Damage (2009 film)
2009 film directed by Jeff King
Damage is a 2009 American action film directed by Jeff F. King. The film stars Steve Austin, Walton Goggins, Laura Vandervoort and Lynda Boyd. The film was released in the United States on January 28, 2010.
The film is hard edged, bare knuckles fight film that focuses on the tough choices people make in times of recession. Damage is the first in a multi-picture deal between Austin, Nasser Entertainment, and Caliber Media. Damage is a direct-to-video film; it did receive a theatrical cinema release in the United States on January 28, 2010.
Plot
Released on parole after serving four of seven years in prison for second degree manslaughter, John Brickner (Steve Austin) moves to Seattle, where he gets a job as a construction worker during the day and a bouncer at a bar at night. One day, after work, he meets up with Veronica Reynolds (Lynda Boyd), the widow of the man he killed in self-defense. It is revealed that she petitioned to have John released on parole following numerous apology letters he had written to her over the years. She also tells him that her eight-year-old daughter Sarah (Katelyn Mager) is in need of a heart transplant, and he should be the one to cover the US$250,000 operation.
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