You may not know this, but Jean-Claude Van Damme is making a come-back. He's just starred in a movie that is garnering serious acclaim on the movie festival circuit. That's right. I'm talking about Jean-Claude Van Damme.
For the very young or very new action move fans: Jean-Claude Van Damme is a muscular, handsome, world-famous action hero that started training in martial arts at age 11. He retired from his active competition with an 18-1 (18 knockouts) record to pursue a movie career.
Just as a side note: He had a rematch with Patrick Teugels, the only man that he loss to, before he left competition. The rematch was halted under the 2-minute mark because Van Dame was so aggressive that it was too much for Teugels.
Muscular and handsome, Van Damme has an impressive physique and in nearly every Van Damme film, he usually executes a masterful split. The characters he portrays are usually softer than the typical invincible or unrefined action hero that Schwarzenegger or Stallone portrays. He never managed to achieve blockbuster status in America in his prime, yet he has been in almost 40 movies and has unchallenged worldwide appeal.
JCVD, Mr. Van Damme's initials, appropriately graces the title of this new movie. Van Damme stars as a fictionalized version of himself, which may not be too far from the truth. Once a big star, now a wash up, the movie apparently is both funny and insightful about its character.
And apparently, JCVD himself manages to give a stellar performance. Again, I know that you're surprised, but apparently, the star of such cinematic wonders as Cyborg and Universal Soldier has had some unused talents.
Adding to a great performance, the cinematography in the film looks amazing. The trailer, found at www.apple.com/trailers/independent/jcvd/, shows us a film with a hipster/retro look, accompanied by a groovy sound track.
It looks good. There's a funny scene in the trailer where Van Damme is making a movie with a young Asian director. He cries, 'I'm 47 years-old and it's very hard for me to do everything in one shot.'
A routine visit to the bank lands the actor smack dab in the middle of a bank heist. The movie seems to promise some action sequences where the famously limber 'Muscles from Brussels' gets to show off his moves in a real life scenario. The movie looks fun and substantial. I can't wait to see it. - 16651
For the very young or very new action move fans: Jean-Claude Van Damme is a muscular, handsome, world-famous action hero that started training in martial arts at age 11. He retired from his active competition with an 18-1 (18 knockouts) record to pursue a movie career.
Just as a side note: He had a rematch with Patrick Teugels, the only man that he loss to, before he left competition. The rematch was halted under the 2-minute mark because Van Dame was so aggressive that it was too much for Teugels.
Muscular and handsome, Van Damme has an impressive physique and in nearly every Van Damme film, he usually executes a masterful split. The characters he portrays are usually softer than the typical invincible or unrefined action hero that Schwarzenegger or Stallone portrays. He never managed to achieve blockbuster status in America in his prime, yet he has been in almost 40 movies and has unchallenged worldwide appeal.
JCVD, Mr. Van Damme's initials, appropriately graces the title of this new movie. Van Damme stars as a fictionalized version of himself, which may not be too far from the truth. Once a big star, now a wash up, the movie apparently is both funny and insightful about its character.
And apparently, JCVD himself manages to give a stellar performance. Again, I know that you're surprised, but apparently, the star of such cinematic wonders as Cyborg and Universal Soldier has had some unused talents.
Adding to a great performance, the cinematography in the film looks amazing. The trailer, found at www.apple.com/trailers/independent/jcvd/, shows us a film with a hipster/retro look, accompanied by a groovy sound track.
It looks good. There's a funny scene in the trailer where Van Damme is making a movie with a young Asian director. He cries, 'I'm 47 years-old and it's very hard for me to do everything in one shot.'
A routine visit to the bank lands the actor smack dab in the middle of a bank heist. The movie seems to promise some action sequences where the famously limber 'Muscles from Brussels' gets to show off his moves in a real life scenario. The movie looks fun and substantial. I can't wait to see it. - 16651
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