JCVD (2008)

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7.1	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Mabrouk El Mechri

Starring (View all)

Jean-Claude Van Damme
JCVD

Hervé Sogne
Lieutenant Smith

Rock Chen
Réalisateur asiatique

John Flanders
Avocat ex-Femme

Vincent Lecuyer
Vendeur Vidéo Club

Bernard Eylenbosch
Technicien Telecom

François Damiens
Bruges

Olivier Bisback
Docteur GIGN - Eric

Written by

Mabrouk El Mechri
(scenario)

Frédéric Taddeï
(original idea) and

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Van Damme's best movie in years...

12 years, 1 month ago at Mar 17 10:06

PvtCaboose91

4 votes

"I'm just a regular guy. It makes me sick to see people... who don't have what I've got. Knowing that they have qualities, too. Much more than I do! It's not my fault if I was cut out to be a star. I asked for it. I asked for it, really believed in it. When you're 13, you believe in your dream. Well it came true for me. But I still ask myself today what I've done on this Earth. Nothing! I've done ... read more

Bad light; tries do be funny

14 years, 3 months ago at Jan 6 0:13

Daniel

4 votes

Although someone can tell me that the saturated lights on this movie were intended to show how Jean Claude always had lived under the media lights, it really damaged the whole movie... it's very difficult to watch with such saturated lights.

I could say the movie is regular, but it could be a lot better.

A good movie

12 years, 3 months ago at Jan 11 9:11

johanlefourbe

4 votes

Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, after making for at least a decade some worthless straight-to-dvd action flicks, Jean-Claude Van Damme finally decided to do something drastically different, a satire about himself and it really worked fine. Basically, it was some kind of remake of 'Dog Day Afternoon' taking place in Belgium and... read more

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When the life of Jean-Claude Van Damme collides with the reality of a hold-up in Brussels, Belgium, suddenly the huge movie star turns into an ordinary guy, filled with fears, contradictions and hopes. How can he be up to the legend he has built? What can a film hero do when the gun pointed to his temple isn’t charged with blanks? JCVD finds himself at the turning point of his “hero” life.

Release date: 4 June 2008

Tags: Action (8), Drama (6), 2008 (5), Crime (5), Prison (3), 2000s (3), Belgium (3), Foreign (3), France (3), Martial Arts (2), French (2), Heist (2), Sort (1), Luxembourg Et France (1), Jean-Claude Van Damme (1), Belgique (1), Aware (1), 2.35:1 (1), (1), Not Foreign (1)

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" JCVD "It's hard for me to judge people and it's hard for them... not to judge me. Easier to blame me. Yeah, something like that.""

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" "It's hard for me to judge people and it's hard for them... not to judge me. Easier to blame me. Yeah, something like that." Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri Written by Mabrouk El Mechri, Frédéric Benudis and Christophe Turpin Music by Gast Waltzing Cinematography by Pierre-Yves Bastard Editing by Kako Kelber"

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