When I first seen the trailer to this in 2014 I was like, this is great I want to see this and I was not disappointed.Let me start by saying that Van Damme is back. His performance was good as the main villain I've been a fan of his for years and seeing him be a sort of corky bad guy was really fun.Now as far as Universal Soldier, the two new ones, I hated. Those films to me ruined that franchise but more on that for another review.Van Damme is some type of drug trafficker who loses his dope and gathers some henchmen to find it, but runs into trouble as he faces off against a Park ranger. I don't want to get into spoilers here but it's cool.The action scenes were excellent and the twists were unexpected Orlando Jones who I remember from Mad TV is in this and with out spoiling anything he was great too.Overall I liked it very much, director Peter Hymns is a good director way better than his immature son John Hymns, thanks for ruining universal Soldier.

A straightforward film done with style and precision. The story is nothing new, but director Peter Hyams ensures the action sequences are well shot, entertaining and different from one another. The performances are fairly decent as well; among the cast is Jean Claude Van Damme, lapping it up as Xander, the crazy, most skilled member of a drug cartel, Tom Everett Scott as Henry, an ex-military man who currently resides as a lonely forest ranger, and Orlando Jones as a man with a problem with Henry, who he blames for a previous event within his life. These three are aware the material isn't new but they make the picture a lot of fun, as well as the supporting cast, however I had one problem with a performance, this was Linzey Cocker, who play's Kayla, a love interest of Henry, her acting is so awful here, it becomes unintentionally laughable. The film has a few twists, not all are blatant, and the picture's sense of humour is rather nice, especially a scene where Van Damme says "hello strawberry, what brings you to these parts" while finding one in the forest; the picture is also fast paced, competently directed, set in a low key, interesting location and well written to an extent within its labelled genre. Overall Enemies Closer was simply a really good action picture, I never expected The Godfather, I just wanted to have a really fun time, and this picture provides it, and it's without a doubt Van Damme's best film since the 90's.

Van Damme is a environmentally concerned drug runner with weird hair who has lost his latest shipment and needs a park rangers help to get it back. Picture the movie Cliffhanger with out the talent, budget and John Lithgow being super creepy. I know Van Damme has made some bad movies in his career, but for the most part you would never have called him flat out boring, until Enemies Closer. It has some mediocre action, and mentions canoes more then other movie since Deliverance, which is not something to really brag about, but there is very little else to say about this very boring movie.2 Beards Out Of 5

I was hesitant to watch this as Van Damme movies have not been watchable for years but with two of my favorite actors (Orlando Jones, Tom Everett Scott) in it, I had to give it a look. Jones and Everett were great playing likable adversaries turned allies. Working with a budget of a TV movie, Hyams does an excellent job. With some decent action, I was happy to see the fight scenes performed without all the dramatic back and forth of other Van Damme movies. Throw in some humor and a twist and you have a very entertaining watch. But the real surprise was Van Damme who, for once, seems to be enjoying himself and creates a memorable character that you wish somehow survives to fight another day. But he did go out with a bang.