The Last Mercenary (2021)
Rayting:
5.3/
10 6.8K votes
Language: French | English
Release date: July 30, 2021
A mysterious former secret service agent must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following a blunder by an overzealous bureaucrat and a mafia operation.
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User Reviews
This is funny AF. If you don't get it, i got nuthin'.
Fmovies: Its great to see Van Damme back in action. I hope we get to see more from Netflix and Van Damme.
Positive film, in the best traditions of karate films :-) Nice to watch, good cast, good tricks and chases. Not a very complicated plot, but considering that this is a bit of a parody comedy, it's even good! I look forward to continuing! :-)
The Last Mercenary fmovies. An entertaining Jcvd mxed with other comic actors like Djimo; A fairly simple plot and not-so-crazy fights, but a mix of action and humor that hits the mark.
This film was way too long. The 110 runtime felt endless with too many long and unnecessary scenes. You could easily trim off 20 mins, and the slow pacing wouldn't feel as obvious, and you'd still get the gist of the story, and probably in a more enjoyable way.
Novice writer and director David Charhon's directing wasn't bad for a newb, but he certainly needed to tweak his screenplay. It was convoluted, and there were just too many plot and technical issues, and was also riddled with pretty much every cheesy cliche of this genre. The best part of this entire film were the last 15 min or so, where you'll find the most action and laughs. Everything prior is mainly useless filler.
The "comedy" was pretty stale, goofy and cliched - I may have laughed a few times, and the cartoonish cast didn't make the comedy any funnier, or the story any better. Most of their characters were annoying and some even cringeworthy. JCVD of course delivered, especially during the fight scenes, and he was even surprisingly hilarious.
Nevertheless, it's much better than the Bruce Willis and Steven Seagal garbage that's come out in the last few years. If you're a JCVD fan, this is a must see... his performance (and flexibility) is awesome.
This is not to be taken as an american comedy spoken in french. It is a predominately french film. If you watch it as a foreign film and understand the french humour, this movie will be a breath of fresh air. However, if you watch it as another big blockbuster Van Damme film, you won't get a lot of what the movie is trying to give.
I thought it was a brilliant film. Quite funny and entertaining. Van Damme is awesome in this movie, as is the supporting cast.
8/10 for me.