91 min Simon Fellows | Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Jean-Hugues Anglade, | The loser at the recent presidential election isn't letting that stop him. 96 min 4,536 Ringo Lam Jean-Claude Van Damme, Let us know on our social channels @flickeringmyth…, Tom Jolliffe is an award winning screenwriter and passionate cinephile. Peter Weller, R Share 16. Randy Couture, 110 min | For a while in the earlier career of Jean-Claude Van Damme, that seemed to be more or less the case. Action, Crime, Drama. Right after winning a fight in Las Vegas, Kurt Sloane is sedated and taken to a prison in Bangkok, where he's forced to fight a 6'10" giant for freedom and $1M - but this will require some intense training. Action, Thriller. Ringo Lam | Gross: Director: Dolph Lundgren, 93 min Then he turns to fighting in the organised prison brawls. A protagonist finds himself fighting in either legal or illegal underground fights (mostly the latter) for either money, a prize, or some personal mission. Action, Biography, Drama. Stars: Stars: 89 min | Heidi Schanz, Deran Sarafian Twin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they re-unite in order to avenge their parents' death. Stars: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Votes: | Ernie Barbarash A former New Orleans cop battles drug cartels and ex-Army Special Forces who are smuggling drugs from Mexico into U.S. through a Texas border town. He'll soon be starring in a remake of Kickboxer, and his newest project also sounds like an old Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. Alfred Molina, Jean-Claude Van Damme, In the middle of the 90’s, as Van Damme’s star was high and he had a certain freedom to indulge himself, he made his directorial debut. Director: Director: Autumn Reeser, Action, Sci-Fi. Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother. PG | Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops. What’s your favourite Van Damme film? | Sylvester Stallone, | Gross: Kieran Culkin, Action, Crime, Mystery. 85 min John Hyams Alain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn't take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. Stars: Lettich also knew exactly how to shoot (and cut) Van Damme in action. | Robert Guillaume, $44.85M, PG-13 97 min Dennis Chan, 20,114 | Action, Comedy, Crime. Ringo Lam A kick boxer is out to avenge his brother. $85.02M, R Stars: Razaaq Adoti, Hark Tsui His best works of the period include his Universal Soldier sequels with John Hyams, JCVD and the recent film The Bouncer. It’s a little more serious on the whole, less reliant on montages and there’s even more heart with the family dynamic. A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her father, who has gone missing. Scott Adkins, | Wounded men arrive at a closed down hospital save E.R. $20.35M, PG-13 Stars: | Action, Adventure, Drama. Stars: Who are killing who and why? Two assassins agree to work together as one tries to avenge his wife and the other collect a reward for a job. | Perennially cursed to be a loser, but maybe he’ll change. Bill Goldberg, 4 Universal Soldiers go in but are no match to a Next Gen. UniSol Luc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) goes in but faces 2 NGUs. But her dreams are far more interesting. 99 min For a while in the earlier career of Jean-Claude Van Damme, that seemed to be more or less the case. All rights reserved. | | Action, Adventure, Comedy. Jean-Claude Van Damme, | Vivica A. 82,156 | Orlando Jones, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roland Emmerich Jean-Claude Van Damme, Van Damme however, did return to the world of tournament fight films in the rebooted Kickboxer sequels, Vengeance (poor) and Retaliation (decent). The Last Mercenary is a Netflix action comedy, which will star Jean-Claude Van Damme, the iconic Belgian-born actor and martial artist.Van Damme … Then men with guns arrive and start killing. | Gross: The Quest was one of a string of flops which ultimately put the kaybosh on Van Damme’s cinematic career. | © 2009-2020 Flickering Myth Limited. Soon after Bloodsport, he made Kickboxer. Kathie Sileno, Votes: Whatever the case, it’s a film which works cinematically because it’s larger than life and a bit silly at times. Corey Yuen The Quest took Van Damme to exotic locales again, for a prestigious MMA tournament. 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On this occasion, the largely unknown Belgian actor played the imposing Russian villain. | | 103 min Director: Tweet. Action, Drama, Romance. Brian Thompson, R Action, Crime, Drama. Al Sapienza, agent to combat terrorism. The "universal soldiers" must fight the whole army, when the military's supercomputer S.E.T.H gets out of control. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Action, Crime, Drama. 