Synopsis
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
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Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeLeon Gaultier
- Harrison PageJoshua Eldridge
- Lisa PelikanHélène Gaultier
- Ashley JohnsonNicole Gaultier
- Deborah RennardCynthia
- Brian ThompsonRussell
- Michel QissiMoustafa
- Vojislav GovedaricaSgt. Hartog
- Billy BlanksAfrican Legionnaire
- Tony Halmesecurity guard
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
I found myself enjoying Lionheart, mostly because Van Damme is appealing and easy to root for. I like the steady, oddly unjudgmental look that crosses his face when he's about to beat someone to a pulp. [12 Jan 1991, p.C3] - 60
Tampa Bay Times
Van Damme, who co-wrote the script, set out to make a punch-packed, entertaining action film, and succeeded. [18 Jan 1991, p.10] - 58
Entertainment Weekly
By never fessing up to its own bloodlust, Lionheart is, at bottom, chickenhearted. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Although it's possible to enjoy isolated sequences of LIONHEART, this is not one of martial arts superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme's better kick-ass vehicles. Sleekly produced and densely plotted, it lacks the excitement of the earlier Van Damme flicks which had a less calculated aura about them. - 50
Washington Post
Unless you're a Van Damme or martial arts fanatic, you're more likely to be thinking: No, merci. - 50
USA Today
But there are kicks a-plenty besides the times J-C flings his tootsies of terror at opponents. [14 Jan 1991, p.6D] - 40
Los Angeles Times
Being able to kick people in the head, at least while they’re standing up, is no negligible talent--though Lionheart is a pretty negligible movie. It has that grotesquely off-scale exaggeration of many post-'80s action movies. - 38
The Seattle Times
Performances are lively, the story is incredibly stupid - and if you've seen one fight you've seen them all. Van Damme should market his next film as offbeat comedy - go for the laughs he'd get from the art-house crowd. [11 Jan 1991, p.26]
