Pound of Flesh (2015 film)
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- Jonathan DuBois
- Jeffrey Giles
- Mike Leeder
- Henry Luk
- Michael Lurie
- Kirk Shaw
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Charlotte Peters
- Darren Shahlavi
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| Directed by | Ernie Barbarash |
| Written by | Joshua James |
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| Cinematography | Cliff Hokanson |
| Edited by | Asim Nuraney |
| Music by | Paul Michael Thomas |
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| Distributed by | Entertainment One |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.5 million[1] |
Pound of Flesh is a 2015 Canadian action film directed by Ernie Barbarash, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charlotte Peters, and Darren Shahlavi.[2] It is the third collaboration between Van Damme and Barbarash (following Assassination Games in 2011 and Six Bullets in 2012).
Deacon, a former black-ops agent, is in Manila, Philippines awaiting an operation to donate his kidney to his dying niece. He awakens the day after the procedure to find he is a victim of organ theft. Stitched up and furious, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city – brothels, fight clubs, back-alley black markets and elite billionaire estates. The clock is ticking for his niece and with each step he loses blood.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Agent Deacon Lyle
- Charlotte Peters as Anna Riley
- Darren Shahlavi as Drake
- Aki Aleong as Kung
- John Ralston as George Lyle
- Jason Tobin as Liam
- Philippe Joly as Zoltan
- Brahim Achabbakhe as Nardo
- Andrew Ng as Father Fong
- Mike Leeder as Boris
- Ryan 'Ranga' Pyne as Yevgeny
- Marsha Yuan as Bette
- Terese Cilluffo as Connie
- Adele Baughan as Isabella Lyle
- TFBOYS as Boy Band
- David P Booth as Simon Rants Sr.
- James Houghton as Simon Rants Jr.
Production
Filming
Principal photography and production ended on May 24, 2014.[3]
On January 14, 2015, Shahlavi died in his sleep at the age of 42.[4] The film's end credits start with an In memoriam to him.