Pound of Flesh (film)

Pound of Flesh
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ernie Barbarash
Produced by	Jonathan DuBois Jeffrey Giles Mike Leeder Henry Luk Michael Lurie Kirk Shaw
Written by	Joshua James
Starring	Jean-Claude Van Damme Darren Shahlavi
Narrated by	kelton
Cinematography	Cliff Hokanson
Production company	Ace Studio Odyssey Media
Release date	May 15, 2015 (VOD)
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$7,500,000

Pound of Flesh is a 2015 Canadian action thriller film directed by Ernie Barbarash, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Darren Shahlavi. It is the third collaboration between Van Damme and Barbarash (following Assassination Games in 2011 and Six Bullets in 2012).

In Manila, Philippines to donate his kidney to his dying niece, Deacon, a former black-ops agent, awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city - brothels, fight clubs, back-alley black markets, and elite billionaire estates. The clock is ticking for his niece and with each step he loses blood; Deacon with the help of his former underworld connections and his civilian brother will journey through society's seedy underbelly, proving to anyone who crosses their path, nothing means more to a man than his flesh and blood.

Principal photography and production ended on May 24, 2014. On January 14, 2015, Shahlavi died in his sleep at the age of 42. The film's end credits start with an In memoriam to him.