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Desert Heat (1999)
A remake of "Yojimbo"? Not "For a Fistfull of Dollars"?
Anyway, you shouldn't compare this movie to either of the above. Although I haven't seen Yojimbo (pronounced Yo-Jimbo by one of the characters), but I'm sure it won't be fair to all of them.
This movie is an action movie, with Van Damme as the good guy, but it's not very serious. Sure, there are explosions and guns and kicks and a completely unnecessary sex scene and all that, but it seems like there are quite a lot comic relief moments and characters. Pat Morita and Bill Erwin reminded me of Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets, for one.
Van Damme plays an American, which meant that he talked very little and tried to talk in a raspy voice to disguise his accent. And you know what? It worked. The only thing that I couldn't let go is because I expected to hear his unique accent.
This movie is 95 minutes well spent. Don't go out of your way looking for it, but you don't have to avoid it either.
Lone Hero (2002)
Who says nothing out of the ordinary is bad?
This movie doesn't say anything new or surprising. This movie won't make you think too much. The good guy is a typical good guy, the bad guys are the typical bad guys. You see all the characters you expect to see - The hero's friends, the (ex) girlfriend who wants to move on, the idiot that you want to kill. So what?
This movie is fun, in the sense of "I saw a bunch of guys fight, I saw the good guy winning and going away with his girlfriend, and I don't regret spending the time for it". You don't have to buy this movie on DVD, or even rent it, but if you come across it on TV and want to see a decent action movie, this is a good option. After all, who really has high hopes from an action movie?