IISANDERII
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GAF, was Bloodsport the best Jean Claude Van Damme action movie?
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I wanted to be outraged at first, but then I remembered that I rewatched Cyborg a few years ago for the first time since I was in like middle school and holy shit that movie did not age well.
triplestation
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Blood sport has a very special place in my 💓
Rentahamster
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I can't vote because there's no Thor 2: The Dark World.
zorlaczerohero
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Where's No Retreat No Surrender?
Anyway, the most disappointing was Universal Soldier, at the time 2000AD comic in the UK had a comic strip called Universal Soldier and it was about a man with a chip in his head that would take any situation from history and put him in that situation to deal with issues in present day. So, he gets surrounded by 5 mafia killers, his chip takes over and recalls a fight from 15th century Japan where a Samurai is surrounded by 5 Ninja's. It then uses the experiences of the Samurai to control the persons actions in the present day and kick ass. It went back to fights in Ancient Greece, Medieval England etc. Brilliant concept, they announced Universal Soldier a year or so after it was in the comic, biggest fucking disappointment ever.
Anyway, the most disappointing was Universal Soldier, at the time 2000AD comic in the UK had a comic strip called Universal Soldier and it was about a man with a chip in his head that would take any situation from history and put him in that situation to deal with issues in present day. So, he gets surrounded by 5 mafia killers, his chip takes over and recalls a fight from 15th century Japan where a Samurai is surrounded by 5 Ninja's. It then uses the experiences of the Samurai to control the persons actions in the present day and kick ass. It went back to fights in Ancient Greece, Medieval England etc. Brilliant concept, they announced Universal Soldier a year or so after it was in the comic, biggest fucking disappointment ever.
True Savior
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I still have my 45 min version of No Retreat No Surrender around which is, indubitably, better than the director version. I only had bit left of a vhs tape to record it, so we did our own family version. And it's glorious. Nothing but fighting, training and montages without that whole cringy shit.
Zvonimir Boban
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Bloodsport is straight up one of the best action movies so yeah, probably. It's also the real Street Fighter movie.
Simon Belmont
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It was tough not to vote Hard Target, but Bloodsport is the GOAT.
Van Damme is the master of releasing decent movies. They will never win an Oscar, but none are actually what I'd consider "bad movies".
Maximum Risk and Timecop are my favorites, but Sudden Death (Powers Booth is absolutely outstanding in it) and Replicant are up there. Assassination Games and Legionnaire need more love too.
Maximum Risk and Timecop are my favorites, but Sudden Death (Powers Booth is absolutely outstanding in it) and Replicant are up there. Assassination Games and Legionnaire need more love too.
Clockwork5
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With the wording of the title I'm inclined to ask the OP what is the best JCVD non-action movie?
That would be JCVD. I think it came out in 2008. Was a great movie with an epic soliloquy by him.
chromatic9
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Probably Bloodsport then Universal Soldier and Kickboxer.
Had no idea AWOL had so many different titles: Lionheart, Wrong Bet, Leon and Full Contact
Recently watched Kickboxer again and enjoyed every moment. Charming with the old master teaching Van Damme.
Had no idea AWOL had so many different titles: Lionheart, Wrong Bet, Leon and Full Contact
Recently watched Kickboxer again and enjoyed every moment. Charming with the old master teaching Van Damme.
Magic Mushroom
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Hard Target for me.
Skid 4 Dead
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Time Cop will always have my vote. I mean, it stars Van Damme twice!
Epsilon-delta
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I'll just leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNyJNHa9Yso
The music along with the amazing backgrounds makes Kickboxer great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNyJNHa9Yso
The music along with the amazing backgrounds makes Kickboxer great.
surrealist
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All you trolling muthafuckers choosing Streetfighter. And yeah, Bloodsport is legend. Universal Solder is a close second place.
And I'll admit, I also dig Legionnaire, but it's much too different to be on this list.
In Bolo we trust.
And I'll admit, I also dig Legionnaire, but it's much too different to be on this list.
No Chong Li gifs?
In Bolo we trust.
universal soldier has this amazing scene: https://youtu.be/OtN79TFjiD0?t=21s
im going with that.
im going with that.
HyperZone<3
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this is true. Some of the best action of his career is in that movie.
All his films with a dude named Hyams are great, and all his films directed by a Hong Kong auter are pretty awesome as well. His stint with Hark Tsui is hugely underrated (I guess because Knock Off and Double Team and goofy to the point of being hallucinatory), and his work with Ringo Lam is similarly under appreciated.
As the second best film of Van Damme's direct to video era (Universal Soldier is always gonna be the best), In Hell needs to be more widely seen. Its a gritty as heck prison film, a way over the top melodrama, and its chock full of grounded and brutal fight scenes. Its great. His other work with Lam (Maximum Risk, Replicant) are pretty not bad as well.
Zippedpinhead
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Since JCVD isn't an option, I went with street fighter. Not for JCVD though, Raul Julia made the role his own.
Ultimate_Egoist
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Can I get an honorable mention for "Legionnaire"? No idea how it holds up now, but I remember liking it back in the day as a sort of JCVD in a period piece film.
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