This was obviously an attempt to (somewhat) break type for Jean-Claude van Damme. While there are a number of action scenes, (motorbike chase, etc.) the fighting scenes stayed away from the martial arts that van Damme was known for. They were largely conventional movie fighting. His character was largely monosyllabic, and a lot of the dialog and supposed zingers were quite lame. Joss Ackland as the slimily evil land developer was reliably hate-able. The best part of the film was Rosanna Arquette, as the widow van Damme's character protects/ takes up for/ falls for. She was quite beautiful here, and shows some range. Too bad it was wasted on a poor to medium script. No real reason to watch this unless you are a fan of one these actors.
Review of Nowhere to Run
