Legionnaire

1998 98 min Action, War, Adventure, History

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.

budget $20,000,000 earnings $67,900,000 return 3.4x

director Peter MacDonald

writers Sheldon Lettich, Rebecca Morrison, Jean-Claude Van Damme