Assassination Games (2011) 7/10

Starring : Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Kevin Chapman, Ivan Kaye
Director : Ernie Barbarash
Running Time : 100 mins

Assassin for hire Vincent Brazil (Van Damme) is tasked with taking down drug dealer Polo Yakur (Kaye), but another contract killer, Roland Flint (Adkins), wants the same contract as Yakur was responsible for an attack on his wife which left her in a coma. The two eventually form an unlikely alliance, but little do they know that the contract was merely a ploy by Interpol to draw Flint out of hiding and now both their lives are in danger.

For a Van Damme movie, this was pretty good. The plot is simple, yet complex enough to keep an audience interested, and as far as Van Damme movies go this is one of the better scripts I’ve seen. Fans of action movies might find it a little slow going, but if you like action movies that have a little brain to them then this, surprisingly enough, might be right up your street.

You’ll like this if you liked : Hitman