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Anxious to see Scott Adkins and Jean-Claude Van Damme duke it out on the big screen? You’re in luck, because the duo’s “Assassination Games” (formerly “Weapon”) will be opening in limited release across the U.S. later this month on July 29th. Head on below for locations and showtimes. Brazil (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint (Scott Adkins) left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme,...

Thanks to IGN and Team Jcvd, we now have a trailer for the upcoming thriller”Assassination Games.” Jean-Claude Van Damme is back, this time playing a hitman who joins forces with a rival assassin to take out their mutual target before they themselves are terminated.

Ernie Barbarash (Hardwired) directs the action, which co-stars Scott Adkins, Kevin Chapman, Ivan Kaye, Valentin Teodosiu, Alin Panc, and Serban Celea among others.

Sony Pictures picked up the film for distribution.

Assassination Games (aka Weapon) is set to hit theaters on September 1st and will like go straight to DVD soon after.

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According to Jean-Claude Van Damme, his upcoming actioner with Scott Adkins, “Weapon”, has since been re-titled “Assassination Games”. The Muscles from Brussels made the announcement on his Twitter page, though after a quick tour of Google, the title change seems to have been made a while back. Oh well, better late than never. (Thanks to Sno for the heads up.) In the movie, Van Damme and Adkins play rival assassins — each of whom are masters of their respective weapons — who form an uneasy alliance to take down a DEA-backed drug cartel. The film co-stars Kevin Chapman, Ivan Kaye, and Valentin Teodosiu, and is directed by Ernie Barbarash, who will be re-teaming with Van Damme on the just-announced “Six Bullets”. A couple of behind-the-scenes looks at “Weapon” aka “Assassination Games” (via Scott Adkins Fanz):...

Ever wondered what a movie featuring two well-known cinematic martial artists throwing down would look like? You’re in luck, because Scott Adkins and Jean-Claude Van Damme are doing just that in their new action movie “Weapon”. Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the film below. Note: Kids, do not smoke in-between fight choreography. Via the boys at Scott Adkins Fanz. Rival assassins — each of whom are masters of their respective weapons — form an uneasy alliance in their mission to take down a DEA-backed drug cartel. “Weapon” is directed by Ernie Barbarash, who helmed the underrated “Cube: Zero” a few years back. It co-stars Kevin Chapman, Valentin Teodosiu, and Ivan Kaye.