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Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King (2023)

ALL 03/17/2023 (fr) Documentary, TV Movie 58 Min
  • Release
    03/17/2023
  • Production
    Flair Productions, Kaos Films, RTBF, ARTE GEIE, Hot, Movistar+, RTS, CNC
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Jean-Claude Van Damme, coup sur coup
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

An American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts cinema discovered a new idol: Jean-Claude Van Damme. In the 1970s there was Bruce Lee, but at the end of the 1980s a Belgian won the day. Van Damme was a karate master and had unparalleled strength and flexibility. For ten years he was one of Hollywood's hottest action stars. But excessive overconfidence and drugs bring him down again. At home in Europe he becomes a laughing stock on talk shows. Only with "JCVD" does he manage to get back on his feet, playing his character with perspective and self-irony, but without ever giving up the reputation that his action films brought him and which has been a cult for several generations. The highs and lows of his eventful life are told through archive footage and contributions from people close to the popular Belgian actor.

  1. Olivier Monssens

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Jean-Claude Van Damme

    Self - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)

  2. Claude Goetz

    Self - Interviewee

  3. Philippe Graton

    Self - Interviewee

  4. Michel Qissi

    Self - Interviewee

  5. Monette Loza

    Self - Interviewee

  6. Marc Duvinage

    Self - Interviewee

  7. Vincent Fannoy

    Self - Interviewee

  8. Sheldon Lettich

    Self - Interviewee

  9. Cédric Delelée

    Self - Interviewee

  10. David Worth

    Self - Interviewee

  11. Ally Walker

    Self - Interviewee

  12. Mabrouk El Mechri

    Self - Interviewee

  13. Terry Crews

    Self (archive footage)

  14. Bolo Yeung

    Self (archive footage)

  15. Darcy LaPier

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Jay Leno

    Self (archive footage)

  17. Frank Dux

    Self (archive footage)

  18. Olivier Monssens

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  19. Jason Statham

    Self (archive footage)

  20. Dolph Lundgren

    Self (archive footage)

  21. Chuck Norris

    Self (archive footage)

  22. Sylvester Stallone

    Self (archive footage)

  23. Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 23 , Crews : 20

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Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King (2023) 58 Min

ALL 03/17/2023 (fr)
Documentary, TV Movie
  • Release 03/17/2023
  • Production
    Flair Productions, Kaos Films, RTBF, ARTE GEIE, Hot, Movistar+, RTS, CNC
  • Original title Jean-Claude Van Damme, coup sur coup
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

An American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts cinema discovered a new idol: Jean-Claude Van Damme. In the 1970s there was Bruce Lee, but at the end of the 1980s a Belgian won the day. Van Damme was a karate master and had unparalleled strength and flexibility. For ten years he was one of Hollywood's hottest action stars. But excessive overconfidence and drugs bring him down again. At home in Europe he becomes a laughing stock on talk shows. Only with "JCVD" does he manage to get back on his feet, playing his character with perspective and self-irony, but without ever giving up the reputation that his action films brought him and which has been a cult for several generations. The highs and lows of his eventful life are told through archive footage and contributions from people close to the popular Belgian actor.

  1. Olivier Monssens

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Antoine Dubois

    Editor

  4. Gabriel Chabanier

    Producer



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