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Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King

Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King

Mar. 17, 2023BE58 Min.Not Rated
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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.

Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
Original title Jean-Claude Van Damme, coup sur coup
IMDb Rating 7.2 96 votes
TMDb Rating 7.265 17 votes

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Jean-Claude Van Damme isSelf - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)
Self - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)
Claude Goetz isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Philippe Graton isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Michel Qissi isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Monette Loza isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Marc Duvinage isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Vincent Fannoy isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Sheldon Lettich isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Cédric Delelée isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
David Worth isSelf - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee

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