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Hard Target

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Action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen and Yancy Butler. Hired by damsel in distress Nat Binder to find her vagrant father, out-of-work sailor Chance Boudreaux gets far more than the missing persons case he bargained for. It soon becomes clear that Douglas Binder is a victim of a deadly game organised by ruthless businessman Emil Fouchon.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

John Ferguson

Cult Hong Kong director John Woo's Hollywood debut was regarded as a disappointment by his fans, but it's a lot better than most early-1990s American action fodder. It was also easily Jean-Claude Van Damme's best movie at the time, even if Woo doesn't quite achieve the impossible and coax a performance out of him. Sporting a distinctly dodgy mullet haircut, Van Damme plays an unemployed sailor who spoils the human hunting games of some wealthy millionaires when he fights back. The plotting is minimal, but Lance Henriksen and Arnold Vosloo make for terrific baddies and Woo orchestrates some stunning action set pieces, including a spectacular finale, with panache. Viewers of an older vintage will no doubt recognise the film as a remake of 1932 shocker The Most Dangerous Game.

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Cast

rolenameChance BoudreauxJean-Claude Van DammeEmil FouchonLance HenriksenNatasha "Nat" BinderYancy ButlerUncle DouveeWilford BrimleyCarmine MitchellKasi LemmonsPik Van CleafArnold VoslooMr LopackiBob ApisaDouglas BinderChuck PfarrerFrickDouglas Forsythe RyeFrackMichael D LeinertMarieLenore BanksElijah RoperWillie CarpenterWaitressBarbara TaskerShop stewardRandy CheramieRandal PoeEliott KeenerPolice detectiveRobert PavlovichDr MortonMarco St JohnIsmal ZenanJoe WarfieldMadamJeanette KontomitrasMan on the streetTed RaimiStephanSven-Ole ThorsenJeromeTom LupoPetersonJules SylvesterBilly BobDave Efron

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rolenameDirectorJohn Woo

Details

Theatrical distributor

U.I.P. (UK)

Released on

1993-11-26

Languages

English | French

Guidance

Violence, swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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