Review of Death Warrant (1990) by King C — 10 Jun 2010

This ranks with Double Impact in the upper echelon of Van Damme flicks for me. This is the one where he is in prison as an undercover cop, trying to uncover why prisoners are turning up dead. I will not say anything else because unlike most Van Damme flicks, this movie has a plot that is not 100% predicatable from the get-go. That said, the plot is not really good, and overall it is incredibly ridiculous.

The main reason to see this movie is the awesome, badass fight scene at the end. It is completely over the top and ludicrous (apparently The Van Damme is indestructible because he is thrown off a four story platform and lands on his shoulder without breaking anything, not to mention he takes several blows from a monkey wrench), but it is awesome in its ridiculousness, as it features several defining Van Damme moments; like the classic part where he yells for his enemy to, "COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" while he has his ridicuously ripped arms flexing in the air, not to mention it has not one, but two signature screaming slow motion jump kicks from The Van Damme! Overall, thumbs down, but great fight at the end!