A.W.O.L Absent Without Leave (AWOL) [DVD]

I have been waiting for a DVD / Bluray release of this that is better than the 1990s Guild Home Video Laserdisc that I have had for many years. The first UK DVD I bought has a bad transfer, kind of yellow tinted, as others have mentioned.This 101 Films Bluray has a good transfer, and is the best I've seen of this film...however it is cut compared to other version I own, and the cuts don't make any sense.This isn't extensive, but the ones I noticed were:1. Lyons brothers fire scene at the start was shorter2. The scene where Cynthia loses it and tells Lyon that their relationship is now purely business and that he should deal with Russell, is effectively gone3. The part where the 2 guys betting on Lyon against Atillia is cut, they no longer call him a "meek fellow"I don't know why these were cut. They weren't controversial and aided the plot.But regardless, if you don't know / love the film as much as I do, then you won't know they're missing and like I say it's a good transfer, a better buy than one of the earlier DVDs and I hope 101 films keep up releasing "cult" films like this at a decent price.

This is certainly one of Van Damme's best early movies, a must have for action fans and cult fight movies of the 90's, also better known as Lionheart in America and A.W.O.L.: Absent Without Leave in the UK, Van Damme plays Lyon Gaultier, a deserter from the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA to find his brother has died and his sister-in-law without the money to maintain her and her child. To earn the money needed Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous street fights, There is plentiful action throughout this movie with lots of great fight scenes and Van Damme high kicking plenty of butt, its fast is violent its great entertainment, the rest of the cast is good too, look out for a cameo from karate champion Billy Blanks at the beginning, a must for all Van Fans!!Blu-ray picture is pretty decent (101 films) a tad grainy in places but still looks better than DVD,No special features which is a shame (not even a trailer at least?)Region B, 105-mins, 1990.

Lionheart, aka, A.W.O.L, Italian import Blu-ray, Quadrifoglio release.Van Damme takes up no holds barred fighting to make much neededcash for a sister in-law & niece. A film from back when Van Dammemade good/exciting movies, it's in a different league from the stuff hestars in now. Excellent picture quality, anamorphic 1.77:1,the quality dips slightly because this is the uncut version. It usessegments of DVD quality picture to fill in the gaps, forced Italiansubtitles pop-up when these are on screen. The subtitles are tiny andit doesn't spoil the film, it's nice to finally see a more complete version of A.W.O.L.Plays in English, removable subtitles (except on DVD parts)Extras: Making of, trailer, image gallery.

delivery was prompt, early and fast!!! thank youMy favourite classic jean-claude vandamne flick. great movie, story, believable characters.leon and josh, great acting, especially during emtional sences.nicole stole the showthe lady was great as wellatilla bad assok lets get to the film quality80% 9/10 quality especially close ups. 20% 5/10 was grainy.This is the R US CUT. 105 mins,the international cut is longer but only available on german site, amazon only.sound :dts-ma-stereo only.difference in cuts available on dvdcompare website. [...]I have ordered leon complete collection from german amazon and will give u a review soon

Excellent Bluray. The quality is excellent for a 25 year old film. Full 1080p, MPEG-4 AVC Codec (Averaging between 20-30Mbps), natural looking picture, sustaining the grain, vibrant colours, good blacks. 101Films have included a lossless linear PCM 2 ch-soundtrack. One of my favourite JCVD films, the street fighting is awesome. This contains the Normal Theatrical cut (US-R rated) of the movie, not the international cut which is why i give 4 stars. Shame they couldnt either included the deleted/cut scenes or offered you a branching version to choose as extra's. I highly recommend this, you will not see a better version.

The movie itself, great, one of Van Damme's best (can't place one, JCVD is JCVD).The blu ray is clean, clearer than DVD but you still get the grain in the picture, like other blu rays which are older, they're mastered onto blu but...carry the grain a bit. If you're not a nicky picky one about slightly grainy blu rays and enjoy the film that's fine you'll enjoy the movie.

Great film. One of the best JCVD films available. Another that IMDB have rated poorly for some bizarre reason. I can only guess they didnt get paid enough to do so or something lol

It's not The Godfather but it's an excellent 90s film. Acting is not too shabby and the action scenes are good. There's definitely better action films out there but this one remains a classic.