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The Last Mercenary

2021

David Charhon

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Eric Judor, Miou-Miou, Patrick Timsit ...

4.5

971

Action. Comedy The film is directed by David Charhon and is a French-language film that stars Van Damme as a mysterious former secret service agent who must urgently return to France when his estranged son (Samir Decazza) is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following a blunder by an overzealous bureaucrat (Alban Ivanov) and a mafia operation.

	Author	Review
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"[It] is bloated and sentimental. The middle section droops and not all the performances pop (...) But the fight scenes have wit and Van Damme delivers his lines with just the right amount of weary good humor."	NEU
United States	Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"The veteran performer looks like he’s having a whale of a time going from this moustache to that wig or this dress, which makes the gags all the more amusing."	POS
United States	Charles Bramesco AV Club	"Literal weight is the only kind offered by this slight film, another disposable Euro import upholding Netflix’s reluctant reputation as a digital direct-to-video bin."	NEG
United States	Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"Van Damme’s insecure performance is also sometimes genuinely charming (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
Canada	Sarah Bea Milner Screen Rant	"The awkward beats in 'The Last Mercenary' are easily forgotten as the plot quickly moves ahead with more adrenaline-fueled mayhem. The movie is fun and the relationship dynamics are sweet (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The kickboxing legend comes alive in a few fight scenes, but this maladroit caper labors under the delusion that he's an actor."	NEG
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"While I enjoyed Van Damme’s action-comic turn, the rest of the film’s cartoonish vibes and mind-numbing supporting characters are too much for even 'The Last Mercenary' to bear (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Johnny Loftus Decider	"A breezy watch anchored by Jean-Claude Van Damme’s very enjoyable presence."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"The movie proves that having a sense of humor about oneself and being funny can be two quite different things."	NEG
United States	Matt Fowler IGN	"It earns some marks for the cozy and well-meaning father/son reconciliation angle, but whenever the film sidetracks from that, it results in tedium."	NEU

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