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Lionheart is a 1990 American martial arts film directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Rennard, Harrison Page and Lisa Pelikan and Brian Thompson. It also features the acting debut of Ashley Johnson.[2] Van Damme plays a French Foreign Legionnaire stationed in Africa, who must desert to the United States and enter the underground fighting circuit to raise money for his murdered brother's family.

The film premiered in France on August 1, 1990, and opened in the U.S. on January 11, 1991.[3] It received lackluster reviews, but marked Van Damme's breakthrough as a theatrical leading man in North America.[4] It was released in the United Kingdom as A.W.O.L: Absent Without Leave, and in Australia and New Zealand as Wrong Bet, two early titles considered by the producers.

Cast:
Jean-Claude Van Damme as Lyon "Lionheart" Gaultier
Harrison Page as Joshua Eldridge
Deborah Rennard as Cynthia Caldera
Lisa Pelikan as Hélène Gaultier
Ashley Johnson as Nicole Gaultier
Ash Adams as Francois Gaultier
Brian Thompson as Russell
George McDaniel as Adjutant
Vojislav Govedarica (Voyo Goric) as Sgt. Hartog
Michel Qissi as Moustafa
Stefanos Miltsakis as Jeep Driver
Billy Blanks as African Legionnaire
Tony Halme as Security Guard
Clement von Franckenstein as English Investor
Abdel Qissi as Attila
Magic Schwarz as Raquetball Fighter
Paco Christian Prieto as Pool Fighter
Stuart F. Wilson as Scottish Fighter
Jeff Langton as Sonny
Tony "Satch" Williams as Garage Fighter
James Brewster Thompson as N.Y. Monster Fighter
Jeff Speakman as Mansion Security Man
Christopher M. Brown as Punk leader