Directed by: Ernie Barbarash
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bianca Bree, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Joe Flanigan, Anna-Louise Plowman
MPAA Rating: R
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Running Time: 115 minutes
Film: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Extras: 0 out of 5 stars
Especially after seeing Jean-Claude Van Damme kick some ass in this summer’s “The Expendables”, I am gung-ho to watch him in just about anything I can right now, so this release is completely welcomed. Honestly, the film is quite decent for a direct-to-DVD release. Jean-Claude Van Damme even get in a few decent roundhouse kicks. The cast is also rounded out with Joe Flanigan from “Stargate: Atlantis”. But overall, “6 Bullets” packs some good action and one hell of an intense plot.
Official Synopsis: 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 preys upon the innocent.
Fans of Van Damme are going to jump all over this release for sure. I am not sure why though Sony decided to skip a Blu-ray release for this, which is basically the norm these days, especially for an action film. If you prefer digital this film was also release in various VOD formats, so for $3.99 you honestly can’t go wrong. Though if you are looking for any special features, you will be disappointed since this is completely bare-bones.
Well when I first started to watch “6 Bullets” I was expecting kicks and a horrible story line from some of JCVD’s past films. I knew the writer of this film and knew his work so I gave it a shot and I am glad I did. This film is one of the best performances of JCVD. The story line was great and was more than just kicks and fights. In this film JCVD showed more dramatic acting and compassion than I have ever seen him do in a movie. The fight scenes are terrific and in my opinion JCVD is worthy of an award for his acting in this film. Do not pass this one up, it has it all, a great story line, compassion and of course great fight scenes. Rest assured it is not kicking from start to finish, JCVD steps up and shows us all what his acting abilities are and I was impressed. The writers done an Excellent job on this. When ever you see Chad Law and Evan Law in the credits, sit back and enjoy what these guys can do, they are remarkable writers.