Van Damme’s Sauvage begins as a broken man who rediscovers his purpose as a man of action. One thing that The Hard Corps succeeds at that other similar films do not is that it cares about character development. During all of this, Sauvage grows closer to Barclay’s sister, while Barclay develops suspicions about Sauvage’s wartime history and his time apparently spent in a psychiatric hospital following the war. He then makes up his mind to fill the ranks with boxers, martial artists, and one of his other old war buddies. It’s not long before Sauvage finds himself the leader of Barclay’s protection team. That’s a lot of competing worlds fighting for space in one movie. This is a film that attempts to mix the Iraq War with boxing and the dark side of the music industry. Fox), Barclay’s head of security hires Sauvage and his war buddy to protect the boxer while the angry rap producer comes gunning for his life. At the behest of Barclay’s sister (Vivica A. Boxing champion Wayne Barclay (Razaaq Adoti) is in danger now that a rap music producer with a grudge has gotten out of jail. Suffering from PTSD, he spends most of his time in a veteran’s hospital until an old war buddy comes to him with a job opportunity. Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Sauvage, a soldier who’s recently come home from Iraq. The film looks pretty good despite its low budget, it gives us some characterization with real depth, and the story (though far-fetched) does come to a satisfying conclusion… However, along the way The Hard Corps largely skimps on the action, likely letting down the primary audience who just showed up to watch JCVD kick some ass for a couple hours. The Hard Corps fits those expectations pretty well, but it does offer up a few things that set it apart. We typically expect something low budget, often with subpar acting, and just enough of the right genre ingredients to appease that genre’s less discerning fans.
When a movie is a direct-to-DVD release, it comes with certain (usually lowered) expectations.
Fox, Peter Bryant, Ron Bottitta, Viv Leacock, Adrian Holmes, Mark Griffin, Aaron Au, Dexter Bell
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A.
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