The French action-comedy “The Gardener” presents a familiar premise filtered through a distinctly European sensibility. In a tranquil, remote island home, the stage is set for a violent disruption of domestic life. At the center of this world is Serge Shuster, a self-important politician whose verbosity and pompous nature define him.
He is a man built of words and ambition, vacationing with his exhausted wife, social-media-focused teenage daughter, and a newborn. His foil is Leo, the property’s gardener, played by the iconic Jean-Claude Van Damme. Leo is a figure of quiet mystery, a man of earth and action who communicates through stoic silence.
When a team of mercenaries descends upon the home to assassinate Serge, this carefully constructed peace shatters. Leo is forced to shed his unassuming persona, revealing a past as a lethal operative and becoming the family’s unlikely, and only, guardian. The ensuing conflict establishes a...
He is a man built of words and ambition, vacationing with his exhausted wife, social-media-focused teenage daughter, and a newborn. His foil is Leo, the property’s gardener, played by the iconic Jean-Claude Van Damme. Leo is a figure of quiet mystery, a man of earth and action who communicates through stoic silence.
When a team of mercenaries descends upon the home to assassinate Serge, this carefully constructed peace shatters. Leo is forced to shed his unassuming persona, revealing a past as a lethal operative and becoming the family’s unlikely, and only, guardian. The ensuing conflict establishes a...
- 6/8/2025
- by Enzo Barese
- Gazettely
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