Damage (2009)

Popularity:

Down 5% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Director:

Jeff King

Writer:

Frank Hannah (written by)

Release Date:

8 October 2010 (South Africa)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Fight hard to survive.

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Cage | Greco Roman Wrestling | Martial Arts Tournament | Prize Fighter | Prizefighting

Cast

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)
Reese Alexander	...	EMT
Walcott E. Morgan	...	Dixon
David Taffe	...	Mr. Wolf
Bob Konopelski
Phillip Mitchell	...	Munson
William B. Davis	...	Veltz
Adrian Holmes	...	Sharp
Ryan Smale	...	Player
Jorge Montesi	...	Nestor Quinones
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Carlton	...	Dog Match Fighter #2
Glenn Ennis	...	Timmons 1st Opponent
Kajan Johnson	...	Dog Match Fighter #1
Michael Hanus	...	Fighter (uncredited)
Tony Chris Kazoleas	...	Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Eduardo Noda	...	Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeff King		(as Jeff F. King)

Writing credits
Frank Hannah		(written by)

Produced by
Tim Brown	....	executive producer
Tara Cowell-Plain	....	co-executive producer
Dureyshevar	....	co-executive producer
Breanne Hartley	....	associate producer
Jack Heller	....	executive producer
Jack Nasser	....	executive producer
Jack Nasser	....	producer
Joseph Nasser	....	executive producer
Kirk Shaw	....	executive producer
Dallas Sonnier	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Peter Allen

Cinematography by
Tom Harting		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jamie Alain

Casting by
Candice Elzinga

Production Design by
Tony Devenyi

Art Direction by
Kerri Elliott

Set Decoration by
Jennifer Kom-Tong

Costume Design by
Tina Fiorda

Makeup Department
Lyne Denomme	....	makeup assistant
Gerald Gibbons	....	key hair stylist
Jennifer Kipps	....	key makeup artist
Amanda Kuryk	....	second makeup assistant (as Mandy Kuryk)
Toby Lindala	....	makeup effects
Wayne Russell	....	hair assistant
Juliet Silva	....	makeup artist (2009)

Production Management
Judi Babcock	....	post-production supervisor
Tara Cowell-Plain	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Crippen	....	first assistant director
Steve Eathorne	....	second assistant director
Ryan Kosmynka	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ryan Kosmynka	....	second assistant director
Ian Robinson	....	trainee assistant director
Robert S. Weber	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Kurt Bruun	....	assistant props
Allan Burdett	....	construction coordinator (as Alan Burdett)
Rob Clinton	....	assistant props: prep
David Curley	....	carpenter (as Dave Curley)
Grant Davey	....	assistant props
Luke King	....	dresser
Chelsea McCormack	....	dresser
Matthew Power	....	lead dresser (as Matt Power)
Michael Sutherland	....	lead painter
Hans Ter Horst	....	props master
Matthew Versteeg	....	assistant set decorator (as Matt Versteeg)
Greg Williams	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Ken Cade	....	sound designer
Allyson Cole	....	assistant sound editor
Matt Dawson	....	adr mixer
Chris Duesterdiek	....	sound mixer
Matt Hovland	....	adr mixer
Christopher Lee	....	boom operator
Benjamin MacDonald	....	additional sound mixer (as Ben McDonald)
Christine McLeod	....	sound supervisor
Glen Noseworthy	....	foley recordist
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher M. Ray	....	m&e re-recording mixer (as Chris Ray)
John Sawa	....	bg editor (2010)
John Sawa	....	sound effects editor (2010)
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Stevenson	....	assistant sound editor
Jean Tejkel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ann Townshend	....	assistant sound editor (as Anne Townshend)

