“The Bouncer” Theatrical Poster
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2019
On February 12th, 2019, Blue Fox Entertainment is releasing the DVD for The Bouncer (the our review) in both its original French language and English dubbed version (why they didn’t multi-track it as one DVD is beyond us) – or you can watch the film now via VOD.
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Kill ’em All) returns in the Taken-esque The Bouncer (aka Lukas), an action thriller directed by Julien Leclercq (The Assault).
Van Damme (Black Water) is Lukas, a midde-aged bouncer who struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter. One day, Lukas gets into an altercation and ends up in jail, while his daughter gets placed under the care of social services. But things take an unexpected turn when Interpol recruits Lukas…
The film also stars Sveva Alviti, Sami Bouajila, Kaaris, Kevin Janssens, Sam Louwyck, and Alice Verset.
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I thought he said he had improved as an actor and wanted to do more serious roles. It was one of his motivations not to be involved with The Expendables. But so far he has been making the same crappy films over and over again. Haven’t seen Van Johnson yet but the trailer makes it seem like it is going to be fun. Any way who really is going to care about The Bouncer? Not me.
Honestly, this could be good. I haven’t seen much of Julien Leclercq’s work, but I have seen “The Assault.” It was a very gritty, fact-based action-drama, not dissimilar to something like Paul Greengrass films like “The Green Zone” and “Captain Phillips.” I would love to see Van Damme in something down ‘n dirty like that.
The Assault is on my yet to watch list.
But I do feel the need to interject on Captain Phillips. The film was based on a book written by Captain Phillips himself that was filled with lies and untruths. He wasn’t the hero made out to be. He actually had endangered the crew members even when they begged him not to get so close to the Somali coast.
Julien Leclercq might very well be a good director. But even good directors can make bad films. The story sounds like any generic B action flick you can think of. Let us hope that it will be a good Van Damme flick.
Wow, I have to say – against all odds, this looks pretty damn good! I get some serious ‘Drive’ vibes from the moody neon lighting and gritty action of this trailer. Could this be JCVD’s best non-‘Universal Soldier’ flick since ‘Wake of Death’?
After Kill em All sucked, his series gets canceled, and he starts picking fights with Power Rangers, Van Damme’s duthre seemed in jeopardy. But this does look good.
Nowadays, Van Damme’s best films seem to be this down and dirty type. Wake of Death is the standard that I hold him to, and Bouncer seems similar indeed.
“Duthre” was supposed to be future. Ugh
I gotta say it dude, I kinda like the original “duthre”. It has a nice ring to it – Back to the Duthre. Days of Future Duthre. Duthre Hunters.
Dope!
This looks like a solid Martial Arts actioner, and I love the visual look of the movie. Very different to lot of the Belgium star’s recent flicks.
Like to see im do more films like this, than making sequels to his more well known hits.
Just retire already. This looks like it could be nice though, so leave on a high note but leave.
Another upcoming Van Damme flick that I’m happily anticipating seeing. I haven’t seen THE ASSAULT or WAKE OF DEATH, but now I’m going to check them out.
A new Van Damme is always an event for me. And this trailer looks great. Director Julien Leclerqc won a Cesar (French equivalent of the Oscar) a few seasons back. So I’d imagine his talent to be pretty substantial. Certainly he seems to have captured the soulful, burnt-to-the-ground intensity Van Damme projects in his best 21st century vehicles. Dare I hope for another JCVD?
I’ve heard mixed things about this film, to say the least, but I’ll definitely be giving it a shot on VOD. It just looks more promising than anything Van Damme has done since 2013’s ‘Enemies Closer.’