Lionheart (1990 film)

Eric Karson Ash R. Shah

Lyon Gaultier is a paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, stationed in Djibouti, North Africa. His brother, who is married to an American woman in Los Angeles, is burned alive during a deal gone wrong and suffers thirddegree burns, dying shortly afterward. Lyon deserts his legion when they withhold letters from his brothers wife and ultimately refuse to let him see his brother. He steals a jeep and escapes through the desert, finding work on a tramp steamer headed for the U.S. Meanwhile, the Legion commanding officer also travels to the States, arriving at the French Embassy, where he is told that Lyons desertion is ranked at low importance with the LAPD, so he orders two of his own Legionnaires to do the job.Lyon arrives in New York and travels to California to be with his brothers family. Along the way, he meets Joshua, a man who runs fights for money, and also learns that he cannot avenge his brothers murder, as he failed to identify his killers before dying. Tagging along with Joshua, Lyon meets Cynthia, who organizes underground fights for the rich elite and decides to sponsor him. Figuring that this would be the best way to earn the money his family needs, Lyon fights in noholdsbarred bareknuckle fights to finance the trip. Once they reach L.A., he tracks down his brothers widow, who is reluctant to accept financial aid, even though she obviously needs it, because she is angry with Lyon for deserting his brother years ago. Joshua introduces Lyon in the fighting circuit as the titular Lionheart, derived from Lyon. Lyon continues fighting, and Joshua uses the prize money to give to Lyons sisterinlaw in the form of checks, with Joshua claiming to be from a life insurance firm her husband allegedly subscribed to long ago. ........

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