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Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme goes home to find tranquility.
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Movie Details
Running Time:
96 min
Release Date:
June 4, 2008
Director:
Mabrouk Mechri
Starring:
| Jean-Claude Van Damme | J.C.V.D. |
| François Damiens | Bruges |
| Zinedine Soualem | L'homme au bonnet |
| Karim Belkhadra | Le vigile |
| Jean-François Wolff | Le trentenaire |
"JCVD" is an unexpectedly droll game of three-card monte disguised as an action film that turns into a (fake) reality-TV-style documentary and then into a hostage thriller. At one point - a crazy high point - Jean-Claude Van Damme, the star of "Bloodsport," delivers a wrenching confessional monologue straight to the camera for nearly 10 minutes, fighting back tears when he's not actually weeping. For real. It's fake, but the pain, self-pity, belligerence and pathos are real. So are the filmmaking skills of the director, Mabrouk El Mechri, who also co-wrote this daydream of celebrity ups and downs and the Van Damme image. (Full review)