# Wake of Death (2004)

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**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Action
**Directed by**: Philippe Martinez
**Written by**: Philippe Martinez, Mick Davis, Laurent Fellous
**Starring**: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Simon Yam, Valerie Tian, Philip Tan, Tony Schiena, Claude Hernandez

> *Revenge was all he had left.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You’re a retired enforcer grieving your wife’s murder when a call lures you back to hunt the Triad boss who cut her down. Hot on his trail your old crew reappears and the city drowns in firepower but the deeper you push the blurrier the line between vengeance and survival becomes. Martinez stages the fight scenes like a blood ballet where bullets land in perfect rhythm.

**Mood tags**: raw, unhinged

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