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Lionheart

When the streets are a jungle... There can only be one king.

1990 · 1h 45m · R Action
Directed by Sheldon Lettich

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Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.

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Using tactics like these, Woody Allen could become an action hero, too.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
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As Lionheart heads for his final confrontation, the film's soundtrack blasts out a "Rocky"-like song called 'No Mercy.' Unless you're a Van Damme or martial arts fanatic, you're more likely to be thinking: No, merci.

Richard Harrington, Washington Post

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