Wake of Death is a 2004 American action film directed by Philippe Martínez and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The late Ringo Lam was the original director, but he left the project after a few weeks of filming in Canada. After that, Lam was replaced by Cess Silvera who was fired after two weeks of filming in Cape Town, South Africa.
When Ben Archer (Jean-Claude Van Damme) decides he wants out of the organized crime world, he moves to America with his wife, Cynthia (Lisa King), and son, Nicholas (Pierre Marais). Cynthia brings home a rescued Chinese girl who she turns out to be the daughter of Triad kingpin Sun Quan (Simon Yam), who murders Cynthia and takes the girl and Nicholas. Rekindling his old mob connections, Ben embarks on a bloody vendetta to save the kids and punish Quan for his wife's death.
Victims[]
- Sun Quan's Wife - Throat slit by Sun Quan with a switchblade.
- Unnamed Male Human Trafficker - Shot by an I.N.S. agent.
- Unnamed Person - Killed by human traffickers off-screen, body seen
- Two Unnamed Male Drug Traffickers - Died after the drugs they smuggling inside their stomachs ruptured off-screen, mentioned.
- Cynthia Archer's Father - Shot by a Triad member in a attack planned by Sun Quan.
- Cynthia Archer's Mother - Shot in the head by a Triad member in a attack planned by Sun Quan.
- Unnamed Male Cook - Shot by a Triad member in a attack planned by Sun Quan.
- Cynthia Archer - Throat slit by Sun Quan with a switchblade.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Crushed against a car after Ben Archer drove into him.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot to death by Ben Archer.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot to death by Ben Archer after he shot him in the legs.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot by Ben Archer.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Thrown down a flight of stairs causing him to land on a railing by Ben Archer.
- Andy Wang - Head shot off by Ben Archer off-camera, blood splatter seen.
- Mac Hoggin - Eyes drilled out by Max.
- Two Unnamed Male Doctors - Shot by Triad members off-screen, bodies seen.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot to death by Ben Archer causing him to fall off his motorcycle.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Head stomped by Ben Archer.
- Max - Shot by Triad members off-screen, body seen.
- Raymond - Shot by Triad members off-screen, body seen.
- Unnamed Man - Shot by Triad members off-screen, body seen.
- Two Unnamed Male Triad Members - Blown up after Ben Archer rammed into their car which immobilized it causing an oil tanker to crash into it.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot to death by Ben Archer.
- Two Unnamed Male Triad Members - Shot to death by Ben Archer after he set them on fire by crashing his car into oil tanks.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot to death by Ben Archer.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot by Ben Archer causing him to fall off a tower and land on a metal pipe.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Kicked in the throat by Tony.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot to death by Ben Archer.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Shot to death by Ben Archer.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Head bashed in by Ben Archer with end of a pistol.
- Unnamed Male Triad Member - Stabbed in the groin by Tony with a knife.
- Sun Quan - Bled out after being shot by Ben Archer.
Deaths[]
- Total - 36
- 32 Men
- 3 Women
- 1 Victim of Unknown Gender
Kill Counts[]
- Ben Archer - 19 (Alive)
- Sun Quan - 5 (Deceased)
- Tony - 2 (Alive)
- Max - 1 (Deceased)