The Last Mercenary

A typically bizarre comedy where the best actor is, paradoxically, a musclebound guy from Brussels. The plot is full of holes and is clearly made to measure with various clever moments, some of which work (obsession with Scarface) and others (most) which don’t. Van Damme switches costumes and stunt men in (rather unimpressive) action scenes where there is a lot of cutting and somehow you can sense when it isn’t the star himself performing.  I fell asleep, but still I was intrigued to find out how it ended. Mediocre. (04.08.2021)

The worst film of 2021. I would label The Last Mercenary as a COLOSSAL DISASTER. As much as I like Jean-Claude Van Damme, he really stepped into some deep muck here. Without his presence, I might have even gone with a lower rating because the film is, in a word, truly awful. The French know how to make comedies, but The Last Mercenary definitely doesn't belong in the category of successful films of this genre. The story is nonexistent; I didn't understand at all what direction the creators originally intended. The characters are dreadful, with only Van Damme occasionally delivering a decent line (the scene with the Bloodsport poster was amusing), but that cheap imitator of Montana was so cringeworthy it made me physically sick to my stomach. I don't think a script for the film was actually written. Avoid this mess like the plague; you'll save precious minutes of your life. Hopefully, JCVD will choose a better project next time. For me, 2/10 (05.08.2021)