Kyle Leblanc

Kyle Leblanc is the protagonist of the 2003 prison action film, In Hell. He is an American working in Russia that has been sent into prison following an incident with his wife's murderer.

He was portrayed by Belgian actor and martial artist, Jean-Claude Van Damme who also portrayed Chance Boudreaux in Hard Target.

Overview
Kyle LeBlanc is an American engineer working overseas in Russia. When he hears his wife, Grey being attacked by an unnamed assaulter on the phone. He goes home, but is too late to save her. His wife's murderer hits Kyle with a wooden item. Kyle chases after him in the tramway. The pair wrestled to jump from the window back of the tramway. When Kyle slams the murderer over a car, the murderer overpowered Kyle who then gets his arm rolled over by a bike. The murderer escapes when Kyle is arrested.

Sergio Kovic, the murderer of Grey, bought the judge and is found no guilty. Kyle, taking the law into his own hands, kills Kovic, resulting Kyle to be sentenced to a prison without parole.

Kyle finds himself at the horror of a prison system where corruption and brutality reigns supreme. He soon befriends, Billy Cooper, a 21-years-old American who has been raped by Andrei that Kyle fought to death via bitting his neck. Kyle is forced to nearly all prisoners.

He an attempt to escape the prison, only in vain.

After refusing to fight, he is hung by his arms.

When he fights with Miloc, Kyle knocks on a door repeatedly, making Miloc recognize him, as this was his only form of communication, and he embraces him as a friend. The two then turn on the guards and ignite a full-scale riot, during which Miloc is killed by gunfire.