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Until Death (2007)

Directed by Simon Fellows

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Overview

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.

Rated R | Length 106 minutes

Actors

Jean-Claude Van Damme | Selina Giles | Fiona O'Shaughnessy | William Ash | Alana Maria | Gary Beadle | Mark Dymond | Stephen Rea | Wes Robinson | Stephen Lord | Julia Horvath | Rachel O'Meara | Michal Yannai | Rachel Grant | Buffy Davis | Maggie Eldred | C. Gerod Harris | Adam Leese | Velimir Velev | Biliana Petrinska | Mena McCabe | Marta Kondova | Marianne Stanicheva | Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff | Sofia Vasileva | Amy Mihailova | Jessica Luebe | Sofia Leticia Morales | Alexandrina Vladova | Anna Mihailova | Peter Kuiper | Vladimir Mihaylov | Jonas Talkington | Atanas Srebrev | Gary McDonald

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/30/2013TVDVDOwned6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Picked up another 4-pack of JCVD movies for $5 to add to my prospective titles to watch for my JCVD project. This is another one from recent years that I hadn’t even heard of until getting this DVD. And interestingly enough, Van Damme is portraying a fairly straightforward character, i.e. not a badass martial artist.

I suppose this DTV film was a vehicle for Van Damme to showcase his “acting” chops and I gotta say, he’s pretty good as the dirty cop turn good cop. Stephen Rea is his nemesis here and serviceable. I’d consider giving this a higher rating based on JCVD’s performance but the story is lackluster. Probably why he shines here. But seeing this makes me wish Van Damme would get a serious role with a good screenplay. I think he can do more than kick ass.

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