PREVIEW: The Last Mercenary (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jean-Claude Van Damme (Universal Soldier), Samir Decazza (film debut), Éric Judor (Les Dalton), Miou-Miou (Memoirs of a French Whore), Alban Ivanov (WTF), Assa Sylla (Girlhood), Michel Crémadès (Micmacs), Patrick Timsit (Dalida), Valérie Kaprisky (Glam), Djimo (Rendez-vous Chez les Malawas)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David Charhon (Cyprien), director, writer, producer; Ismaël Sy Savané (Lascars), writer; Olivier Albou (Don’t Tell Her), Olias Barco (Kill Me Please), Jakéma Charhon (film debut), Jean-Charles Levy (Race), Eponine Maillet (film debut), Nicolas Manuel (Incident in a Ghostland), Vladislav Ryashin (The Strayed), Laurence Schonberg (Adorables) and Artemenko Yuriy (film debut), producers; Thierry Arbogast (The Fifth Element), cinematographer; Yann Malcor (Man to Man), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After his estranged son Archie (Decazza) is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the French government, a mysterious former secret service agent and deadly mercenary known as “The Mist” (Van Damme) returns to the country in order to help clear his son’s name…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Action legend Jean-Claude Van Damme is back with a full-on action-comedy that makes great use of the performer’s flexible stunt work and his oddball screen presence.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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