After his wife is brutally murdered, club enforcer Ben Archer wages war against the Chinese triads.After his wife is brutally murdered, club enforcer Ben Archer wages war against the Chinese triads.After his wife is brutally murdered, club enforcer Ben Archer wages war against the Chinese triads.
Jacqueline Chan
- Mamma Li
- (as Jacqui Chan)
Bo Petersen
- Judge Brown
- (as Bo Peterson)
Tarryn Meaker
- Babysitter
- (as Tarryn Downes)
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- GoofsIn 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.
- Alternate versionsIn Germany, the uncut version didn't get a rating/approval at all (both FSK and SPIO/JK boards thought the film might violate §131, glorification of violence). Therefore the rental version is cut by 81 sec. with SPIO/JK approval, while the retail version is cut even more (ca. 4 minutes) with a "Not under 18" rating from the FSK. The Dutch DVD also features this same cut version. In 2017 however, the uncut version was granted a "Not under 16" rating from the FSK, making previous cut versions completely obsolete.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Making of 'Wake of Death' (2004)
- SoundtracksBei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen
(uncredited)
from DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lyrics by Emanuel Schikaneder
Heard during the massacre in a Chinese restaurant
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JCVD has never really thought of his movies as anything more than entertainment, he was once asked which of his movies was good, he replied "have I ever made any good movies?" He really makes an effort in this one, and to be honest he generally makes better movies than Steven Seagal, who always has to make a point of letting everyone know he speaks Japanese etc. Bit lame now Steven! The movie is a excellent effort, but lacks good supporting actors. JCVD isn't Sean Penn, but then again we all know that Sean isn't that good a fighter (although he does try, well used to anyway). So, JCVD really needs excellent support actors to raise his game, and sadly there aren't any here. Everyone is over serious. But hey, it's only entertainment you say. But I can't help thinking that with a few seriously good support male actors like Biehn or Madsen, the whole thing would have gone down much better. On the whole though if you like action, this is defo for you.
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- After Death
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- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $521,918
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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