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Release Date:
3 December 1998 (Australia)
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Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts...
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1 nomination
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Jean -Claude Van Damme Stars In "Dog Day Afternoon" Remake!
(From CinemaRetro. 5 December 2008, 4:32 AM, PST)
Sr (International) Picks: Jcvd & Let The Right One In
(From Screen Rant. 30 September 2008, 4:51 PM, PDT)
(From CinemaRetro. 5 December 2008, 4:32 AM, PST)
Sr (International) Picks: Jcvd & Let The Right One In
(From Screen Rant. 30 September 2008, 4:51 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jean-Claude Van Damme | ... | Alain Lefevre |
 | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | ... | Luther |
 | Steven Berkoff | ... | Sgt. Steinkampf |
| Nicholas Farrell | ... | Mackintosh |
| Jim Carter | ... | Lucien Galgani |
| Ana Sofrenovic | ... | Katrina |
| Daniel Caltagirone | ... | Guido Rosetti |
| Joseph Long | ... | Maxim |
| Mario Kalli | ... | René Galgano |
| Joe Montana | ... | Julot |
| Kim Rømer | ... | Capt. Rousselot |
| Anders Peter Bro | ... | Lt. Charlier |
 | Paul Kynman | ... | Rolf Bruner |
| Vincent Pickering | ... | Viktor |
| Takis Triggelis | ... | Cpl. Metz |
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Rated R for battle violence.
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98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Brazil:14 |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Australia:M |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Norway:15 (video rating) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Argentina:13
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Plot holes: Lefevre is photographed for the machine gun demonstration against his will, thus leading to his discovery. One of the few guarantees afforded legionnaires is anonymity, and it is specifically forbidden for a legionnaire to be photographed without explicit permission.
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[Galgani offers Alain a bribe to lose his next boxing match.]
Alain Lefevre: I don't crash the canvas for anyone.
Lucien Galgani: You fight for me, or you never fight again.
[The legionnaires set out on their long march across the desert.]
Guido Rosetti: Hey Alain, how far you think this fort is, eh?
Alain Lefevre: I don't know, Guido.
Guido Rosetti: What do you think, Mac?
Mackintosh: [irritated] About a mile closer than the last time you asked.
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Alain Lefevre: I don't crash the canvas for anyone.
Lucien Galgani: You fight for me, or you never fight again.
[The legionnaires set out on their long march across the desert.]
Guido Rosetti: Hey Alain, how far you think this fort is, eh?
Alain Lefevre: I don't know, Guido.
Guido Rosetti: What do you think, Mac?
Mackintosh: [irritated] About a mile closer than the last time you asked.
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Version of March or Die (1977)
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Parlez-moi d'amour
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This is the least typical Van Damme film - and his absolute best. really, if you come to this film expecting a typical Van Damme film, please go see Double Impact or Hard Target again.
Based on a real incident during the 1925 Morocco campaign (and most of us didn't even know there was such a campaign), and highly suggestive of the many versions of Beau Geste that women have wept over in movie-houses for decades, this is a story about the French Foreign Legion. Viewers should be warned that the slogan of the Legion at this time was "March or die!" The only thing that kept these men from killing each other was that the Berbers were so much better at killing them.
The film has an epic structure to it. The cinematography doesn't quite match this, but it is rock-solid. The actors are all very able. Clichés do drift through the film, but the final battle makes up for most of these.
And, oh, yes, Van Damme can actually act. Quite well, when he doesn't let it get to his head.