Category Archives: JCVD

6 Bullets (Review)

Jean-Claude Van Damme saw Keanu Reeves, Denzel and Liam Neeson find box office success and thought “I’ve been doing that for years”. He then went and sought to prove it by effectively remaking Taken. A dastardly European human trafficking organisation … Continue reading

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The Universal Soldier Quadrilogy Review

It’s funny that  everyone – and by everyone I mean me – thinks of Universal Soldier as being a child of Van Damme and Dolph, for while were around at the moment of creation, this franchise would have been but … Continue reading

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The Expendables 2 (Review)

The Expendables burst out of the retirement home in 2009, with a cast of the who’s who of action – 20 years ago, who despite the ravages of age rocked huge biceps and tiny ‘roid influenced testicles. Unfortunately its steadfast … Continue reading

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JCVD Van-Marrathonne Wrap (The Wash Up of the “Washed Up”)

Even prior to the end of this at times grueling project I was struck by how even though I watched 20+ JCVD movies over about the same number of days, and that these movies were largely the same movie with … Continue reading

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Double Impact (Review)

At last, the dubious title of Winner of the JCVD van-marrathonne is here! If you ever were wondering what is the best of Van Damme’s garbage, think of Double Impact, although I must admit Maximum Risk ran a very close … Continue reading

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JCVD (Review)

Here we go, the reason I started this whole thing, but not the last movie to be reviewed, that’s next to come. I scan Rotten Tomatoes at least once a week. To see what is coming up, what is currently … Continue reading

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Timecop (Review)

This is one of the better reviewed JCVD movies going around, all I can say to that is that most film critics have overly mainstream tastes. Even though Timecop is a sci-fi action movie, it is nothing more than an … Continue reading

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Kickboxer (Review)

Guy gets dissed. Guy can’t possibly win. Guy trains hard. Guy overcomes odds and wins. All to a horrible soundtrack of supposedly motivational music probably with titles like “Fight to survive”, “Take it to the limit” and “No pain, no … Continue reading

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Double Team (Review)

JCVD has retired from the CIA to be with his pregnant wife, which I guess is noble. Only he goes back to the CIA on a one off mission to catch his nemesis Stavros, played by Mickey Rourke in full … Continue reading

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Hard Target (Review)

I remember this coming out as it was John Woo’s US filmmaking debut, and there were high hopes. He made The Killer and Hard Boiled with the not-very-athletic Chow Yun Fat, imagine what he might do with JCVD! One point … Continue reading

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