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Nowhere To Run on DVD (1993)
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The problem with Jean-Claude Van Damme is that he seems intent on broadening his acting range: give him a simple plot, cartoonish characters and a legion of bad guys to duff up, and he's fine. However, the “Muscles from Brussels” comes unstuck when he attempts to show his more sensitive side, as in this soft-centred action thriller. Van Damme plays a convict on the run who holes up with a pretty young widow (Rosanna Arquette) and her children (who include one of the Culkin clan, Kieran). Bad guy Joss Ackland is trying to evict Arquette from her land, but Van Damme comes to her rescue. Director Robert Harmon seems to have been aiming for some sort of modern-day Shane, but Van Damme is no Alan Ladd and, to make matters worse, the fighting sequences are a let-down. Joe Eszterhas (Showgirls, Basic Instinct) had a hand in the script. Time Out When fugitive jailbird Van Damme holes up with widowed mother Arquette, he not only charms his way into her kids'... Read more on www.timeout.com Halliwell's Film Guide Tedious action movie with a little added sentimentality, intended, but failing, to give its star a wider appeal. Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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