Review of Enemies Closer (2013) by Matt C — 11 Sep 2017

JCVD plays a brilliantly wacky villain that makes you route for the bad guy!

This review of Enemies Closer (2013) was written by Matt C on 11 Sep 2017.

Enemies Closer has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Andrew G (1,437) on 28 Jan 2017

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By Tariq H (57) on 26 Mar 2014

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By Anthony J (283) on 07 Feb 2015

Absolutely terrible. The dialogue was raw. Jean-Claude-Van Damme's performance was extremely weird…

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By Farah R (1,015) on 15 Oct 2016

There's hardly anything new to get excited about in this mediocre action flick starring none other than Jean Claude Van Damme himself…

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By Jordon J (666) on 06 Mar 2014

Mr. Hyams keeps things moving briskly, building to an ending with a pretty good plot twist. I say RENT IT…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 31 Dec 2014

I was impressed by the action in this movie, it made the movie real cool to watch…

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By Neil Genzlinger (512) for New York Times (5,786) on 23 Jan 2014

With a manic performance by Jean-Claude Van Damme and an improbable but intriguing plot variation, Enemies Closer is an improvement over most…

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By Michael K (2,029) on 07 Dec 2013

I'm a big JCVD fan but this movie is the worst of his that I've seen. Why did I waste 1h25 minutes on this pile of dung…

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