J.C.V.D.: Jean Claude Van Damme's career...reborn?!

[Sheep]

Apparently this is for real too, if the IMDB entry is to be believed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBmTA51qGzM

This is certainly an innovative way to relaunch your otherwise dead acting career. I'm looking forward to this, which is more than I can say about any other Jean-Claude Van Damme movie.

 

[God Magnus]

Huh...I'm actually interested in seeing this. The video is dramatically different than what I was expecting to see!

 

[Harvey]

This could quite possibly be the best movie JCVD has ever made. It's like Free Enterprise... with JCVD.

 

[DarkHelmet]

I'm intrigued.

 

[Nobody]

It's almost as if JCVD teamed up with Charlie Kaufmann and Quentin Tarantino. I'm interested from the trailer, though if it's a french film, I'll probably have to wait for the DVD.


-nobody

 

[Aragorn]

Reborn? But we all know he died working on a movie in Las Vegas at the Monticeto.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I read today that the showrunner for Chuck wants Van Damme to play a villain on that show next season.

 

[Sheep]

I read today that the showrunner for Chuck wants Van Damme to play a villain on that show next season.

That might work...if he plays himself.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I like the way Pablo Francisco tells the joke:

(in Movie Preview voiceover) Jean-Claude Van Damme is back, in...The Same Crap You've Seen Over, And Over, And Over Again!

 

[Pingfah]

Actually JCVD has been regularly cranking out decent actioners since his demise as a big screen star.

Most of his last 6 or 7 movies have been much more watchable than the high budget fare he was previously involved in (i'm looking at YOU Timecop!). He's put on a half decent performance in a couple of them too. He tends to go for revenge type movies, or often playing a bad guy seeking redemption.

If you want conclusive proof of his superiority as a low budget action star watch ANY of the last 6 Seagal movies, and then watch any of the last six Van Damme movies and you'll see what I mean

 

[witchie]

Actually JCVD has been regularly cranking out decent actioners since his demise as a big screen star.

Most of his last 6 or 7 movies have been much more watchable than the high budget fare he was previously involved in (i'm looking at YOU Timecop!). He's put on a half decent performance in a couple of them too. He tends to go for revenge type movies, or often playing a bad guy seeking redemption.

If you want conclusive proof of his superiority as a low budget action star watch ANY of the last 6 Seagal movies, and then watch any of the last six Van Damme movies and you'll see what I mean

I agree. Most of his recent movies have been decent. Solid plots. Not totally dependent on his fighting skills.

Seagal's movies are dreck. Absolute wastes of celluloid.

 

[The Squire of Gothos]

That video has been pulled, but it got me digging round Wikipedia and I found this collection of quotes from the man himself

 

[Mistral]

Wait, wait, wait-JCVD had a career? When? And where was I?

 

[Aragorn]

If you want conclusive proof of his superiority as a low budget action star watch ANY of the last 6 Seagal movies, and then watch any of the last six Van Damme movies and you'll see what I mean

Hey, what do you have against fat people? It's not Seagal's fault that he needs stunt doubles, body doubles (and not even for sex scenes, just regular scenes!) and doesn't do some of his own voice looping.

Actually, I guess it is...

 

[hamudm]

That actually looked pretty interesting

 

[Captain Craig]

Actually JCVD has been regularly cranking out decent actioners since his demise as a big screen star.

Most of his last 6 or 7 movies have been much more watchable than the high budget fare he was previously involved in (i'm looking at YOU Timecop!). He's put on a half decent performance in a couple of them too. He tends to go for revenge type movies, or often playing a bad guy seeking redemption.

If you want conclusive proof of his superiority as a low budget action star watch ANY of the last 6 Seagal movies, and then watch any of the last six Van Damme movies and you'll see what I mean

But that means I have to watch 12-14 movies! A day plus worth of my time. I think I'll just take your word for this and keep an eye out for JCVD on Chuck or this movie if someone makes a thread on it.

 

[Good Will Riker]

I may actually check this one out.

Is there an official website?

 

[JoeZhang]

Bring this back from the dead - this is actually well worth seeing

Here's a trailer:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/jcvd/


Honest to god, it's good.

 

[Sheep]

I forgot all about this one.

Hopefully it's coming out on R1 DVD soon as I completely missed the limited U.S. theatrical releases back in November. My Google-fu couldn't turn up a DVD release date.

 

[Harvey]

There's a preview screening here in Ithaca on the 31st for some students here. I'm going--should be interesting. I think it's still traveling around the art house circuit.