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Year
1996
Runtime
95 min.
Director
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rating *
5.6
Votes *
21,879
Checks
1,425
Favs
18
Dislikes
53
Favs/checks
1.3% (1:79)
Favs/dislikes
1:3
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    I'd been told Jean-Claude Van Damme's directorial debut, The Quest, was way too much like Bloodsport. I see what they mean, but it's also completely different. Like a lot of JCVD films, it's about underground fighting; he plays to his strengths. But it's really more of a prequel to the whole Kumite business (under a different name) and takes place in the pulpy, slightly fantastical 1920s. Unlike Bloodsport, it's looks glossy and expensive, with amazing locations and lustrous cinematography. JC has a team around him, including a roguish post-Bond Roger Moore who's having a lot of fun here. The secret international championship features lots of different fighting styles, and there's an attempt to make the Mongolian fighter as cool and evil a presence as Bolo Yeung was in Bloodsport. I'm sorry, that can't, and doesn't, happen. What the movie DOESN'T have is coherent direction. The frame tale becomes a different frame tale when we get back to it (very very weird), JCVD is much too fond of hacky slow-mo to showcase his fighters' moves, the music is just one note away from Javert's theme in Les Mis, and we're never given a justification for JC's big move in the climax. Watchable and expensive-looking, but extremely flawed. 8 years 9 months ago
  2. A Blue Roar's avatar

    A Blue Roar

    What did you expect from a Van Damme movie? Of the movies he's been in, this is one of the most enjoyable, and it has an atmosphere you won't find in a lot of other movies. 10 years 8 months ago
  3. bobh's avatar

    bobh

    Nothing incredible, quite mediocre, not really worth watching unless you want some cheap entertainment but it's actually much better than Bloodsport which is just a total stinker. It has a better written story and much better fight choreography. 7 years 5 months ago
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