Inferno (1999)

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Movie
German title inferno
Original title inferno
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director John G. Avildsen
script Tom O'Rourke
production Evzen Kolar
Lawrence Levy
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Samuel Hadida
music Bill Conti
camera Ross A. Maehl
cut J. Douglas Seelig
occupation

Inferno or Jean-Claude Van Damme: Inferno is an American Action - B movie from the year 1999 . The main roles were played by Jean-Claude Van Damme and Danny Trejo . Directed by John G. Avildsen , the budget was around 15 million US dollars .

action

The film is set in Nevada . Eddie Lomax, a former war veteran, wants to commit suicide. But first he wants to “ask permission” from his friend Johnny Six-Toes and give him a motorcycle as a goodbye.

On the way to Six-Toes, who lives in the desert, Lomax collapses drunk and starts shooting aimlessly at the area. People in a passing car will then become aware of it. They are the sons of gang boss Ramsey Hogan. The three men demand Lomax's motorcycle, which refuses and is beaten and shot by them. A man named Petey is supposed to shoot him, but he deliberately misses, but hides it from his brothers. The three now steal Lomax's Colt and load the motorcycle onto their pick-up. Six-Toes finds Lomax and treats his wounds. A short time later, Lomax decides to get the parting gift back.

So he goes to Inferno, a nearby desert town that is controlled and terrorized by the Hogan gang. There he meets Rhonda Reynolds, who will help him in the further course and with whom he will later have a love affair.

He goes into the nearby gun shop run by two crooks. Lomax comes in, recognizes the Colt that was stolen from him, demands it back, whereupon he is attacked and kills both cheaters. Shortly afterwards, while searching the shop, he discovers the fraudsters' grizzled uncle who had been locked up by them. He frees him and thus wins the favor of the villagers.

In front of a bar, Lomax shoots three men from a biker gang who threaten women; He poses as Hogan's husband, whereupon the biker gang war with the Hogan family begins; The boss of the Hogans is killed. They notice Lomax and realize that he was the one who pitted the two gangs against each other. Six-Toe now distracts the attackers in order to save Lomax, but is seriously wounded in the process. Both manage to escape, but Six Toes succumbs to his wounds. Rhonda visits Lomax because she was friends with Six Toes, and they finally fall in love.

Now the Hogans seek revenge and attack the house in which they suspect Lomax. However, he is helped by Rhonda and the other villagers to prepare the hut with a "bomb". This explodes the moment the attackers search the house. Much of the Hogan gang is killed this way. In the subsequent shooting, more members of the gang are killed. However, Petey is allowed to escape because he had also spared Lomax '(at the beginning of the plot). Another final Hogan, however, remains and tries to shoot Lomax from behind. This attacker is shot dead in time by the villagers. The city is thus freed from Hogans.

Outwardly, it is claimed that the killed Hogans were abducted by aliens, which is why the city is experiencing a boost from tourists.

The film ends with a scene in which Lomax and Rhonda drive through the desert on a motorcycle, accompanied "in spirit" by Six-Toes.

criticism

“A Van Damme vehicle in the footsteps of Kurosawa's “ Yojimbo ”; the avenging story about the abandoned samurai is watered down to a stereotypical spectacle. "

- Lexicon of international film

Cut versions

The film was released in Germany in 1999 in two versions: an uncut version with an age rating of 18 and over, which was indicated on November 3 , and a version shortened by almost 13 minutes, which was released for ages 16 and over. The original version was prematurely removed from the index on March 31, 2011 and then released again from the age of 18. Since the amendment to the Youth Protection Act in 2003, such a release protects the film from being indexed again.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Inferno . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2011 (PDF; test number: 83 824 V).
  2. ↑ Inferno. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ^ Inferno after deletion of the list with no youth release schnittberichte.com from August 29, 2011