Bardlerx Strictly average movie

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

info-11735 In Hell has a very simple plot and incredibly poorly written script. The Acting is too bad that you can't continue watching. The camera angles, visuals, editing everything related to cinematography is very wrong or primitive.

ivo-cobra8 Disclaimer: If you are a viewer that mainly prefers art-house-type movies, then you might as well ignore this review. In addition, if you're not able to take a prison style action solid Van Damme movie, ignore this review, as well. We'll both be better off.In Hell (2003) is my favorite Jean-Claude Van Damme prison style movie that I really love so much. I love Death Warrant so much and this is the second prison movie Jean-Claude Van Damme started. In Death Warrant he was undercover cop working in US prison, this time he is an US worker in a Russia who goes in prison, innocent and wrongfully convicted for a killing a man who killed his wife, now in prison he has to fight with fist fights knuckles to survive. This movie is completely different than any Prison movie. Everyone knows by now that I love prison movies and I seriously love In Hell. Prison Break (2005) TV Series is still my favorite TV show of all time and the first season in my opinion is Van Damme's Death Warrant. The Third Season of Prison Break is Van Damme's In Hell. This is actually the third collaboration that Van Damme worked with Chinese director Ringo Lam. Jean-Claude Van Damme did a solid performance in this movie and he acted pretty well. I think this movie is Very solid Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, terrific acting by Van Damme! Plot: Kyle LeBlanc (JCVD) must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens' entertainment.The Order, Replicant, Wake of Death and this movie In Hell are my favorite Direct to Video Van Damme movies. I like and I love them. This is a different movie from Van Damme, I am been a huge Van Damme films fan, like are Hard Target, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Cyborg, Death Warrant, Lionheart, Universal Soldier, Timecop and Maximum Risk. Van Damme always wanted to do a different things, grew up like an actor, this was after he made Replicant with Ringo Lam and he worked so well, that he decided to work again in another solid movie. This is a good prison film, it is that kind of prison film that, you kind a get this clichés, evil guards, the evil warden, or this General because this is in Russia. Where Van Damme works in a steel meal and his wife is attacked while he is talking on the phone races to get home, he finds his wife murdered and than he chases and catches the attacker, he get's away, but later arrested. The guy get's away, because the judge was bought, Van Damme shoot's the guy right there in the court of law, pretty much and he gets sentenced too life in prisonment in Russian Prison. Pretty much is happening in prison than.Two words about this movie; great and underrated. One of the best Van Damme films and performances. I like Ringo Lam's other Van Damme film Maximum Risk and Replicant but I will say that In Hell is without a doubt much better (not saying that Maximum Risk and Replicant is bad movie in any way), while Replicant is my favorite of the three. Too bad that Van Damme and Lam didn't do more movies together because they worked great as director/actor team. In Hell is one of those Van Damme films that should have had theatrical release, but like any other good movie it unfortunately got nothing. I always consider it to be more of a drama than action, there is some good and brutal action in it but movie had lot more sad and emotional scenes, which really helped it. And that's mostly thanks to good actors and script. I enjoy this prison film. Jean Claude-Van Damme doesn't do much kicking, but I felt the fight scenes was realistic and bloody. The story isn't new, but it works fine. I think Damme did a pretty good acting job.In this movie the action, the prison scene was really realistic, I really love this movie. Van Damme doesn't do much of a kicking but, his splits and martial arts were really old, so Van Damme tried something new which it worked and I like it. I always wondered my self what a movie would be like if Van Damme did a drama. And when In Hell was made it was one of those movies, that showed his acting ability. I thought his acting wasn't bad before but with action movies you don't have to rely on your acting abilities as much. He has had a few previous films with more acting but In Hell was the first film of his that had emotion to it. And I was blown away by his acting. Before Until Death and JCVD came out and people said he couldn't act, I referred them to this movie. He does no signature moves at all but that's a good thing.Overall I have enjoyed this movie so much and get's a solid 10 by me, I love the realistic prison Van Damme movie. I love Jean-Claude Van Damme and I do care what is happening to the actor.In Hell is a 2003 action crime drama directed by Ringo Lam and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Kyle LeBlanc, an American working in Russia who takes revenge on the criminal named Kolvic, who killed his wife and subsequently finds himself in a Russian prison. 10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: 777 Films Corporation Millennium Films Nu Image, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lawrence Taylor, Marnie Alton, Malakai Davidson, Billy Rieck,Robert LaSardo Director: Ringo Lam Producers: Danny Lerner, John Thompson, David Varod Screenplay: Eric James Virgets, Jorge Alvarez, Steve Latshaw, Les Weldon Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 38 Mins. Budget: $17.000.000 Box Office: $24,730,700

