The Quest (1996)

Director:

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Writers (WGA):

Frank Dux (story) and
Jean-Claude Van Damme (story) ...

Release Date:

26 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Go the distance

Plot:

Chris embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery that spans the globe. Kidnapped and enslaved by gun smugglers...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Underground Fighting | Fight | Blimp Crash | Tournament

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 19

1:30 PM

MAX

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Christopher Dubois
Roger Moore	...	Lord Edgar Dobbs
James Remar	...	Maxie Devine
Janet Gunn	...	Carrie Newton
Jack McGee	...	Harry Smythe
Aki Aleong	...	Khao
Abdel Qissi	...	Khan (Mongolian Fighter)
Louis Mandylor	...	Riggi
Chang Ching Peng Chaplin	...	Master Tchi
Ryan Cutrona	...	Officer O'Keefe
Shane Meier	...	Red
Matt Lyon	...	Billy
Jen Sung Outerbridge	...	Phang (Siamese Fighter)
Peter Wong	...	Chinese Fighter
Kitao Koji	...	Sumo Wrestler

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for adventure violence and martial arts fights.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:U | Germany:16 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | UK:18 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

MDP Worldwide

Trivia:

Van Damme's final fight against Kahn (Abdel Qissi) is the second time he's fought the same actor in the final fight in two unrelated movies. The first time was the movie Lionheart (1990). The other actor he fought twice in a final fight was Bolo Yeung.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The fighter from Spain has the Albanian flag embodied in his belt. (The actor Pete Malota which plays the Spanish fighter is of Albanian origin.)

Van Damme's effort as a director is a good surprise!

This film is Van Damme's first effort as director, and he is surprisingly good in his task!The Quest is, of course, a simple action film, but it has a lot of good intentions and the story, written by Van Damme, is good-hearted. The star plays Chris Dubois, a man who is saved by a group of mercenaries led by a smooth and charming thief (Roger Moore, who brings a little bit of comedy and softness to the story), and this guy takes Chris to the Lost City to fight in a highly dangerous tournament. The winner takes home a beautiful, enormous golden dragon. This isn't the best film of Van Damme's career, his best phase was with the Chinese directors (Hard Target, The Colony), but The Quest isn't a good film for those who want to see explosions, Van Damme blowing people's heads off and those kinds of thing. This is an adventure, the type of film that, if we were now ten years old, would love!you don't have violence, shootings and explosions, if you want to watch something like that rent Hellbound Hellraiser 2, this is a Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark kind of film. If you want to give the movie a shot, try to forget your grown-up side and watch it as if you were ten years old again. Then you will love it!it's a simple, entertaining and very good movie!