24,060 Stars: May 1, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe. In truth, Lionheart is probably my favourite of the three. | Kurt McKinney, 27,663 Fox, Alonna Shaw, Catherine Dent, | Action, Adventure, Drama. Stars: | Jean-Claude Van Damme, 290,527 Stars: Stars: Max Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future. So Lionheart blends a few elements from both Bloodsport and Kickboxer (going AWOL, a brother, and of course the fighting). | His disappearance is linked to the religious sect: The Order. $14.50M, R Peter Hyams Stars: Action, Adventure, Drama. Sam Louwyck, R Stars: Albert Pyun Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, | Sofia Milos, Harrison Page, Peter Hyams | Jean-Claude Van Damme, | Gross: Peter Stormare, Isaac Florentine Stars: | Gina Carano, | Briefly we’ll step back though, to one of his first roles prior to breaking big with Bloodsport. Elijah Rodriguez, The film still remains one of Van Damme’s best, for sheer entertainment value. 95 min Joshua is the kind of guy who never cuts a break and always digs himself deeper. Director: He survives and no longer thinks of suicide as he now has a purpose in life: revenge and getting his bike back. Director: Alan McKenna, Director: | | Gross: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mike Pyle. 104 min | | Deep within a forest on the U.S.-Canadian border, two sworn enemies must work together to escape a ruthless drug cartel hell-bent on retrieving a drug shipment which went missing there. 86 min Director: | Director: Norman Burton, Votes: Alex Daniels, Votes: | Jean-Claude van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker, a … In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. | Joe Flanigan, Van Damme returned to the mainstream with the limited theatrical release of the 2008 film JCVD, which received positive reviews. 92 min Two rival soldiers who were killed in Vietnam are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors. Action, Drama, Thriller. Whether Van Damme will revisit his more popular work (at least in terms of themes and tone) remains to be seen, though at 60, you’d imagine it would be unlikely. In fact Van Damme’s on screen fighting theatrics often drew ire from rival martial arts actors, not limited to a few in his slip stream back then like Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, and most certainly his direct rival in the early 90’s Steven Seagal. Philip Tan, $24.08M, R Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Directors: Chris Greenaway, Joe Latzko | Stars: Jonathan R. Holeton, Suzi St. Hilaire, Jean-Claude Van Damme… Stars: Raymond J. Barry, | Dolph Lundgren, 99 min To all intents and purposes, it’s more or less the same film. | $22.19M, R Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy / Cookie Disclaimer. Powers Boothe, Rosanna Arquette, Allegedly all based on the real life Dux’s personal experiences, but he’s oft been accused of being a fantasist. George Dickerson, Votes: $32.59M, R They don’t tend to get the love. Director: Keith Parmer Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. Van Damme starred as Frank Dux who participates in a prestigious invitation only MMA tournament in Hong Kong. An Army veteran assembles a team of bodyguards to protect a former boxer. Razaaq Adoti, R John Stockwell | Action, Crime, Drama. Stars: | Steven Berkoff, | Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Director: Susan Gibney, R $0.00M, R | APA. Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Action, Adventure, Drama. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stars: Director: | They discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance in the process. Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games, Tom Jolliffe looks at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s history of tournament fight films…. Rock Chen, Votes: Jean-Claude Van Damme, | Gross: $33.42M, R | | 110 min Time however, has other ideas and performers have to grow and mature into what they can do more comfortably (and realistically), whilst those old school balletic theatrics have dated a little. 94 min Director: An Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises. Action, Crime, Drama. 101 min | | | Movies. Stars: A man (JCVD) drives out in the desert where some men steal his motorcycle and leave him for dead. Michael Jai White, Votes: | Gross: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Everett Scott, Van Damme got his major break thanks to Cannon Films with (the now iconic) Bloodsport. | $10.08M, R Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stars: Simon Yam, Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stars: Time Magazine named Van Damme's performance in the film the second best of the year (after Heath Ledger's The Joker in The Dark Knight), having previously stated that Van Damme … Robert Harmon | John looks to take down Luc Deveraux after a home invasion claims his wife and daughter. This one is an interesting film, marking a new century shift in Van Damme’s focus from his action sequences and posing, to focusing more on his acting (and a particularly fascination with pessimist cinema). He reteamed for a third and final time with legendary HK director Ringo Lam for In Hell. Philippe Martinez Gary McDonald, R $10.43M, R Adam Brody, Action, Adventure, Thriller. Jean-Claude Van Damme, | | Gross: Menu. Find more info at the best personal site you’ll ever see…https://www.instagram.com/jolliffeproductions/, Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bloodsport, In Hell, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kickboxer, Kickboxer Retaliation, Lionheart, The Quest. | | Action, Adventure, Comedy. Directed by Peter Malota. Laura Harring, Action, Crime, Thriller. Ernie Barbarash | Steven E. de Souza Eric Karson Mariah Bonner, Votes: | Gross: 93 min Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Director: Director: Director: Stars: Stars: Peter Boyle, 17,113 Scott Adkins, | | | Jean-Claude Van Damme gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages situation and reflects about his life during it. Dolph Lundgren, Leon begins fighting in underground fights, raising money for his brothers ex and his young niece. 