Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

daworldismine the hard corps is a van damme movie in which he plays an ex soldier who is asked to protect a champion boxer from gangsters. so sure the story doesn't sound that good, but it's a solid movie, that is pullled by van damme's good performance, showing that 'in hell' and 'wake of death' wasn't flukes. and the action is top notch, i just wish there was more of it. never the less this is a solid action flick that delivers the goods, compare this to any of seagal's movies from 2006 and you'll think this is a masterpiece, and fair play to van damme for always making an effort to produce the best films possible from the tools he has. the hard corps is a great action flick thats sure to please fans of van damme

FlashCallahan Philip Sauvage is a Combat Vet who's just spent the last 3 years fighting in Afghanistan and 'Eyeraq', who is hired to be a bodyguard to a former World Heavyweight Boxing champ to protect him and his family against a Rap Music Mogul.He sets up a team called "The Hard Corps", complications arise when the boxer suspects that his sister may be in love with the bodyguard...So Van Damme plays yet another damaged being who is hired to protect some people, but this this time, it's a little more street trhan anything he's done before.Van Damme is as good as he always is, and Fox puts in a reasonable performance, it's just a shame that the film relies on stereotypical villains who walk with a swagger and hold their gun at a silly angle (Van Damme actually picks someone up on this).Lettich directs the action at an adequate pace, and it's one of the better Direct to DVD efforts he has done, but then we have the silly romantic sub-plot that gets in the way of the narrative.It's pretty pointless and adds no depth to the story, they could have left fox's character out and focus more on the Rap moguls character and fleshing his back story out more.Not a bad effort, Van Damme fans will be pleased.

Celticnationalist Jean Claude Van Damme has long gone the way of Steven Seagal & Wesley Snipes relegated into appearing in Straight to DVD Films after various commercial flops at the box-office in the late 90's - but I am glad to say that the quality of the releases that Van Damme appears in, are FAR higher than most Straight to DVD releases which you find at the bottom shelf of your local Blockbuster Store.But having said that, I was slightly sceptical of 'The Hard Corps' as It's a Film that Steven Seagal turned down, and I'm not at all a fan of Hip-hop so my expectations were very low going into this and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised, The Film while wholly predictable with telegraphed plot twists it remains slickly made with a reasonable Budget and had a fair bit of action (though not as much as usual in a JCVD Film) with good performances from all.Slightly overlong, at 110 Minutes and needed a good 15 minutes cut off.It won't go down as one of Van Damme's best, but it's still worth watching, Keep your expectation low enough and you should enjoy.*** out of *****

Dalazen_Junior if you grew up in the eighties and nineties watching van damme and steven seagal's action films, you'll like this. it isn't Miami vice or heat(big budget, pretentious plot, etc) but it is a simple-minded action movie with plenty to offer regarding entertainment and a fair and square good old time.people tend to judge a film before watching it and the hard corps got bashed. van damme and steven seagal, old movie stars that ruled the box office a decade ago, were forgotten by the big studios. today is the era of jason stathan, tony jaa and the likes, all of them well-rounded by cgi special effects and big budgets, but, back then in the era of seagal and van damme, cgi wasn't around and what you saw was the real thing. god, I miss these guys' movies (van damme and seagal) in the theaters.things used to be more fun. it was a joy to watch out for justice, marked for death, bloodsport (every kid back then had to put the name on a huge list on the video store just to rent the tape). films like the hard corps bring the old times back and you'll have a good time watching it. it's about a washed up veteran who fought in Iraqi. he comes back a different, bitter man. as fate would have it, he has a second chance in life as a bodyguard to a tough but good hearted former heavyweight champion. great action sequences, van damme does his own stunts and also has some great fighting scenes, and a straight forward plot that won't change the world of movies, but will give you one helluva good time.