Review of Lionheart (1990) by Steven1981 — 22 Apr 2020

A.W.O.L as it's originally known also goes under the film title "Lionheart." Basically this film is a 1990 or 1991 film that's more martial arts than anything else but the opening is a dude getting set on fire with gasoline after getting involved with drugs then his brother (Van Damme) who's a foreign legion deserts his post to support his brother's family after his death.

Van Damme supports them by getting involved in fights with random opponents and the fight scenes are very violent, some funny and for me the best fight scenes were with the Scottish dude surrounded by cars and Atilla at the end.

The only problem with A.W.O.L is it lacks realism especially at the end which is unrealistic beyond belief, with a broken rib which is damaged even more and the mangled state Van Damme was in against a bigger, stronger opponent surely Atilla would have kicked Van Damme's butt right? Wrong, Van Damme does a flying kick and that's all it takes to defeat Atilla and that's with a broken rib and being punished brutally by Atilla which is laughable.

This film is so unrealistic so that's the only negative and the reason I don't give it full marks but besides that it's an okay film. Brian Thompson does a good job with his role considering how limited it is and his acting is professionally decent and Deborah Rennard is okay but a bit insane at times.

Harrison Page makes an appearance as Joshua who's the clingy type who's over Van Damme like a rash throughout the movie. Overall fairly good job and it's not a crap or bad film as it's fairly decent but some parts are silly.