Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- gritty
- tense
- melancholic
- late night action viewing
- Jean Claude Van Damme marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found a lean, conventional action drama elevated by its committed performances and direct emotional stakes.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lukas independently raises his daughter and structures his life around maintaining contact with her.
Lukas’s routine as a nightclub security guard collapses after a violent intervention leads to police custody and imprisonment.
The nightclub is Lukas’s workplace and the central site where fights, security duties, and criminal pressures converge.
The story alternates Lukas’s night work, police consequences, and intimate daytime relationship with his daughter.
Films like The Bouncer, and why
Taken
shared action drama, nightclub criminal underworld, and a protective parent fighting to regain family stability
The Drop
shared hard-edged European crime atmosphere, paternal devotion, and morally compromised violence
A Bittersweet Life
shared lone-protagonist action, criminal entanglement, and emotionally restrained family stakes
Movie Details
- Director
- Julien Leclercq
- Release Date
- 2018-08-22
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (408)
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Sami Bouajila
- Sveva Alviti
- Kevin Janssens
- Sam Louwyck
- Kaaris
- Alice Verset
- Dimitri 'Vegas' Thivaios
- Damien Buffard
- Maria Bortot
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Bouncer about?
- A devoted nightclub bouncer’s ordinary life fractures when protecting others lands him in prison and threatens his bond with his daughter.
- What is The Bouncer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Bouncer as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Bouncer violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Bouncer as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Bouncer?
- Critics broadly found a lean, conventional action drama elevated by its committed performances and direct emotional stakes.
- Which films are like The Bouncer?
- Films with a similar feel include Taken, The Drop, and A Bittersweet Life.
- How long is The Bouncer?
- The Bouncer runs 84 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Bouncer?
- In United States, The Bouncer streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
