A fugitive from a killer. A remote outpost. A fight to the death.
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.
Legionnaire (1998) is a action, war, adventure and history film directed by Peter MacDonald, released on December 3, 1998 with a runtime of 1h 38m. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff and Nicholas Farrell. Viewers rate it 5.9 out of 10 across 632 ratings.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
as Alain Lefevre
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
as Luther
Steven Berkoff
as Sgt. Steinkampf
Nicholas Farrell
as Mackintosh
Jim Carter
as Lucien Galgani
Ana Sofrenović
as Katarina
Daniel Caltagirone
as Guido Rosetti
Joseph Long
as Maxim
Mario Kalli
as Rene Galgano
Joe Montana
as Julot
Kim Rømer
as Capt. Rousselot
Kamel Krifa
as Abd-El Krim
Directed by Peter MacDonald, written by Sheldon Lettich, Rebecca Morrison and Jean-Claude Van Damme, produced by Christian Halsey Solomon, Kamel Krifa and Samuel Hadida.
Average viewer score of 5.9/10 from 632 ratings.
**The best Van Damme movie, for me.** I picked up this movie by chance, right at the beginning, and I watched it. I liked the style, the atmosphere, and the fact is that the film turned out to be very good. The film begins when a boxer, who should have lost a fight, decides not to comply with the agreement, harming some mobsters, who go after him to kill him. In order to escape and hide, he enlists in the Foreign…
Reviewed on April 25, 2023
**_Jean-Claude Van Damme adventure in the Moroccan desert_** In 1925, a boxer in Marseille (Van Damme) makes some big enemies and so joins the French Foreign Legion in which he’s assigned to Morocco during the Rif war to defend a desert outpost against Abd el Krim’s Berber guerillas. “Legionnaire” (1998) begins like “The Cotton Club” (1984) before settling into a plot reminiscent of “The Dirty Dozen” (1967) with…
Reviewed on May 24, 2023
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Legionnaire (1998) is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Shout! Factory Amazon Channel. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Legionnaire (1998) includes Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell and Jim Carter. The film was directed by Peter MacDonald. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Legionnaire was released on December 3, 1998 and runs for 1h 38m.
Legionnaire (1998) holds an average rating of 5.9 out of 10 from 632 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy action, war and adventure films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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