Damage (2009)

An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.

Director:

Jeff King

Writer:

Frank Hannah

Stars:

Steve Austin, Walton Goggins, Laura Vandervoort

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Austin	...	John Brickner
Walton Goggins	...	Reno Paulsaint
Laura Vandervoort	...	Frankie
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Deacon
Joe Costa	...	Trini Ogoun
Lynda Boyd	...	Veronica
Scott McNeil	...	Chip
Clifton MaCabe Murray	...	Rich Guy #1 (as Clifton Murray)
Giles Panton	...	Rich Guy #2
Paul Jarrett	...	Parole Officer
Eric Keenleyside	...	Val Sullivan
Christina Jastrzembska	...	Margaret
Tony Bailey	...	Wendell Timmons
Katelyn Mager	...	Sarah
Stephen E. Miller	...	Dewey Infantino (as Stephen Miller)

Storyline

An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.

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Plot Keywords:

cage | f word | hero | bare knuckle fighting | combat | 

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Taglines:

Bring The Pain.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 2010 (South Africa)

Also Known As:

Agonas horis eleos

Filming Locations:

Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nasser Group, North, Insight Film Studios, NGN Fighter Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the fight scene in the pool, the graffiti tag "Above" can be seen along with his infamous character. "Above" is a prolific graffiti artist in the Surrey and Vancouver area.

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Goofs

After John saves his bosses life with CPR, the paramedic tells John that his big hands cracked 7 ribs. Without an X-ray of the bosses chest the paramedic would have no way of knowing if any of his ribs are cracked.

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Quotes

John Brickner: What you know about me could fit in the crack of my ass?

User Reviews

Excitingly ethical action movie

Why Excellent? Matrix-level (but very different) action movie. A rough, "theoretically sophisticated" action movie with an amazingly clear ethical and metaphysical dimension. On the action movie: conforming to Yin-Yang principles, use of Chin Na in a symbolic place, fighters with specific styles, brilliant reverberation of the first fight, and all this in rough, bloody street-fight, with sheer determinations and blocks of energy testing each other, at a point brilliantly nodding to Rodrigez. And all this in an amazingly clear ethical setting. Imagine that there is a man, who could be any of us. We could be this man if we believe that we have committed anything wrong. And he is forgiven. This is where the film starts. And the film is about the effects of doing everything morally correctly and responsibly. As a catalyst or alchemical amalgam this person doing the right cuts through a world not by destroying it but by forcing everyone else (i.e. all the non-fighters) to do morally right decisions. He is teaching all, like Jesus. Silently, without a word. And at the same time with all fighters he behaves as perfect gentleman - or warrior, always yielding a little, letting them show how far they go, and then adjusting the "teaching" load. Perfect for both East and West. For both believers and atheists. This amazing clarity is also true in my opinion of the filming style, and smooth transitions between levels of narrative and layers of the human psyche. The most mature action movie I have ever seen. Danny the Dog and Ong Bak Enlightened, in a guy heavier than the two of them together.