JCVD Week!
| Date | Title | Released |
| 6/3 | Death Warrant | 1990 |
| 6/4 | Replicant | 2001 |
| 6/5 | In Hell | 2003 |
| 6/6 | Wake of Death | 2004 |
| 6/7 | Second in Command | 2006 |
| 6/8 | Black Water | 2018 |
| 6/9 | JCVD | 2008 |
This was an interesting week to be watching these movies. I had a couple of days where I had to really figure out where to fit these films into my schedule, including on Saturday when I was at an all-day event. I ended up watching Black Water at 5:30am before starting my day!
Anyway, I was glad to see these movies, although some of them I totally get why I skipped them the first time. I can recommend what I think are several really good Van Damme projects that I’ve already seen but are worth it if you haven’t:
- Bloodsport – 1988 (his breakout starring role)
- Hard Target – 1993 (John Woo’s first English-language/Hollywood film, cheesy and violent)
- Timecop – 1994 (ummm, because it’s awesome… duh!)
- Street Fighter: The Movie – 1994 (more for the silliness as well as a great penultimate performance by the late Raul Julia, who passed away before the movie’s release)
- The Quest – 1996 (Van Damme’s directorial debut. I mean, it’s basically Bloodsport with a different framing story, but I liked it)
- Legionnaire – 1998 (quite a different story from the usual Van Damme fare at the time)
- Welcome to the Jungle – 2013 (Van Damme has just a supporting a role in this, but he and everyone else are really f**king funny in it)
- Jean-Claude Van Johnson – 2016 (TV series this time on Amazon Prime Video. He again plays a version of himself, this time where his being a movie star is cover for his real career – international superspy. Very silly and tragically short-lived.)