The Hard Corps (2006)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

An Army veteran assembles a team of bodyguards to protect a former boxer. Complications arise when the boxer suspects his sister may be romantically involved with the bodyguard. You've pretty much know what to expect and you've seen this type of plot in other movies over the years for sure but 'The Hard Corps' is a fun and watchable action flick with Jean Claude Van Damme as an Ex-Soldier who fights his own personal demons but also tries to protect this boxer and his family. The action was also pretty good and the acting not bad either. (7.4/10)

A war veteran with a haunted past named Philippe Sauvage gets offered a chance to be the bodyguard for retired boxer Wayne Barclay, along with friend Clarence Bowden to protect Wayne from released prisoner, Terrell Singletery. He is initially let go by Wayne's beautiful sister, Tamara for being too awkward (Vivica Fox) , but she changes her mind when Phillipe saves her Brother's life during an assassination attempt at a club. After Clarence dies in the process, Phillipe gets hired full-time by Tamara to set up the new security team. Conflict arises between Barclay & Sauvage when the shady Detective Teague tells Wayne about Sauvage's past, and Sauvage starts falling for Tamara. Steven Seagal turned this down (Thank god) JCVD took the part instead. I'm a big JCVD fan and I think this is one of JCVD's unheralded STD movies. It isn't exactly a good film, but it does manage to be fairly entertaining when all is said and done. It has some well timed humor, lively characters, and a solid pace. I think people condemn this film because of the lack of action scenes. It isn't completely void of them. We do get a couple of above average fight scenes, but I would's say it is filled with action, because it isn't. There is some cheap war flashbacks involving VD's character that feel otiose and out of place. It is never boring, despite the lack of action. The film's best fight scene, might just be the most disappointing. There is a somewhat lengthy scrap between Wayne Barclay & Sauvage in the second half. It does have its moments, but I felt it could have been so much more. Instead, it turned out to be a "Who's dick is bigger" type scrap. The film made sure neither man looked weak in the fight, which was smart, but it should have been more emotional. I also hated the rap music throughout the movie. We get your typical "In the hood" dialog sometimes. My favorite line has to be "When was the last time you had your ham glazed?" I spit my beer out and laughed my ass off. Van Damme isn't too shabby here. He always has a welcome presence, even with a film that is below his standards. He looks to be sleepwalking at times, but he does have moments that impress as well. Fellow JCVD fans will be pleased to know he does some of his trademark kicks, including the patented leg sweep. His romance with Vivica Fox was quite cute. Razaaq Adoti is actually very charismatic as Wayne Barclay. He felt like a real boxer. Some of his dialog made me shake my head, but I really liked him. Vivica Fox is very sexy and did well in her role. She was sassy and enjoyable to watch. Viv Leacock is pretty poor as the villain. He said the word "B****tch" WAY too many times. He wasn't all that menacing either. The rest of the cast is OK. The ending makes me grin every time I watch it. Call me a lame romantic if you will, but I can't help it. Final Thoughts: It isn't great, let me get that out of the way. You could do a hell of a lot worse. With all of the garbage Steven Seagal, Wesley Snipes, etc churn out these days, Van Damme at least tries. This one is a solid time waster. I rather like it5.6/10

A tired looking Van Damme shows up like an odd man out in this straight-to-DVD hard "core" gangsta revenge action joint, as he plays an Army Vet that's hired as a bodyguard for a former heavy weight boxing champ who's targeted by a man who he put away by not throwing a fight. But now that he is released, he begins receiving threats. There he must whip in shape some wannabe gangsta posse into professional bodyguards willing to take a bullet for their man/woman, while also fighting past war traumatic stress that haunts him and then there's the sister of the heavy weight champ who might just be falling for our man. A steely Van Dame pretty mops around (like he's thrown right in to the deep end), until it reaches its bloody climax of punishing gunfire. You know busting a cap. The camera does get a good workout though, but while there are some masterful martial arts by Van Damme, it's mainly kept as a one-off side-dish. Too often is spends a lot time posing about (the dramas), thinking its hip and cool and this only makes it even more drawn out when it could have been much tighter. It's simple and predictable with its plot devices, but it does entertain when it gets moving. It's too bad that it wasn't all that often. Competent, but dull."That's an order soldier."

Van Damme is clearly too old to be making action films anymore, least of all poorly made STVs like this one. He is barely in the picture as it is. It really is a blaxploitation flick, full of rappers and thugs, and the main action has to do with them. Jean is strictly a sidebar. For what the plot is worth, Jean is a federal convict hired to guard a boxer being targeted by an old nemesis. Jean puts together a special security squad he dubs the Hard Corps. The lovely Vivica A. Fox is wasted as the boxer's sister and Jean's love interest. What a comedown from his late 1980s/1990s theatrical vehicles. Today, he's in the same boat with Segal, churning out subpar actioners for STV consumption. And like Segal, he is playing second fiddle to a bunch of interchangeable rappers and thugs, most of whom couldn't act if a gun was held to their head.