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Blind Fury
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Ah, the 80’s; when every time a white guy knew martials arts it had to be explained as to how and why: Daniel LaRusso was trained by Mr. Miyagi, American Ninja was trained in Asia as was Van Damme in Kickboxer. To top it off Steven Seagal’s aikido moves are explained in a lengthy prologue…
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Timecop
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Movies about time travel are always tricky as they eventually get tangled up in their own plots with people going back and forth and changing things. Even the sublime Back To The Future had some problems, and movies written by lesser talented writers even more. Timecop brings two things together: Jean-Claude van Damme and comic…
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Double Impact
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Double Impact: the first movie to feature Van Damme in a dual role, something he would do again in Timecop, Maximum Risk, Replicant and The Order, but strangely though not in a movie called Double Team. Considering the other half of the team consisted of Dennis Rodman in that movie, it might have been wise…
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6 Bullets
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Of all the 80s and 90s action heroes that are still active but whose movies generally end up straight to DVD Jean-Claude van Damme is by far the most interesting to follow. While others like Lundgren and Seagal stick to what they know best, Van Damme takes chances. From voice-work for Kung Fu Panda 2…
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Thor
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I never found Thor to be a cool superhero, though technically he’s more of a God than a superhero. I know him (or is it Him?) from cameos in comics like Spider-man. A god of thunder waving around a hammer surrounded by characters like Odin and Loki. But those were the late 80s and early…
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Hard Target
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In the early 90’s two names were competing for the title of martial-arts-box-office-champ. Those names are Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme. I’m not sure whoever won but I’m pretty sure that Van Damme’s career shows a more wider range of movie making, while Seagal has more movies that are fun because they all feel…
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Masterminds
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In my never-ending (or so it feels) quest of watching movies that are ripping off Die Hard I have become weak. I came to this conclusion after watching Masterminds. The movie is clearly a carbon copy of Die Hard mixed up with elements of Toy Soldiers and at the time of its release it was…
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