Special Effects by
Don Besse	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Emil Chang	....	digital artist
James McLeod	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Scott J. Ateah	....	stunt coordinator (as Scott Ateah)
Dario Delacio	....	stunts: Man W/Cane (as Dario De Iaco)
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts: ND Fighter
Richard Faraci	....	stunts: Biscuit (as Rick Faraci)
Michael Hanus	....	stunt actor: Yayo
Ernie Jackson	....	stunts: Rock Solid Guy (as Ernest Jackson)
Rob Konopski	....	stunt actor: Jamie
Paul Lazenby	....	stunts: Large Opponent
Don Lew	....	stunts: Martial Arts Expert
Brad Loree	....	stunts: Lavazan
Steven McMichael	....	fight choreographer (as Steve N. McMichael)
Walcott E. Morgan	....	stunt actor: Dixon (as Walcott Morgan)
Rick Pearce	....	stunts: Trucker #2
Kevin Rushton	....	stunt double: Brickner
Todd Scott	....	stunts: Trucker #1
David Taffe	....	stunt actor: Mr. Wolf
Steven McMichael	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Akester	....	stills photographer
Mitch Bax	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
J.B. Bivens	....	dolly grip (as John Bivens)
Garry Brook	....	dolly grip: "b" camera (as Gary Brook)
Marco Ciccone	....	camera operator: "b" camera
John Helme	....	gaffer
Hamish Hollingsworth	....	best boy electric
Justin Huta	....	lamp operator
Stephen Jackson	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Steve Jackson)
Stephen Jackson	....	director of photography: "b" unit (as Steve Jackson)
Tom Kaczmarski	....	key grip
Francis Kramer	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Jim Lester	....	grip
Mark Lunn	....	focus puller
Sandy Morlacci	....	operator: gantry
Ryan Nazar	....	second assistant camera
Kent Ogilvie	....	grip
Geoff Roop	....	lamp operator
Mark Roop	....	generator operator
Jonathan Schmidtgall	....	camera trainee
Doug Schwartz	....	camera operator (as Douglas Schwartz)
Dean Schwingboth	....	best boy grip
Allison Short	....	camera trainee
Simon Smith	....	dolly grip
Simon Smith	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Lenny Taylor	....	lamp operator
Doug Schwartz	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James Braun	....	truck costumer
Brodie Davison	....	assistant costume designer
Tina Evinger	....	on-set costume supervisor
Petra Gilchrist	....	costumer: extras
Petra Gilchrist	....	costumer: splinter unit

Editorial Department
Jason Koroluk	....	uncredited
Matthew Pemberton	....	assistant editor
Ismael Ribeiro	....	director of engineering

Transportation Department
Henry Chu	....	driver: cast
Rob Glen	....	driver
Wally Janzen	....	driver
Robin King	....	cable truck driver
Ben Liljedahl	....	transportation captain
Kent MacDonald	....	unit driver
Rick MacKay	....	transportation coordinator
Dave Milne	....	driver: cast
Peter Road	....	driver: honeywagon
Lorraine Stomperud	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Wendy L. Adjoury	....	assistant production coordinator
Mackenzie Busch	....	production assistant: LA
Barbara Chisholm	....	production coordinator
Amanda Coletsis	....	production assistant
Dion York Foley	....	assistant to producers
Damon Foster	....	assistant production coordinator
Elspeth Grafton	....	script supervisor: second unit
Carol Green-Lundy	....	script supervisor
Shaena Jennings	....	assistant: Mr, Austin
Krista Johnston	....	clearance
Malissa Katrynuk	....	production assistant
Opal Mattila	....	production office assistant
Nat McCormick	....	world sales executive
Steven McMichael	....	choreographer (as Steve McMichael)
Christina Ollson	....	assistant location manager
Elva Parsons	....	production accountant
Mitchell Politeski	....	assistant to producer
Kirk Renard	....	assistant location manager
Lilian Umurungi	....	business affairs
Danny Webber	....	legal counsel
John Wittmayer	....	location manager
Darcy Woodley	....	animal trainer
Dylan Gray Woodley	....	animal trainer
Steve Woodley	....	animal coordinator

Production Companies

• Nasser Group, North (presents) (producer) (as Nasser Group North)
• Insight Film Studios (presents)
• NGN Fighter Productions
• NGN Productions

Distributors

• Nasser Group (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Albatros Film (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2009) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Entertainment One (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Première TV Distribution (2012) (Netherlands) (video) (VOD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• WVG Medien GmbH (2010) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Lindala Schminken FX (make-up effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by (Vancouver, BC)
• Dr. Pepper Company (I)  the producers wish to thank
• Fintage CAM  Collection Account Management
• Hall Webber  legal services
• Harley Davidson Motorcycles  the producers wish to thank (as Harley Davidson)
• Nasser Group  production support
• NovaStar Digital  adr facilities and services
• Woodley's Wildlife  animal services and training provided by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence and language

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA15+ (2009) | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | USA:R (certificate #45402)

Filming Locations:

Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Nasser Group, North

Trivia:

John Brickner is told, "bottom line," while making a compromise about winning the $150,000 title. Steve Austin used that as his own catchphrase on "WWE: Raw is WAR" (1993).

Goofs:

Factual errors: 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.

Quotes:

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

Soundtrack:

Outside My Skin

good film

good film overall, plot was a little generic rather similar to "Fighting" the fight scenes can be enjoyable although they all seem to be somewhat similar.It's a shame there is no real training scene as in these sort of films they're really needed, the closest thing to one is a little bit of jogging which is obviously unrealistic if he actually wants to win a fight worth the amount of money he is gambling!.

It's worth a watch, they're are better movies but i wouldn't disregard this one and would certainly watch it again. So i'm going to give this a 7/10, i think maybe a small minority are to quick to criticize when this isn't actually such a terrible movie.