The Van Damme Thread

[Bringer Of Funerals]

Originally Posted by MacBlayne

At the risk of this turning into a Steven Seagal thread, I will say that Driven To Kill was a very good entry from Seagal's current DTV period.

And Van Damme has being doing some great work lately. The recent Universal Soldier sequels are magnificent John Hyams is an action god.

6 Bullets was very good acting wise. UFO was bad but he can't churn out good films all the time

[MacBlayne]

Originally Posted by Bringer Of Funerals

6 Bullets was very good acting wise. UFO was bad but he can't churn out good films all the time

Since Maximum Risk (and especially Replicant) I have found him to be a Damme ( ) good actor.

Didn't he do UFO for free? I read that the makers got in contact with him through his wife's email account and he agreed to help out for a day or two.

[Bringer Of Funerals]

Originally Posted by MacBlayne

Since Maximum Risk (and especially Replicant) I have found him to be a Damme ( ) good actor.

Didn't he do UFO for free? I read that the makers got in contact with him through his wife's email account and he agreed to help out for a day or two.

I saw Maximum Risk for the 1st time a few weeks ago - late to the party I was

[MacBlayne]

Originally Posted by Bringer Of Funerals

I saw Maximum Risk for the 1st time a few weeks ago - late to the party I was

Better late than never.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Does anyone know in which film did that lump first appear on JCVD's head?

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Does anyone know in which film did that lump first appear on JCVD's head?

It was actually there in No Retreat No Surrender in 1986. I never noticed it until years later.

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[Frankenhooker]

Isn't it a Steatoma (basically a fatty cyst) that he's had for his entire adult life ? I'm sure I read that somewhere.

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[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Frankenhooker

Isn't it a Steatoma (basically a fatty cyst) that he's had for his entire adult life ? I'm sure I read that somewhere.

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I believe so. His wife told him around the time of Streetfighter that he should get it removed, but he didn't want to.

[Demoncrat]

When I babysat
3 films kept them quiet
Childs Play
Inner Space
and
Kickboxer

[6566329]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

When I babysat
3 films kept them quiet
Childs Play
Inner Space
and
Kickboxer

No wonder. Absolute classics! Inner Space might be the greatest film ever made by animal, plant or mineral!

I had a quick scan but sorry if someone's already brought these up. But the last two Universal Soldier sequels, Regeneration and Day of Reckoning, both directed by John Hyams, are INCREDIBLE.

Granted, Van Damme doesn't play a huge role in either, but these really took me by surprise. I especially like his Apocalypse Now turn in DoR. They're quite cheaply made, but they still have a style to them and the action is quite imaginative and super cool. The opening of DoR, which is a first-person-camera sequence, is brilliant, possibly the best example of that kinda thing that I've seen. I have a soft spot (I won't tell you where it is) for Scott Adkins, so DoR is just phenomenal. There are moments of Regeneration though, which brings back both Van Damme and Lundgren, which are oddly quite touching, in the same way JCVD is.

EDIT: Just saw online that Hyams directed Dragon Eyes, too, which I haven't seen. Any love for that one?