Legionnaire (1998)

R12/03/1998Action, War, Adventure, History1h 38m
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A fugitive from a killer. A remote outpost. A fight to the death.

Overview

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jean-Claude Van Damme

    Alain Lefevre

  2. Cast 1

    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

    Luther

  3. Cast 1

    Steven Berkoff

    Sgt. Steinkampf

  4. Cast 1

    Nicholas Farrell

    Mackintosh

  5. Cast 1

    Jim Carter

    Lucien Galgani

  6. Ana Sofrenović

    Katarina

  7. Cast 1

    Daniel Caltagirone

    Guido Rosetti

  8. Cast 1

    Joseph Long

    Maxim

  9. Mario Kalli

    Rene Galgano

**The best Van Damme movie, for me.** I picked up this movie by chance, right at the beginning, and I watched it. I liked the style, the atmosphere, and the fact is that the film turned out to be very good. The film begins when a boxer, who should have lost a fight, decides not to comply with the agreement, harming some mobsters, who go after him to kill him. In order to escape and hide, he enlists in the Foreign Legion and goes to Morocco, where he will have to survive a commission in times of war. Jean Claude Van Damme really surprised me with his work, completely outside of what he ha...