Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Absolutely brilliant

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

I have a great collection of movies which does not include this. You don't watch this for entertainment purpose. Lethargic is what this is! Nothing is exciting here. The acting, except that of Vivica Fox is way down par. The fight scenes are contrived and practically lacks the crispness and snap of action that is seen in Universal Soldier and Hard Target. Such waste!

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

the hard corps is a van damme movie in which he plays an ex soldier who is asked to protect a champion boxer from gangsters. so sure the story doesn't sound that good, but it's a solid movie, that is pullled by van damme's good performance, showing that 'in hell' and 'wake of death' wasn't flukes. and the action is top notch, i just wish there was more of it. never the less this is a solid action flick that delivers the goods, compare this to any of seagal's movies from 2006 and you'll think this is a masterpiece, and fair play to van damme for always making an effort to produce the best films possible from the tools he has. the hard corps is a great action flick thats sure to please fans of van damme

The picture concerns an Afghanistan/Irak veteran (Jean-Claude Van Damme) , he's living at hospital when is hired as a bodyguard . He must protect an ex-heavyweight champion , now a building magnate (Adoti) and his sister (Vivica A. Fox) against a dangerous rapper recently out of prison . The war veteran sets up an experienced team (Mark Griffin , among others) called ¨Hard Corps¨ to save menaced ex-boxer .This movie direct to video packs violent action , suspense , shoot-outs , boxing and martial art fighting and results to be quite amusing . Suffering Van Damme plays finely a sad and affected veteran , splendid Vivica A. Fox as enjoyable sister who falls in love for him and the brother played convincingly by Adoti who acted along with Jean-Claude in his former film ¨Second-in-command¨ . The movie is pointlessly energetic , occasionally fun and entertaining and for that reason will appeal to real devotee Van Damme . It's produced in middling budget by Pierre Splenger who produced last films of Steven Seagal and Van Damme . The movie was professionally directed by Sheldon Lettich. He spent several years in the US Marines Corps , including a time in Vietnam war . Lettich is filmmaker of Van Damme previous hits such as ¨The order¨ , ¨Double impact¨,¨Lionheart¨ ; furthermore , he is author of hunk men vehicles such as Daniel Bernhardt : ¨Perfect day¨ , Dolph Lundgren : ¨List patrol¨, and Mark Dacascos : ¨Only the strong¨. Rating : Acceptable and passable .