Until Death (2007)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Simon Fellows

Writers (WGA):

Dan Harris (written by) and
James Portolese (written by)

Release Date:

20 June 2007 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

They put him in a coma, now he's going to put them out of their misery.

Plot:

Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Shot In The Head | Police Officer Killed | Dead Policewoman | Sex On Pool Table

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14

1:00 AM

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Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Anthony Stowe
Selina Giles	...	Valerie Stowe
Mark Dymond	...	Mark Rossini
William Ash	...	Serge
Stephen Lord	...	Jimmy Medina
Gary Beadle	...	Mac
C. Gerod Harris	...	Ross
Wes Robinson	...	Chad Mansen
Stephen Rea	...	Gabriel Callaghan
Buffy Davis	...	Jane
Alana Maria	...	Clementine
Fiona O'Shaughnessy	...	Lucy
Adam Leese	...	Van Huffel
Rachel Grant	...	Maria Ronson
Paul Williams	...	Tommy

Also Known As:

Til Death (USA) (pre-release title)
Until the Death (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language, sexuality/nudity and drug content.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

UK | Bulgaria | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:18 | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:18 | Peru:18

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Absolut Film Management

Trivia:

A lot of the scenes were shot in Bulgaria. In particular, the school in the movie is the American College of Sofia.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Stowe enters the police station after recovering from his coma, he is wearing a necklace. In the next shot, during the same conversation, it has gone.

Quotes:

Anthony Stowe: [holding a gun to Lorenz's head] If you're going to take a shot at a cop, make sure you kill him. And the fact that you were willing to take that shot means you have a lot to say.

Soundtrack:

Earth Angel

Second Chance for Tony Stowe and Van Damme

In New Orleans, the abusive narcotic detective Anthony Stowe (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a dirty cop, addicted in heroin and booze, hated by his colleagues and divorcing from his wife Valerie (Selina Giles). While trying to arrest his former partner and drug lord Gabriel Callaghan (Stephen Rea), the mission fails, two undercover officers are killed and the drug, the money and the monitoring tapes vanish. Later, Tony is shot by a criminal in the head and miraculously does not die. After months in coma, he wakes up trying to fix the errors of his past life.

After many bad movies, Jean Claude Van-Damme finally makes a very good film. His character is very well developed in a story that uses clichés, but is also interesting, full of action and without a final redemption with a happy end. When the viewer sees this movie, wait for the credits because there is an important footage of the missing surveillance tapes, disclosing what happened in the house and how the officers were killed. I hope this movie be a milestone and a second chance in the career of Van Damme, and like his character and Phoenix, he raises from the ashes to please his fans. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Até a Morte" ("Until the Death")