The Last Mercenary review roundup: ‘Jean-Claude Van Damme at his best but humor is way more miss than hit’

French action-comedy The Last Mercenary, which marks the comeback of Belgian martial arts and action legend Jean-Claude Van Damme, released on July 30 on Netflix, and it has thus far divided critics.

After 13 reviews, the film holds a rating of 54 per cent on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

The critics are almost unanimous in their praise of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s performance but do not agree as to the actual quality of The Last Mercenary.

CNN.com’s Brian Lowry wrote in his review, “Jean-Claude Van Damme remains impressively limber, but that’s a rare highlight in The Last Mercenary, which features the Muscles from Brussels in a Paris-sent embarrassment.”