Pound of Flesh (2015) directed by Ernie Barbarash is the most fun i have with Jean-Claude Van Damme in years.Apart from the tired plot this movie actually surprise me with the character development.The relationship between Van Damme and John Ralston is heartfelt and make me care so much for them in the end.The action is fine for what it is but overall it still a movie for fan of Van Damme only

I really feel bad about Van Damme some of his latest movies are so bad and other's well they're nice for what they are this one is just boring. The film is about Jean Claude Van Damme loosing his kidney and he goes in search to find it. The bad thing about this movie is that every time that he fights he acts like his bored or that his tired he has lost a lot of weight but also his movies are just not that great anymore if you see Schwarzenegger in Maggie amazing performance or Stallone in Creed pure epicness in here? it's just an old tired Van Damme alongside a dumb cast with bad acting, script and direction and aww by the way the ending sucked but the movie has some good action sequences and violence i'll give them that.

POUND OF FLESH is Van Damme's newest thriller, set in the Philippines and with a great premise: the story starts as a confused Van Damme wakes up, groggy from being drugged, in a hotel room and makes a horrifying discovery: his kidney's been trafficked while he was unconscious. The stakes are raised with an additional sub-plot which sees Van Damme's niece on the brink of death, requiring the very kidney that's been snatched. So we have our ageing action star on a quest as he hunts for the organ traffickers responsible and kicks plenty of ass along the way.The set-up is great but sadly POUND OF FLESH lacks when it comes to the execution. Director Ernie Barbarash does a very poor job when it comes to the filming style, choosing an over-edited mess which makes the film look choppy and somehow dull. The fight choreography is poor too, hiding some decent martial arts fighters in too-dark backdrops and over editing the fights so that they're generic and predictable. I still like Van Damme, and the supporting cast are okay here, but the film as a whole is just about passable rather than being the exciting thrill-ride it should be.

That van Damme has the ability to act, was shown in JCVD, which still remains his best film to date (acting wise that is, because JCVD might fail to deliver non stop action for some). This one tries to combine both things again, action and a very serious crime that happens all over the world (hence the title).It works, though the movie feels and is off most of the time. And I'm not talking the flashes we are being treated right at the beginning, which some might call confusing. It feels like, the message is too strong and sometimes it looks a muddle. The action that I mentioned is probably the most realistic in any of the van Damme movies. But don't worry, he still uses his legs (and it looks like they're van Damme legs - which is good for him, while he still can use them). A bit of van Damme vanity seems to be fading too, especially considering the depth of the character and what he's portraying.