Wake of Death
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Movie Reviews of Wake of Death
Movie Review: Great performance from Van Damme.
Summary: 4 Stars
With the double hit of In Hell and now Wake Of Death, Van Damme is showing that he is developing into a very fine actor. Van Damme's performance rises far above the short comings of this averagely scripted revenge movie. His character develops into a cold and calculating assassin, not afraid to take a life in cold blood in the name of revenge. There is little of Van Damme's trade mark flashy martial sequences some fans of his may expect from a Van Damme movie. Instead, the movie lends itself more towards sporadic claustrophobic fight sequences and gun play. For the finale of the movie much of the martial arts duties fall to actor Tony Schiena who is top lining Bauer Martinez Studios next action movie release, Action Star. The violence is graphic in places and feels a little strange while watching it unfold when your normal diet of so called action movie's these day's have PG-13 ratings and Seagal has gone soft. The only major problem I had with Wake Of Death was in the performances from the actress playing Van Damme's wife and the actor playing her boss which were both very poor and not very convincing at times. Phileppe Martinez direction is spot on and draws a great performance from Van Damme matching anything he has done with Ringo Lam in the past. Van Damme has now buried the dreaded Derailed and I look forward to good things to come with Kumite and hopefully a further Phileppe Martinez movie, Cover Play. This is Van Damme's best acting performance in any movie of his career, however I could not bring myself to give it the full 5 stars because for me, I still enjoy Timecop as his over all best movie to date.Movie Review: 2 In a Row for Jean Claude!
Summary: 4 Stars
For starters, I give this a four because I am comparing it to Van Damme's past movies along with various action/drama movies that have been released in the past 10 years. This one deserves it.
Wow! "In Hell" and now this! Van Damme and his agent are starting to wise up when accepting scripts. Not that these movies are going to bring back his hey-day status, but they should provide some rebounding credibility for Mr. Damme.
There are a few moments of typical Damme campy moments, but for the most part, he pulls off a pretty decent performance. There is some rather raw action scenes as well as some disturbing ones to boot. Of course, revenge may do that to some people.
It's a shame Van Damme has a list of way below par movies, because if he just had BloodSport, Timecop, Cyborg, and these two recent ones to his name, I bet he would be...well, in a better position than he has been in recent years.
After watching "In Hell" and "Wake of Death" you begin to hope the industry will take another look at him. There is some tweaking he still needs w/ his acting, but that can all be worked out with the right staff and crew.
I'm going to say this...give Van Damme a chance and check this or "In Hell" out.
Movie Review: Four stars for its surprisingly graphic violence
Summary: 4 Stars
It seems that JCVD has taken it back to the streets. Way back. Flesh-rending way back. This is one of the few films that I found myself cringing during the violent sequences. If you've seen his other straight-to-video, Replicant, you've seen JC play a bad guy and do some reprehensible things. This takes it to a new level in the sense that everyone is a scumbag. He perfectly fits the antihero part and you want his enemies to feel everything that they've done to him.
JC, Martinez, and Co. have had their detractors. Some call Martinez' work MTV-styled and flashy. I'd argue that filmmaking has changed and while 'Wake' does employ modern film techniques, it fits the work and certainly doesn't feel flimsy or cheap.
If one wishes to see what JC has been up to, i'd say to watch this, Legionnaire, and Replicant as they are three of the superior post-theatre JCVD works. I've heard good things about "In Hell", but have yet to see it.
Movie Review: Best Van Damme movie ever, not saying much, I know.
Summary: 4 Stars
Now in this movie, the director decided to focus on van damme's actin abilites. ???????? It's ok though, he gets by. Not very good acting by any means, but I would put him over some one like dmx or some of these non movie stars trying to be in movies today. I can only give it a 3.5/5 at best, but it got really gory and the movie was all the better for it. What do you expect when you are dealing with gangsters? If the very end was a little stronger and the action was filmed a bit better, I would probably say it was a great movie.
Sorry not to give anything away, but it is the first time I have ever been able to recommend a van damme movie and want you to go experience it for yourself.
The picture is very clear, sound quality in 5.1 is pretty good, and while the music isn't the greatest, just like the movie, it is pretty good. And the making of featurette is, well, interesting.
Movie Review: Better than STREET FIGHTER and DERAILED combined!
Summary: 4 Stars
I like this new mature Van Damme. First IN HELL and now WAKE OF DEATH they're the best films of his career and he's actually starting to show some genuine acting talent. I hope this trend continues.
Wife/family murdered and son kidnapped Van Damme (or V.D. as I like to call him) is out for revenge. He shoots up a bunch of stuff, runs a drill through a guy's kneecaps, wrecks some cars, cries a few times, drives a motorcycle through a mall, hugs some people, electrocutes a cop and shoots a triad who's tied up point blank in the face with a shotgun.
Honestly I liked this movie quite a bit, the ending was a little anti-climatic, but the cinematography was cool. I'd watch it again which is more than I could say for DOUBLE TEAM.