
John Wick(2014)
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.


“Revenge was all he had left.”
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Ben Archer

Simon Yam
Sun Quan

Valerie Tian
Kim

Philip Tan
Han

Tony Schiena
Tony
Claude Hernandez
Raymond

Lisa King
Cynthia Archer

Anthony Fridjhon
Max

Danny Keogh
Mac Hoggins
Pierre Marais
Nicholas Archer
Wake of Death is a action film released in 2004 exploring themes of gangster, triade, revenge, mobster. Directed by Philippe Martinez, it stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Yam, Valerie Tian. Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.
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