Hostage situations are common in movies because of the inherent drama they represent. What could be more dramatic than a tense stand-off between captor and captive? Even more dramatic: when…

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Vinnie Jones will team up in a film called Weapon, to be directed by Russell Mulcahy, the man responsible for Highlander and Resident Evil: Extinction.  Weapon is the story of rival assassins, sharpshooter Jack Conway (Jones) and knife-wielding Derek Chase (Van Damme), who must blend their skills to foil the head of a drug cartel. A knife man and a gun guy can't get along?  Where's the tension?  They serve two different purposes, really.  I would have much rather heard the following synopsis: