
Lionheart
Taste attributes: actionmartial artscrimemafia/gangsterdramafasttried & testedunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelineargrittybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardytroubled leads
"When the streets are a jungle... There can only be one king."
Boxlist takeUnsavoury and very fast: a heavy action film, heightened rather than true to life. Best if you like pace over patience.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.5 /10
TMDB · 706 votes
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











