JCVD

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this meta-crime comedy that finds him garnering mores headlines than he's had in years after stumbling into an in-progress bank heist. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD titles under his belt and a recent job lost out to fellow has-been Steven Seagal, the ...more

Jean-Claude Van Damme has a great sense of humor. If viewers take anything from JCVD, it should be the knowledge that Van Damme doesn't take him too seriously. However, in some ways, JCVD is a very serious film. Yes, it satirizes the action movie genre and traits implicit in being an action hero. However, there are also serious ruminations about the struggles of stardom that make JCVD more than just a clever little indie flick. The film is difficult to categorize, and its complexity makes it ...more