Lionheart

Léon Gaultier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, serving abroad in East Africa. But after his brother is cruelly murdered, Gaultier deserts his assignment and travels to the United States to help his widowed sister-in-law (Lisa Pelikan), who is now struggling to care for her children. But the job market is tough, so Gaultier takes his hand-to-hand combat skills into the brutal world of bare-knuckle fighting, where the paydays are nearly as big as the risks.

 

Directed by Sheldon Lettich

Written by S. N. Warren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sheldon Lettich 

Produced by Eric Karson, Ash R. ShahStarring

• Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Harrison Page
• Deborah Rennard
• Lisa Pelikan
• Brian Thompson

Cinematography Robert C. New

Edited by Mark Conte

Music by John Scott

Production
companies

Wrong Bet Productions
Imperial Entertainment

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release dates

• August 1, 1990 (France)
• January 11, 1991 (U.S.A.)

Running time

105 minutes