SnoopyStyle Roland Flint (Scott Adkins) takes a job to kill the recently released drug lord Polo Yakur who put his wife in a coma. Just as he is about to take the killshot, he's interrupted by assassin-for-hire Vincent Brazil (Jean-Claude Van Damme). They both fail in their attempts and reluctantly join forces against corrupt Interpol agents to hunt down their elusive target.Ernie Barbarash is very much a B-movie director. The start is too disjointed trying to get the movie going. The movie improves once the two guys team up. They are able to develop a little bit of chemistry. Adkins is a bit stiff but Van Damme has a small amount of fun. Van Damme has that faded star quality and would make for a good villain. This is not that bad but it doesn't exceed its B-movie DNA.

KineticSeoul Despite this movie being a cheap straight to DVD action movie, I really wanted to like it. Mainly because it has Jean-Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins in it. Plus I was really in the mood for an action movie. The plot is so generic and has been done better, about two guys who are good at what they do teaming up plot-line. Yes, it's been done but much better. And the fight sequence between Jean-Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins is just super weak. That has to do with Van Damme getting old, but man it was weak. The dialogue is super cheesy and the dialogue is equally bad. I wanted to see some cool fight sequences but it even lacked in that department. Even the action was so freaking cheesy and has been done before, if you have seen a few action movies. Chances are you will see the same or similar parts in this one. The execution was even poor. Plus this isn't one of those movies you can roast with a group of friend either. Just pass on this one even if it has Jean-Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins in it, which was the main reason I saw it in the first place. There is so many noticeable plot-holes in this that it's just ridiculous. The bad guys are super idiots and the assassins makes choices that just doesn't make any sense.3/10

ma-cortes This Van Damme action picture displays lots of violence, action filled, thrills and fierce combats . It is entertaining , well paced and including interesting characters . It's thrilling and tense , at time suspenseful movie and the firepower, explosion, struggles, shootouts are very well done . It deals with two assassins agree to work together as one named Roland Flint (Scott Adkins who replaced Vinnie Jones) attempts to revenge his wife (Bianca Bree , also producer) and the other named Vincent Brazil (Jean Claude Van Damme) collect a reward for a job to kill a mobster (Ivan Kaye) which is backed by dirty Interpol Agents . Meanwhile , Vincent helps a prostitute (Marija Karan) but the events go wrong .¨Assassination games¨ is one of Van Damme's better films . It packs violent action, suspense, shoot-outs, and martial arts fighting and results to be quite amusing . Entertaining movie , thanks to tight pace, skillful edition and well mounted combats . It's tense and exciting , at time lackluster action movie , but the struggles and fighting are well done . During the scene where Flint visits Polo's 'hardware guy', he utilizes a laser-guided gun to target him , the effects used for the mechanical movement is taken from Robocop (1987) . Suffering Van Damme plays finely an affected killer , acting similarly to 'Hard cops' . Enjoyable relationship among two rival assassins , nicely played by Van Damme and Adkins ; both of them form an uneasy alliance to take down a deadly target . Van Damme is good as action hero in this middling budget filmed in Bucharest, Romania and New Orleans, Louisiana ; here Jean Claude plays a hit man , confronting nasties and using his martial-arts skills . Long time ago he played big budget movies (¨Time cop¨, ¨Universal soldier¨ ,¨Double team¨, ¨Hard target¨), nowadays he makes low-medium budget and directly to video (¨Derailed¨ , ¨Wake of death¨ , ¨In hell¨) like in his first films (¨Black eagle¨, ¨Cyborg¨, ¨Bloodsport¨). Remaining cast though unknown make nice acting as Kevin Chapman , Ivan Kaye and special mention to Marija Karan as a beautiful whore mistreated by her pimp . This movie film results to be a standard actioner , but packs interesting main roles , atmospheric action set pieces and is fast movement . It's produced with middling budget by Van Damme and Paul Leonard ; being professionally directed by Bernie Barbarash (¨Ticking clock¨ , ¨Hardwired¨ and ¨Six bullets¨ , again with Van Damme) , though Russell Mulcahy was originally set to shoot . The picture is extremely energetic and to be liked for real devotees of main actor . It's a must see for Van Damme fans.

Ben Larson Jean Claude Van Damme is a guilty pleasure. I really don't expect stellar acting, just continuous action.I am really not interested in anyone else in the film either. They are just support for Van Damme. It was filmed in Romania, so I wouldn't know anyone anyway. I do have to say that Yugoslavian Marija Karan did provide an interesting diversion from the fighting. She was an abused prostitute that Van Damme took in. Of course, emotion is not something that fits in an assassin's tool bag.Sadly, there is no honor among thieves. They will sell each other out for the right price. It makes for an interesting movie with two assassins looking for the bad guy, and the bad guy on their trail.