111 min Action, Thriller. 96 min Jean-Claude Van Damme Lisa Pelikan, Votes: The film was a perfect showcase for the new star, who fights his way through an array of opponents, among a host of training montages and a magnificently 80’s soundtrack (great synth score from Paul Hertzog). Director: are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. | Director: Movie titles, images, etc. | This time Van Damme takes the battle to Thailand to face off with the Muay Thai beast who crippled his brother during an exhibition fight. | Linzey Cocker, R He makes 3 friends and they watch each other's backs. Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, R | Maxime Savaria, | Gross: Jean-Claude Van Damme, | | Director: | Popular U.S. streaming platform, Netflix, will shoot its first movie in Kiev, Ukraine's culture minister Oleksandr Tkachenko has announced. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stars: Danny Trejo, Jean-Claude Van Damme, $11.44M, R Van Damme is part of an entourage which includes a suave British conman who could only have been played by Roger Moore (who is always good value), who plan on stealing a priceless statue from the hidden Tibetan city housing the tournament. Jean-Claude Van Damme has cracked the skulls and bones of bad guys, escaped from prison to find his dying brother and rescued a woman from a gang of thugs onscreen. Stars: Nicholas Farrell, R Doran Clark, Charlton Heston, Sveva Alviti, It was Van Damme that attracted the most notice though and he exuded the most star power. | Wanderlei Silva, Votes: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Action, Thriller, War. Director: He was proving he could act, although in a dash of irony, not to the kind of wide audiences he had a decade earlier. Julie Cox, Vincent Klyn, Director: Courtney Blythe Turk, R Selina Giles, Lior Geller Peter Hyams He wakes up wanting to put things right. Director: Alain Moussi, Stars: Dennis Rodman, Van Damme’s M.A prowess and tournament fighting record have long been called into question. It’s not quite as good as Bloodsport, but it’s an enjoyable fight film. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Votes: Courtney Hope, R Director: Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is currently shooting action-comedy “The Last Mercenary” in France for Netflix, being directed by David Charhon (“On the Other Side of the Tracks… What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past. Usual formula would then see a series of one on one battles, culminating (atypically in JCVD’s case) in a battle with a huge opponent. 95 min Director: Here, Van Damme is Leon, who deserts the army to visit his mortally wounded brother. | Stars: | | It was a period, where alongside films like Wake of Death and Until Death, he was showing off a grittier and edgy side to his performing. | | Gross: | | David Castañeda, | Gross: Carlos Gómez, R 92 min If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Julien Leclercq | | Gross: | Next up saw Bloodsport’s writer Sheldon Lettich get in the directors’ chair for Lionheart (co-written with JCVD). David's brother, Kurt, defeats Po in Kickboxer (1989). | Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tomas Arana, When Enter the Dragon ended up as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon, a host of imitators followed in its wake. | | 98 min Sheldon Lettich Stars: | Ming-Na Wen, 28,854 Newt Arnold | Gross: $0.01M, R | Stars: Director: | An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped. By this point though, it had become evident that Van Damme’s particular magnetism had been best utilised in his three fight films, more so than in Cyborg and as a villain in the largely forgettable Black Eagle. | 100 min | Janet Gunn, Votes: Hervé Sogne, Damian Chapa, Votes: Ironically he felt like a third wheel in the films, not entirely necessary, or particularly engaged in the material. 32,001 Mic Rodgers Director: | There’s no flash and pizazz here. Mia Sara, | 108 min Action, Comedy, Crime. Later it seems his dad has gone missing in Israel so he heads there. 19,185 Maria Conchita Alonso, R The Bouncer (Original title: Lukas) is a 2018 French/Belgian action thriller film directed by Julien Leclercq, starring Jean-Claude van Damme, Sveva Alviti and Sami Bouajila. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, 102 min Van Damme fans have tended to have mixed feelings on the grittier era of Van Damme’s career.
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