Product Details

• Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn, Jack McGee
• Directors: Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Writers: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Frank Dux, Paul Mones, Steve Klein
• Producers: Eugene Van Varenberg, Jack Frost Sanders, Jason Clark
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: February 25, 1997
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304140681
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,739 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From The New Yorker

Jean-Claude Van Damme's latest bone-cruncher is an overly familiar tournament movie about martial artists in less-than-mortal combat, but this time he gets to direct, too. Lightweight though the picture is, he acquits himself quite nicely: he grabs fewer vainglorious closeups than Mel Gibson did in "Braveheart" and shrewdly gives his supporting actors, Roger Moore and James Remar, most of the lines. The film has one eye-O.K., maybe both-on the foreign markets, but, of its kind, it's entertaining. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Movie stars Van Damme with Roger Moore, April 11, 2000

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Jesse Leal, Jr. Real name is Jesus - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quest (DVD)

This Motion picture does have a plot.The movie has alot of action. It is a combination of a bloodsport, and kickboxer, but a better version I believe. The fight scenes are fantastic. Their is alot of fighting, and there is a lot of quality acting from Van Damme, and Ex-bond of the past Roger Moore[both are superb actors]. The only disappointment I have is that Janet Gunn did not play the hot babe who was after Jean Claude. The chemistry looked so so, it was there, but that magic was missing, the chemistry! I recommend this movie to all the old and new fans who like and admire Jean Claude-. A great motion picture!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a damme cool movie, July 14, 2007

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dominion_ruler "Bryan" (Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quest (DVD)

I have seen this film so many times, and every time I think I love it more and more. Sure its a Van Damme movie which means its not up to par with most of Hollywood and it may be cheesy with its title and story, but I find it to be an original Van Damme story, with a very involved and entertaining martial arts tournament, even more enjoyable than that in Bloodsport.

The Quest is about a young man named Christopher Devoir (Van Damme), living homeless in NYC with a group of homeless kids. He gets caught stealing, and leaves the country sneaking onto a ship, promising the kids he will return. He then escapes the ship onto another, a last ship of the Buccaneers led by Lord Edgar Dobbs (Roger Moore, from the James Bond films). Immediately, he is sold secretly to the Thai on an island to be trained as a Muy Thai fighter. Months later, he runs into Dobbs again, and requires Dobbs to repay him for his dishonesty towards him. The Quest therefore begins, to find the golden dragon, awarded to the greatest fighter in a martial arts tournament held at the Lost City. The plot still unfolds with some more twists, right until the very end.

The best part of this movie is the tournament, which takes up about the last half of the film. It consists of the greatest fighters from around the world (oddly enough, quite similar to that of Bloodsport). I actually found this tournament to be more enjoyable than Bloodsport, with a lot more unique fighting styles. The arena is also much larger than the Kumite arena in Bloodsport, and sets the tone well for the fights. The camera work and sound effects make the punches and kicks seem quite hard. There are many fighters in the tournament that are from many other martial arts movies including Bloodsport 2, Bloodmoon, Shootfighter 2, and Lionheart.

As with most tournaments, there is always a big, bad villainous fighter. Chong Li was the charcater in Bloodsport. In the Quest, it is an unnamed Mongolian fighter, who is the same guy Van Damme fought at the end of Lionheart. They fight a huge 8 minute final fight, that is kinda like a no holds barred fight. It begins on the arena platform, but eventually extends beyond the gates and outside at night time.

Made in 1996, this is probably one of the last of the great Van Damme films, and one of the last times he performs his famous high split kicks, also seen much of in Bloodsport. A different but original storyline for Van Damme. Its quite interesting, but can be slow at times. The tournament is the real fun and excitement, and keeps the last half of the movie moving along nicely. Any fan of great martial arts tournament style movies should definetly check this out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A quest worth taking, January 11, 2001

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quest [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In "The Quest," Jean-Claude Van Damme directs and stars in this action movie about a street dweller (Jean-Claude Van Damme) who helps out kids that are on the street the best he can. He accidentally gets onboard a freight ship and travels to the Far East. Some people notice his fighting skills and he eventually gets entered in a fighting tournament that features the best fighters from various countries and continents. The fighters range from a sumo wrestler from Japan, a martial arts fighter from China who fights just like a monkey, and a monstrous and intimidating fighter from Mongolia. It's up to Van Damme to try and show everybody that he's the best fighter and have a chance at winning a huge golden dragon that goes to the fighter.

Unlike what Van Damme movies are usually known for, "The Quest" does have a good plot, and it's even directed by Van Damme himself. He should make more movies like this. "The Quest" has a plot, the fighting is exciting, and it's a good movie. I recommend anybody who likes good fighting movies to get "The Quest." You'll be glad you went along on this quest.