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Wake of Death (2004)

Wake of Death poster
Directed by
Philippe Martinez
Genre
drama film, action film, martial arts film, crime thriller film, thriller film
Country
Germany, France, United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 275 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man seeks revenge on a crime syndicate after his wife is killed. He hunts down the gangsters responsible in a brutal one-man war.

intensefast-pacedgrittygrungyviolenttensebroodingrevenge-drivenaction-packed

What happens

Wake of Death is a 2004 American action film directed by Philippe Martínez and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Ringo Lam was the original director, but he left the project after a few weeks of filming in Canada. After that, Lam was replaced by Cess Silvera who was fired after two weeks of filming in Cape Town, South Africa. The film was released to some countries' cinemas but direct to DVD in most places. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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