Action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Canadian Mountie Louis Burke, who is sent under cover to solve a series of prison murders. However, Burke's anonymity and safety are threatened when his old adversary "The Sandman" is transferred to the same jail.
Even for a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, this is an excessively violent, if clinically efficient, exercise in body pulverising. Van Damme stars as a maverick Royal Canadian Mountie (yes, you did read that correctly!), sent to a prison where there's been a series of grisly unsolved murders. There he comes face to face with an old foe: the psychopathic "Sandman", played with zealous enthusiasm by Patrick Kilpatrick. To some extent this marked a career breakthrough for Van Damme, who got to play not just a kickboxer, but - hey! - an undercover kickboxer. Deran Sarafian's direction is brutally efficient, while the script, such as it is, seems merely an excuse to get Van Damme into situations where he has to fight. Fans of mindless mayhem won't be disappointed.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Louis Burke | Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| Amanda Beckett | Cynthia Gibb |
| Hawkins | Robert Guillaume |
| Tom Vogler | George Dickerson |
| Sergeant DeGraf | Art LaFleur |
| Naylor, "The Sandman" | Patrick Kilpatrick |
| Douglas Tisdale | Joshua John Miller |
| Romaker | Hank Woessner |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Deran Sarafian |
