Lionheart

"When the streets are a jungle... There can only be one king."

Jan 11 1991 R 1h 48m
Action, Crime, Drama

Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.

Plot

To reunite with this dying brother in Los Angeles, the French Foreign Legion officer, Lyon Gaultier, abandons his unit. Penniless, yet determined to make those who harmed his brother pay, Lyon takes part in an illegal street fight and catches the eye of Cynthia Caldera, an unscrupulous organizer of underground fights. However, as Lyon becomes Lionheart, the unpaid medical bills of his sister-in-law, Hélène, start to pile up. Now, the odds are against Lyon, who desperately wants to help his brother's family. Can Lionheart defeat brutal Attila, the undisputed champion of Cynthia's underground fighting matches?

Written by

Stefani Warren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sheldon Lettich

Directed by

Sheldon Lettich

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Imperial Filmproduktion, Universal Pictures

Languages

Español, English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
J.C.V.D - Lionheart [1990] - Trailer 1 (Full HD 1080p)
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