I caught a matinee of JCVD at The Loft over the weekend. Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself as an aging action-movie hero who is losing his roles to Steven Seagal and has a variety of legal problems, including a court battle over custody of his daughter. He ends up as a hostage in a bank robbery during a visit home to Belgium. Hijinks ensue.
I’m not a huge Van Damme fan, though I vaguely remember enjoying Timecop. Nonetheless, I’d recommend JCVD. It’s clever and a lot of fun.
This article appears in Jan 15-21, 2009.
I saw JCVD a week ago at a screening at my school and was amazed. It was better than I had expected. Don’t let the fact that Jean Claude Van Damme is acting make you think it is bad, he gives the performance of his career. Go see it, just read the reviews!