The indestructible Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to big-screen mayhem in this light-'em-up action thriller, with rival assassins joining forces to dismantle a global drug cartel operating in league with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
In order to head off a government scandal, two officials try to take out the only agent who can incriminate them. Their plan is to kill Flint, the only agent who can identify them. In doing so, Interpol releases Polo, a criminal with ties to Flint, on the hopes that he will come out of hiding and try to eliminate him. When he does, complications arise when Van Damme gets wind of Polo's release and sets out to collect the bounty for himself.
The film starts to drag a bit when the love interest(s) comes into play especially when they lay the guilt trip on them about their profession and cause them to soften and rethink their lives. Bleh. But ultimately they are used as motivation, so we're rid of them fairly quickly. Also, it was shot in some sort of sepia tone. I don't know what that was about and I found it kinda weird.
Anyway, I am digging this darker van damme. As a badass assassin, he's waaaay less cheesy and actually seems a bit intimidating. (minus that knot on his forehead.) Scott "Ninja" Adkins is the assassin and government target Flint, and I must admit, I was very impressed with his performance.
It's just so...there.
Out of Ten? 6.5
Violence? Yes
Explosions? No
Nudity? Yes
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