Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
A legendary secret service agent comes out of hiding and returns to France to help the son he's never met get out of trouble.
The Last Mercenary is a breezy French action-comedy vehicle for Jean-Claude Van Damme, leaning heavily into self-parody and nostalgia. The plot is formulaic — a secret agent father rescuing an estranged son — with predictable beats and thin characterization. Acting is serviceable and campy by design, with Van Damme playing to his persona rather than stretching dramatically. Cinematography is competent and polished for a Netflix production without being distinctive. Novelty is low; the concept recycles familiar action-comedy tropes and fish-out-of-water humor without adding a fresh perspective, despite the French setting. The ending wraps things up neatly but without surprise, delivering exactly what genre fans expect.