Wake of Death (2004)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Philippe Martinez

Writers:

Mick Davis (writer)
Laurent Fellous (writer)

Release Date:

19 January 2005 (France)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

Revenge is all he has left.

Plot:

After his wife is brutally murdered, an ex-cop wages war against the Chinese triads.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Drill | Torture | Revenge | Female Frontal Nudity

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Ben Archer
Simon Yam	...	Sun Quan
Philip Tan	...	Han
Valerie Tian	...	Kim
Tony Schiena	...	Tony
Claude Hernandez	...	Raymond
Lisa King	...	Cynthia Archer
Anthony Fridjohn	...	Max
Danny Keogh	...	Mac Hoggins
Pierre Marais	...	Nicholas Archer
Warrick Grier	...	Da Costa
Tom Wu	...	Andy Wang
Jacqui Chan	...	Mamma Li
Burt Kwouk	...	Tommy Li
Joon Chong	...	Kim's Mother

Also Known As:

After Death (USA) (working title)
L'empreinte de la mort (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

86 min | USA:90 min

Country:

UK | Germany | France | South Africa

Language:

Cantonese | French | English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (cut) | UK:18 | France:-12 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:III | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Japan:R-15 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | USA:R | Finland:K-18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Bauer Martinez Studios

Trivia:

After Ringo Lam left the project, Cess Silvera was brought in to direct, but was fired after two weeks of filming in Cape Town, South Africa.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the final confrontation Ben's son is being held directly to the chest of the villian. In one shot though he is gone to show the damgage, in the next shot he is back where he was before and it becomes appearent that Ben would have had to shoot his son in the head to hit the villian where he did.

Quotes:

Sun Quan: The only thing you postpone in life... is death.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Making of 'Wake of Death' (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Vibrato Tempest Blond

Very Good Action Movie... **Rent It**

Well, what can I say? Straight to video releases are always looked at strangely. I myself are guilty of thinking "The movie cant be that good if it didn't get shown at the Cinema!". I was totally Wrong with Wake Of Death...

This is a great Movie! Van Damme is basically "EXCELLENT". Lisa King who plays Cynthia Archer, Van Damme's wife is quite poor and the Cheapo acting kind of shines in her scenes. She is very basic and really, isn't very good.

Your Probably thinking "This don't sound too good from what I've said but wait, let me continue!".

The Action is excellently balanced in the Movie. The Story is constantly moving in the right direction and you never really lose feel of where things are going! Also, the camera work reminds me of some great flicks like "Face Off" and the Driving scenes could be mistaken for clips from "Fast and the Furious". I ain't kidding, they are really good! This Movie is on par with some films that have been on at the Cinemas! However, if you cant stand rubbish acting, bare with it until his Wife gets killed as the quality shown in her scenes does sound cheap (like TV Soap acting). After that, its all revenge and thats entertaining! Lastly, with Films like "The Punisher" not living up to my Expectations, I rated Wake Of Death better than Punisher! Thats how good I thought it was...