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Lionheart
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Lionheart is a 1990 American action, crime, and drama film directed by Sheldon Lettich. The screenplay was written by Lettich and Jean-Claude Van Damme, who also stars in the cast alongside Ashley Johnson, Michel Qissi, and Brian Thompson. Produced by Universal Pictures and Imperial Entertainment, the movie was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles and features themes involving drug dealers, martial arts, street gangs, sports, and the upper class. Its tagline reads, "When the streets are a jungle... There can only be one king." The film has a runtime of 105 to 108 minutes and was composed by John Scott and Jerry Goldsmith.
Financial details list a budget and capital cost of 6,000,000, with a box office revenue of 24,271,196. Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation and review scores of 4.3/10, 39%, and 41/100. Audience ratings from TMDb and IMDb are 6.585 and 6.2, respectively.
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6.6Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Lyon Gaultier
- Harrison Page as Joshua Eldridge
- Lisa Pelikan as Hélène Gaultier
- Ashley Johnson as Nicole Gaultier
- Deborah Rennard as Cynthia
- Brian Thompson as Russell
Themes
- drug dealer
- martial arts
- street gang
- sports
- upper class
- foreign legion
- fistfight
- foreign legionaire
- revenge
- class differences
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sheldon Lettich
- Screenplay by
- S. N. Warren, Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Story by
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Produced by
- Eric Karson, Ash R. Shah
- Starring
- Jean-Claude Van Damme Harrison Page Deborah Rennard Lisa Pelikan Brian Thompson
- Cinematography
- Robert C. New
- Edited by
- Mark Conte
- Music by
- John Scott
- Production companies
- Wrong Bet Productions, Imperial Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- August 1, 1990 ( 1990-08-01 ) (France) January 11, 1991 ( 1991-01-11 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $24 million (domestic)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sheldon Lettich
- Screenwriter
- Sheldon Lettich
- Cast member
- Lawrence Bender
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- executive producer
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 586519
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1990-10-04
- title
- Lionheart
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 6000000
- box office
- 24271196
- review score
- 41/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Lionheart is a 1990 American martial arts film directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Rennard, Harrison Page, Lisa Pelikan and Brian Thompson. It also features the acting debut of Ashley Johnson. Van Damme plays a French Foreign Legionnaire stationed in Africa, who must desert to the United States and enter the underground fighting circuit to raise money for his murdered brother's family.
The film premiered in France on August 1, 1990, and opened in the United States on January 11, 1991. It received lackluster reviews, but marked Van Damme's breakthrough as a theatrical leading man in North America. It was released in the United Kingdom as A.W.O.L: Absent Without Leave, and in Oceania as Wrong Bet, two early titles considered by the producers.
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