BA_Harrison With Ringo Lam directing and Jean-Claude Van Damme starring, I was expecting In Hell to be a cheesy, slam-bang, all-out fight-fest full of stereotypical hard-nut characters smashing the crap out of each other at every opportunity; what I actually got was a surprisingly grim and unflinchingly brutal prison drama, albeit full of stereotypical hard-nut characters smashing the crap out of each other at every opportunity.Lam directs with style, Van Damme is actually pretty good in a role that requires him to act for a change, and for a while the going is good, but the film is eventually sunk by a script that develops ideas above its station: in a blatant attempt to elevate the film to Shawshank/Midnight Express status, Van Damme's character, Kyle LeBlanc, takes a journey through his own personal hell, unbelievably becomes a symbol of hope and inspiration for the other prisoners, and risks his life to protect a mentally handicapped killer against the corrupt guards; all the while, clichéd brute with a brain, prisoner 451 (Lawrence Taylor), delivers a solemn, philosophical voice-over.None of this 'emotional drama' is particularly convincing (especially the previously utterly ruthless Russian mafioso coming to admire the American), but the best (or worst) is saved for last when Kyle drives straight out of the prison's front gate in what must be the dumbest jail-break in cinematic history.

Comeuppance Reviews Kyle LeBlanc (Van Damme) is an American who works in Russia. When his wife is murdered, he gets revenge and kills the assailant. Unfortunately, rather than be the end of the movie, it's just the beginning of the nightmare for Kyle. He's sent to a harsh, unforgiving Russian prison (is there any other kind?). While in there trying to survive, it comes to light that the corrupt guards bet on Punchfighting matches which they call "The Sparka" between the inmates. Kyle trains and fights, and becomes good, but in the process begins to lose his soul. Thanks to cellmate 451 (Taylor), Kyle starts the process of escaping his prisons, both mental and physical.It may have been stated before, but In Hell is truly a return to form for Van Damme. After the horrendous Derailed (2002), he probably re-assessed his life and career and demanded he do something of quality. This may be an educated speculation, but In Hell is the result. It's shot and directed well, as Ringo Lam is a talented man, and Van Damme probably thought it was foolproof to fall back on his Maximum Risk (1996) and Replicant (2001) director to deliver a good, solid production. He was right.Interestingly, In Hell balances bare-knuckle, hard-core Punchfighting with a surprising amount of depth and philosophy, primarily delivered by Lawrence Taylor (of all people) as 451. The movie shows how Kyle becomes feral and animalistic, and begins to lose his identity. But he must search his soul to get it back. On top of that, there's even some parallels to the biblical Samson story. Van Damme has a beard and long hair at one point. Can he maintain his abilities once it becomes a soul patch? While there is some CGI (we'll forgive the CGI moth, but the CGI planes are unnecessary), if you think about such movies as The Quest (1996), and compare that to this, you truly see Van Damme's range as a performer and martial artist. The Quest, for all intents and purposes, is a kid's movie, and In Hell certainly isn't. Those are two ends of his spectrum, and any JCVD haters out there should keep that in mind. He clearly saw In Hell as a chance to stretch and push himself as an actor/martial artist (in itself a good sign that at his age he still wants to grow and learn), and In Hell was the perfect vehicle to do that, and the results are winning and entertaining, while delivering a different kind of Van Damme. So it could be said that it was a success all around.Thirteen years after Death Warrant (1990), Van Damme returns to prison. And we should all be glad he did. In Hell is a Van Damme winner.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com