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Jean-Claude Van Damme is back in action in The Last Mercenary, now streaming on Netflix. A French action comedy movie from director David Charhon, The Last Mercenary stars Van Damme in the lead role as a former secret service agent on a mission to save his son. A trailer for the movie was released ahead of its streaming debut on Netflix, which you can check out below for a sneak peek at Van Damme throwing kicks once again.

In The Last Mercenary, Jean-Claude Van Damme is a former secret service agent who must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government. Though there are comedic elements, the movie features plenty of Van Damme back in action with the 60-year-old kicking faces, busting heads, and dodging bullets. It seems to be a must-see movie for big fans of the actor...

Review originally published on March 18, 2010 as part of our SXSW coverage.

Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) returns to delight audiences once again with Micmacs, his sixth feature film. Astounding visuals are abundant, washing the screen an alluring aura of cinematography. What sets Micmacs apart is its unabashedly comical nature, drawing influence from the silent masters. A love of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is clearly present, making Micmacs a whimsically wild ride.

Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin...

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurent Starring: Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, François Berléand, Albert Dupontel The year is 1979, Bazil’s (Dany Boon) father is blown to bloody bits while dismantling a mine in the Sahara (this ain’t no Hurt Locker); his mother subsequently has a complete mental breakdown. Next, Bazil escapes from a repressive Catholic orphanage. We find him years later, now an unabashed cinephile (ala Quentin Tarantino), working as a clerk in a video store. One night while mimicking the The Big Sleep verbatim, Bazil is caught in the crossfire of a shootout. At this moment, we dissolve into the opening credits of what seems to be a film within a film. (Is Bazil dead? In which case…is everything else all a dream?) With a bullet lodged in his head, Bazil’s surgeon is left with two options: remove the bullet (reducing Bazil to a...

Director/ Producer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet DVD and Blu-ray release date: June 21 2010 Studio: E1 Entertainment Number of discs: 1 Price: From £10.99 Running Time: 101 mins Certificate: 12 Starring: Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Michel Cremades, Julie Ferrier, Omar Sy, Marie-Julie Baup Jean-Pierre Jeunet (A Very Long Engagement, Amelie, The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen) returns with another quirky, surreal and thoroughly enchanting offering. Bazil (Dany Boon) is orphaned when his father is blown up by a mine he is disarming and his mother has a break down. He goes to live with strict nuns, eventually running away by hiding in a baker’s van. Years later, working in Matador video he is shot in the head accidentally when two people sloppily wage war against each other in the street outside. Released form hospital with a bullet permanently lodged in his skull, Bazil’s apartment and job have...

There are five new clips in from Sony Pictures Classics' "Micmacs" comedy/crime flick. Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("A Very Long Engagement," "Alien Resurrection") directs from the screenplay he wrote along with Guillaume Laurant. The film stars Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Julie Ferrier, Omar Sy, Dominique Pinon, Michel Crémadès and Marie-Julie Baup. "Micmacs à tire-larigot" opens on May 28th in limited areas. First it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain... Bazil doesn't have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden, instant death. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is quickly taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave.

Check out the trailer for Sony Pictures Classics' "Micmacs à tire-larigot" (a.k.a."Micmacs") starring Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Julie Ferrier, Omar Sy, Dominique Pinon, Michel Crémadès and Marie-Julie Baup. Very intriguing, certainly caught my attention. The film produced by Epithète Films, Tapioca Films, France 3 Cinéma and Warner Bros. Entertainment France opens May 28th in limited areas and is R for sexuality and brief violence.

Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) returns to delight audiences once again with Micmacs, his sixth feature film. Astounding visuals are abundant, washing the screen an alluring aura of cinematography. What sets Micmacs apart is its unabashedly comical nature, drawing influence from the silent masters. A love of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is clearly present, making Micmacs a whimsically wild ride.

Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin to decide he.s better off having the bullet left lodged in is head,...