Van Damme is currently stuck in DTV hell, so anyone expecting a return to form anytime soon is going to be disappointed. This is another low budget movie from Sony, who seem content in ruining careers and milking fans.
Until Death isn't as bad as his recent output. Van Damme delivers a solid performance, Stephen Rea is reasonable (although far from his best) and the rest of the cast are obviously hired on the cheap.
The movie isn't perfect, a few things stop it from being great...
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If the Newspapers know Callahan was responsible for the murders then why wasn't he arrested? I don't believe the Police couldn't find him because at one point he's sitting on a public bench using a mobile phone. Van Damme was the only Police Officer who could do anything (apart from the guy who was fired!)
At the beginning why was Van Damme blamed for Jumping the Gun on the Stakeout? surely they where too slow to react?
Who was the kid that kept popping up to inform Van Damme?
Why did his wife leave her lover? Van Damme pays her one compliment and she runs back to him? It was cheesy seeing Van Damme bringing up someone else's child at the end and the emotional angle was more creative.
Stephen Reas master-plan was ridiculous! he wanted to start a family with Van Dammes wife?
Apart from them minor niggles it also had a few timing issues and the constant use of fade-outs emphasised the fact it's a TV movie.
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Hopefully his contract with Sony is coming to an end and someone will give this guy a decent budget because I still think there's life in the old guy!
Until Death isn't as bad as his recent output. Van Damme delivers a solid performance, Stephen Rea is reasonable (although far from his best) and the rest of the cast are obviously hired on the cheap.
The movie isn't perfect, a few things stop it from being great...
-------------------- SPOILERS --------------------
If the Newspapers know Callahan was responsible for the murders then why wasn't he arrested? I don't believe the Police couldn't find him because at one point he's sitting on a public bench using a mobile phone. Van Damme was the only Police Officer who could do anything (apart from the guy who was fired!)
At the beginning why was Van Damme blamed for Jumping the Gun on the Stakeout? surely they where too slow to react?
Who was the kid that kept popping up to inform Van Damme?
Why did his wife leave her lover? Van Damme pays her one compliment and she runs back to him? It was cheesy seeing Van Damme bringing up someone else's child at the end and the emotional angle was more creative.
Stephen Reas master-plan was ridiculous! he wanted to start a family with Van Dammes wife?
Apart from them minor niggles it also had a few timing issues and the constant use of fade-outs emphasised the fact it's a TV movie.
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Hopefully his contract with Sony is coming to an end and someone will give this guy a decent budget because I still think there's life in the old guy!