6 Bullets (2012) 6.0
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped. Director:Ernie Barbarash |
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6 Bullets (2012) 6.0
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped. Director:Ernie Barbarash |
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| Jean-Claude Van Damme | ... | ||
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Andrew Fayden
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| Anna-Louise Plowman | ... |
Monica Fayden
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Charlotte Beaumont | ... |
Becky Fayden
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Steve Nicolson | ... |
Inspector Kvitko
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| Uriel Emil Pollack | ... |
Vlad
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| Louis Dempsey | ... |
Stelu
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Mark Lewis | ... |
Bogdanov
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| Kristopher Van Varenberg | ... |
Selwyn Gaul
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| Bianca Bree | ... |
Amalia
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Andrei Runcanu | ... |
Luca
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Florin Busuioc | ... |
Hotel Manager
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Matei Calin | ... |
Victor
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| Celesta Hodge | ... |
Fiona
(as Celesta Shanti Hodge)
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Sorin Cristea | ... |
Lead Agent
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Veteran mercenary Samson Gaul (Jean-Claude Van Damme) knows that in the heat of battle, every bullet counts. He retired from combat when his actions resulted in the deaths of helpless victims, but now he's the last hope for a desperate father. Mixed Martial Artist, Andrew Fayden (Joe Flanigan, Stargate: Atlantis) knows how to fight, but alone he's unprepared to navigate the corrupt streets of a foreign city to find his kidnapped daughter. Together, these warriors will stop at nothing to tear apart a vile network of criminals that prey upon the innocent. Written by marumuga
To be honest, I didn't expect a lot when I was invited for the screening at Cannes. Another Van Damme movie shot in a East European country with the same director of Assassination Games (AG), a good and standard action movie with a cheap look and some solid but basic action.
And that is exactly what you get with Six Bullets but even more. This movie starts of interesting with a big actionscene with JCVD on a motorcycle..and the movie is filled with good directed fights. Joe Flanigan, who is basically the next big name in this movie, is great as Van Damme's co-star. The only thing that is annoying that the rest of the cast is filled with unknowns and Van Damme "talented" son Kristopher Varenberg. He plays, how surprising, the son of JCVD in the movie. Also some of the locations in the movie were recycled from AG. The openingsscene is shot at the same manor from AG ( the one were Scott Adkins kept his wife) It all feels very save (not mindblowing, but very watchable) and it is great to Van Damme doing some action again. Ernie Barbarash is developing as a solid director and seems to get the some good movies out off Van Damme, who seems to step of his basic moves and shows some new stuff. This movie was shot prior to The Expendables 2 and it shows. Van Damme seems to be very motivated. Not like he was in AG. Although his character has a dark secret and is kinda depressed.
Six Bullets is a fun movie. Overall people didn't like it that much. Lots of complaints about the cheapfactor in this one and comparing it to Van Damme's Cannes classic "JCVD". But Six Bullets is nothing like this movie.. It is your standard but good DTV.. Nothing more nothing less 6/10