Dennis Rodman. A coked out of his gourd Jean-Claude Van Damme. Mickey Rourke. Exploding tigers. Life-saving Coca Cola vending machines. Tsui Hark. Are you not entertained?
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All of the action heroes in the world return in a very silly, very entertaining maximalist sequel from Simon West, the director of Con Air and Stolen.
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The late cult filmmaker Albert Pyun spent his fascinating life and career making projects like the 1989 post-apocalyptic Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Cyborg, which was built from the scraps of an abandoned Spider-Man adaptation and Masters of the Universe sequel that’s all sorts of interesting if not exactly “good.”
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2001’s The Replicant, the Ringo Lam-directed movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme plays both a mother-hating serial killer who sets single moms on fire AND the man-baby clone created to stop him is bonkers, in a good way. Plus Michael Rooker HUNTING a serial killer rather than playing one.
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What is it about Jean-Claude Van Damme and sub-par motion pictures where he plays dual roles? There are at least three of them at this point.
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My patron-funded exploration of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s filmography continues with an affectionate look back at his revelatory 2008 psychodrama JCVD, where he played himself very powerfully and honestly.
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You’d think that a movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as identical twins would be a masterpiece. Sadly, you would be wrong.
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My patron-funded exploration of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Clinton-era prime continues with a fond appreciation of his wonderfully cheesy directorial debut The Quest, which features a delightful supporting turn by Roger Moore.
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One of you kind souls paid me to see and write about 1995’s Sudden Death, which is all kinds of lurid fun, thanks in no small part due to Powers Boothe’s magnificent performance as the scenery-chewing villain and Jean-Claude Van Damme killing the Penguins’ mascot.
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This movie is bonkers, y’all!
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