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First look at Jean-Claude Van Damme in Darkness of Man

February 22, 2023 by Gary Collinson

With the film having wrapped production, we now have our first look at Jean-Claude Van Damme in his next film, the neo-noir action thriller Darkness of Man. As per THR, Darkness of Man follows JCVD’s Russell Hatch, “an Interpol operative who witnesses the death of his last informant in a routine raid gone wrong. Years […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Darkness of Man, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Maximum Van Dammage: The Definitive Top 10 Jean-Claude Van Damme Movies!

December 28, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time for the undisputed, inarguable, and definitive Top 10 Jean-Claude Van Damme movies… The Muscles from Brussels turned 62 this year. He’s had a stellar career filled with majestic, high-kicking action. The most iconic image of Van Damme, aside from his infamous bicep pose, is the glorious sight of him leaping in the air […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bloodsport, double impact, Hard Target, In Hell, JCVD, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kickboxer, Lionheart, Maximum Risk, sudden death, The Bouncer, Timecop, Universal Soldier, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Wake of Death

Underrated Movies from the Masters of Action Cinema

December 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe picks one underrated gem from ten of the best action stars of all time… Ah the misunderstood masterpiece. The underappreciated gem. Some films just take a while to get the attention they fully deserve. When it comes to the primo action stars one might argue the ranking list. However, whilst considering the best […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 10 to Midnight, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Charles Bronson, Crime Story, cynthria rothrock, Demolition Man, Dolph Lundgren, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Last Action Hero, Maximum Risk, On Deadly Ground, Rising Sun, Scott Adkins, Silent Trigger, Steven Seagal, Sworn To Justice, Sylvester Stallone, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Wesley Snipes

Cyborg: When Jean-Claude Van Damme and Albert Pyun rode the Cannon Express

April 7, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back at the early Jean-Claude Van Damme starrer Cyborg… April 7th, 1989. Hot off the monster success of Masters of the Universe, which went off as initially budgeted and without hitches, a sequel was released… or so what could have happened in theory. As it was, the Dolph Lundgren-headlined Masters of the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Albert Pyun, cannon films, Cyborg, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Vincent Klyn

Revisiting the Universal Soldier Franchise

March 9, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe revisits the Universal Soldier franchise… With today’s home entertainment release of director Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic Midway, now seems a good time to revisit the original Universal Soldier, and the eclectic sequels the director’s 1992 sci-fi action film spawned. Universal Soldier The early 90’s. In the wake of Terminator 2: Judgment Day came […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Hyams, Michael Jai White, Roland Emmerich, Scott Adkins, Universal Soldier, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Universal Soldier: The Return

A Look Back at The Expendables Franchise (And a Look Forward…)

August 13, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Ten years on from the release of the first movie, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Expendables franchise and then looks at where it can go now (and who needs to join the crew)… When The Expendables was first announced in late 2009, my excitement levels went through the roof. Initially it was Sylvester Stallone, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chad Stahelski, Cynthia Rothrock, Danny Trejo, Dave Bautista, Dolph Lundgren, Don Wilson, Donnie Yen, Eric Roberts, Gary Daniels, Jackie Chan, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Mark Dacascos, Michael Jai White, Mickey Rourke, Patrick Hughes, Simon West, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3, The Expendables 4, Wesley Snipes

Die Hard with Stallone, Seagal and Van Damme

September 13, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe ventures back to the 90’s, when three action icons made Die Hard riffs… It’s often said that the buff action specialists of the 80’s, who were larger than life and almost comically unstoppable were slowly pushed out of the forefront of the market by more every man heroes. Die Hard is often pinpointed […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Andrew Davis, Cliffhanger, Gary Busey, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Lithgow, Peter Hyams, Powers Boothe, Renny Harlin, Steven Seagal, sudden death, Sylvester Stallone, Tommy Lee Jones, Under Siege

Jean-Claude Van Damme at 60

October 18, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

As Jean-Claude Van Damme celebrates a milestone birthday, Tom Jolliffe looks back at a career that has seen box office success, and flirtation with a comeback as a critically acclaimed actor… If you even have a passing appreciation of late 20th century action cinema, you’ll know very well who Jean-Claude Van Damme is. You’ll probably […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bloodsport, Hard Target, JCVD, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, sudden death, The Eagle Path, Timecop, Universal Soldier

In the Big House with Jean-Claude Van Damme

April 3, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe visits Van Damme in the joint with Death Warrant and In Hell… The muscles from Brussels, Mr Jean-Claude Van Damme has travelled through time, cheated death and been reanimated, fought in underground fighting tournaments, been a legionnaire (twice), and he’s even got caught up playing himself in a botched post office heist (JCVD) […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Death Warrant, In Hell, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Can The Last Mercenary kick off a renaissance for Jean-Claude Van Damme?

June 14, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the upcoming Jean-Claude Van Damme Netflix vehicle, The Last Mercenary. Can we call it a comeback?  In 2008, Jean-Claude Van Damme was some years deep into straight to DVD land, where mainstream interest has all but gone, leaving only the aficionados behind. For a number of years after his last theatrically […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: JCVD, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, netflix, The Expendables 2, The Last Mercenary, Wake of Death

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