Synopsis
A legendary secret service agent comes out of hiding and returns to France to help the son he's never met get out of trouble.
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Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeRichard Brumére
- Alban IvanovAlexandre Lazare
- Samir DecazzaArchibald Al Mahmoud
- Assa SyllaDalila
- Eric JudorPaul Lesueur
- Patrick TimsitCommandant Jouard
- Miou-MiouMarguerite
- DjimoMomo
- Nassim LyesSimyon Novak
- Valérie KapriskyMinistre Sivardière
Recommendations
- 75
Movie Nation
Van Damme is in on the joke, and never for a second lets us see that he’s in on it. That’s what’s the most fun about The Last Mercenary. - 70
Screen Rant
The Last Mercenary is Van Damme at his best: his comedic timing is precise (likely because he's acting in his native tongue), and the movie's action set pieces are deeply satisfying. - 63
RogerEbert.com
It’s nice to see that the Muscles from Brussels is not only self-aware, but also sharp enough whenever he has to take a baby step or two beyond his own shadow. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The plot chugs along with no surprises, but that’s beside the point. While it’s not exactly a laugh riot, the film’s humor tends to land. - 60
The New York Times
The fight scenes have wit and Van Damme delivers his lines with just the right amount of weary good humor. - 50
IGN
The Last Mercenary has bounding energy and a fun take on star Jean-Claude Van Damme's past exploits as an action star, but the humor is way more miss than hit and the actual nuts-and-bolts spy plot is a trudge. - 42
The A.V. Club
The quality of the fight sequences, the main criterion by which we judge a Van Damme picture, tops out at competency; only a showdown incorporating a whipped wet towel recalls the inventive creativity of his strongest work. - 40
Variety
You could call the film a slightly absurd corruption thriller, an action movie with not enough action, or a by-the-numbers father-son bonding movie. Yet here’s what’s weird about it. The Last Mercenary thinks it’s a comedy, but not because anything in it is actually funny.
