JCVD

Product Description Jean-Claude Van Damme gets caught in a real life hostage situation and must fight his way out. Review The best movie Van Damme ever made --Time Magazine Funny, nimble, knowing, gracious, and kickass. --Entertainment Weekly Must be seen to be believed. --Variety About the Actor Starting in 1995, Van Damme s box office appeal begins to weaken with the release of Sudden Death. From there it is a steady decline into the land of Direct-to-Video lore. Van Damme s career is plagued by productions with no other goal than selling his name off in order to profit. The films themselves are low budget, action flops that quickly find their way to the bottom of budget bins, taking Van Damme s name and credibility along with them. During this time Van Damme battles with personal demons divorce, sex, drugs and excess which all weigh heavily on him, resulting in a damaged and weakened image both personally and professionally. In 2007, while working at a production office in France, a young up and coming writer/director came across an early draft for a comedy about Jean-Claude Van Damme. A lifelong fan of his growing up, Mabrouk El Mechri convinces producers to let him rewrite and direct his own take on the concept. The result is JCVD. After reading the script and meeting El Mechri, Van Damme immediately signs on and gives the young director his full trust. Mabrouk s mission becomes to turn his childhood idol into the hero of an atypical film meshing comedy and thriller, in the footsteps of the great American cinema of the 1970s. The result is something no one ever expected...