death Warrant as it happens, falls somewhere in between decent and poor. Just two minutes into the piece and Jean is whooping some punks who clearly can't see he's built like a brick toilet!, and that of course is merely a taster of things to come. Death Warrant actually doesn't score too high for the amount of fight sequences, it finds Van Damme and the makers veering towards putting flesh on the bones of their story, it's formulaic for sure, but it's interesting enough and the support cast is worthy of interest.
Robert Guillaume is a face most will know from popular TV work {go on, look him up}, Patrick Kilpatrick was in Minority Report and Eraser, and the astute fans of action films will spot the awesome Al Leong, who's credits include Big Trouble in Little China, Lethal Weapon, Action Jackson, They Live and Die Hard. Sadly the female lead {Cynthia Gibb} is hopelessly hopeless, tho to be fair to her she really is only Van Damme fodder, if you get my meaning!, and of course the inevitable twist is just that, inevitable. But it has its moments, it's just not a film anyone should put forward as a first film for someone interested in a bit of Van Damage, steer them towards Bloodsport, Sudden Death or Timecop instead. 5/10
I agree with the other reviewers who boldly state that you know what you are getting when you load a JCVD film into your player. It's safe to say that by and large, you are a fan of sorts of nonsense high velocity bottom kicking!. I consider myself one of that number, however this doesn't mean that every film should be talked up as worthy entertainment, Van Damme has done some pretty naff films, Death Warrant as it happens, falls somewhere in between decent and poor. Just two minutes into the piece and Jean is whooping some punks who clearly can't see he's built like a brick toilet!, and that of course is merely a taster of things to come. Death Warrant actually doesn't score too high for the amount of fight sequences, it finds Van Damme and the makers veering towards putting flesh on the bones of their story, it's formulaic for sure, but it's interesting enough and the support cast is worthy of interest.
Robert Guillaume is a face most will know from popular TV work {go on, look him up}, Patrick Kilpatrick was in Minority Report and Eraser, and the astute fans of action films will spot the awesome Al Leong, who's credits include Big Trouble in Little China, Lethal Weapon, Action Jackson, They Live and Die Hard. Sadly the female lead {Cynthia Gibb} is hopelessly hopeless, tho to be fair to her she really is only Van Damme fodder, if you get my meaning!, and of course the inevitable twist is just that, inevitable. But it has its moments, it's just not a film anyone should put forward as a first film for someone interested in a bit of Van Damage, steer them towards Bloodsport, Sudden Death or Timecop instead. 5/10