The Van Damme Thread

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

I sought out the Universal DVD especially. This is all a little irrelevant if you have a Blu-ray player! I've no intention of upgrading though.

Van Damme worked with some dependable or great directors (Woo, Hark, Lam, Hyams, Emmerich), which is quite unusual for a not-quite A-list action actor. I suppose he was kind of mid-field - bellow the likes of Schwarzenegger and Stallone but above Lundgren and Seagal.

He's been in some enjoyable films.

The only Van Damme movies I own and have seen,I think are Universal Soldier and No Retreat No Surrender.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Get watching some more!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Just watched Missing in Action. JCVD was a stuntman on that, never noticed him though.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Just watched Missing in Action. JCVD was a stuntman on that, never noticed him though.

You see that piece of wood floating by in one scene...

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Just watched Missing in Action. JCVD was a stuntman on that, never noticed him though.

Wasn't he a stunt double (for the alien) on Predator too?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

Wasn't he a stunt double (for the alien) on Predator too?

Bit of an urban legend that.

He was cast initially but pulled out when he found out he would not receive an acting credit.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Bit of an urban legend that.

He was cast initially but pulled out when he found out he would not receive an acting credit.

Ah!

[Bringer Of Funerals]

He played a tree in Predator

[Splatterdragon73]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

Wasn't he a stunt double (for the alien) on Predator too?

I believe the scene in question is after Dillon (Carl Weathers) has his arm blown off. We see a shot of the Predator in camouflage sprinting towards his doomed human prey and apparently, Van The Man is the guy playing the relevant alien antagonist. Now, i have no idea if it is indeed the Belgian badass evident in this moment. But whoever is portraying the Predator runs in a very similar manner to Van Damme imo.

I never liked Black Eagle. Such a tantalising prospect Van Damme versus Sho Kosugi but the end result was one very damp squib. Terrible!

Yours truly can’t imagine why nobody’s mentioned Monaco Forever.

[The 4th Fella]

I've got a few JCVD films on dvd

Universal Soldier
Nowhere To Run
Hard Target
Sudden Death
Maximum Risk
Double Team
Universal Soldier: The Return
Replicant
The Order
Derailed
In Hell
Wake Of Death
Second In Command
The Hard Corps
Until Death
The Shepherd
JCVD
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Assassination Games

I prefer JCVD to Seagall, Lundgren etc...