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Hard Target

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Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a sailor skilled in martial arts, is employed to guard Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) as she tracks down her father, an itinerant Vietnam veteran living in New Orleans named Douglas (Chuck Pfarrer). They soon uncover a sinister group of wealthy men who hunt the homeless for sport, paying them $10,000 if they can survive a crosstown journey. When Chance discovers that Natasha's father was one of their victims, he decides to destroy the evil hunters.
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Hard Target gets a boost from John Woo's stylish direction, but at heart, it's still another silly, explosion-dependent action thriller in the Jean-Claude Van Damme oeuvre.

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Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter 09/03/2020
The combo is an incendiary mix: Woo unleashes all barrels in vintage Hong Kong action style while Van Damme delivers not only his martial-arts prowess but some well-developed acting skills as well. Go to Full Review
Kim Newman Empire Magazine 11/13/2017
3/5
Though it lacks the epic feel and melodramatic sincerity of Woo's Oriental movies, this is nevertheless first-rate action. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy Variety 10/10/2006
C+
A disappointing American debut of the Hong Kong cult director John Woo is a decent action vehicle by standards of its star Jean-Claude Van Damme but, hampered by a B script and flat characters, it doesn't bear Woo's auteurist signature and unique vision Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 25
6/10
Dedicated primarily to bloodshed and excitement, this is the kind of movie in which anything shot at tends to explode in conspicuously cinematic fireballs, while limited ammo rarely affects those unleashing countless rounds from easily-obtained guns. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia 01/12/2025
5/10
An action film from Woo that delivers high doses of testosterone, but it frequents commonplaces and, ultimately, never hits the mark with all the clichés that adorn its plot of violence, gunfights and kicking. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 08/20/2022
3/4
...the movie improves considerably once it progresses into an increasingly enthralling second half... Go to Full Review
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Joy b @9mr_0 Jan 2 فيلم جيد من حيث الإخراج والتصوير، والحركة و تصميم المعارك المخرج عرف كيف يستغل قدرات فان دام الجسدية، خصوصًا مرونة جسمه وخبرته في فنون القتال الفلم يركز على فان دام وحضورة و قتالة اكثر من القصة حسيت المخرج يقول لفان دام مو مهم شنو تتكلم المهم تقاتل وهذا ينقلنا الى القصة كانت عادية وسطحية، لا تحمل عمقًا دراميًا، وأحداث الفيلم متسارعة ماكو بناء حقيقي للاحداث . طاقم التمثيل أداؤه ضعيف جدا مع ردّات فعل مبالغ بها . ما لاحظت أي تطوّر لشخصيات الفيلم الجميع يبقى على نفس الوتيرة من البداية حتى النهاية. البطلة تحديدًا ظهرت بشكل كرتوني كانها لازم تكون حاضره وبس كل شيء ما عملت حضورها محدود فقط دفعت احداث الفلم بالختصار الفيلم لا يهتم بالشخصيات و القصة بقدر اهتمامه بالحركة See more thiago s @Thiagostone Aug 30 Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing Aug 28 John Woo's action sequences are only bound by his imagination, and he let this one run wild, with Van Damme at the peak of his game. A fantastic performance by Henriksen. It is fun and entertaining. See more Blu B Jun 23 For better or worse this is almost a poster child Van Damme movie. Over the top action, wooden performance by Van Damme, ridiculous plot, and more style than substance. Acting wise it's probably the weakest thing. It isn't good. It moves back and forth between stilted performances and over the top ridiculous ones. The dialouge can be cheesy at times too. Everything else is alright I guess. The best thing here is John Woo's direction for better or worse. The action scenes are defintely unique and not cookie cutter or repetitive. They are all so over the top ridiculous that it's kind of impressive. Slow motion, weird camera angles, everythign explodes, the poses everyone has at times, not being able to hit open people out in the open for the sake of style and explosions, it's all here. The plot itself feels like it gets lost at times though because of so much borderline oversaturation of action. The daughter who we start out with? I completely forget about her by the second half despite being the main focus because there is so much action. It does get a bit boring in the first half during slower parts and it is muddled and jumpy a bit how it handles the mystery. This feels like it's idea is cut from the same cloth as something like Frist Blood but misses the opportunity for any intelligent commentary on the needs of desperate vets. But as a tradeoff....it's a poster child for a mindless 90's action movie. If your a hardcore Woo or Van Damme fan than you'll probably like this for what it is. But most could skip this. See more Michael D L Jun 7 Decent at times action movie with a decent plot and action scenes See more David W @Sternhammer Jan 23 One of Van Dammes best in my opinion. He's very good in it from both a martial arts and an acting perspective. As you'd expect from director Woo it's got plenty of stylish action and it all takes place at a fair old clip. There's also some good acting support from Vosloo and Henrikson as the primary antagonists and Brimley as Van Dammes uncle. Obviously the plot of rich psychos hunting people for sport is a retread but being an action movie fan I thoroughly enjoyed this very 90's take on 'The most dangerous game'. Check out Michael Dudikoff in the 80's, also 'The most Dangerous Game' inspired, 'Avenging Force' if you enjoyed this movie. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a sailor skilled in martial arts, is employed to guard Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) as she tracks down her father, an itinerant Vietnam veteran living in New Orleans named Douglas (Chuck Pfarrer). They soon uncover a sinister group of wealthy men who hunt the homeless for sport, paying them $10,000 if they can survive a crosstown journey. When Chance discovers that Natasha's father was one of their victims, he decides to destroy the evil hunters.
Director
John Woo
Producer
James Jacks, Sean Daniel
Screenwriter
Chuck Pfarrer
Production Co
Alphaville Films, Renaissance Pictures, Universal Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.5M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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