Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Cinematical reports from the opening night of Toronto's Midnight Madness program, kicking off with a screening of Van Damme's purported comeback vehicle, JCVD.
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... of JCVD and Treeless Mountain . JCVD (Midnight Madness, directed by Mabrouk El Merchri) Jean-Claude Van Damme is apparently well known within French-speaking Europe as a very "self-aware" personality (using the word "aware" repeatedly in interviews; YouTube it!) so it's no particular surprise he'd star in one of the most self-referential films possibly ever made about such a well...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Ahoy, squirts! here. You know, I never was obsessed with Jean-Claude Van Damme movies on the whole, but there was a time in my early teen years when I saw BLOOD SPORT a dozen times or so. I saw his flicks theatrically and enjoyed them, but I guess I haven't really thought about how much I missed him until I started hearing about JCVD, a film in which he plays himself caught in a real...
Film Junk (Free subscription) | yesterday
JCVD Directed by: Mabrouk El Mechri Written by: Frédéric Bénudis, Christophe Turpin Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff Like many 80’s action stars, Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career faded away into obscurity some time ago, the majority of his martial arts magic relegated to bargain bins and the memories of dedicated fans....
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Who is the most popular Belgian actor of all-time? Jean-Claude Van Damme, of course! JCVD, which literally stands for Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a personal introspective on the action star as brought to us by French filmmaker Mabrouk El Mechri. Van Damme actually plays himself, a real life movie star who gets caught up in a routine robbery, but it becomes more than...
Screenhead (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twitch wrote an impressive and telling review of JCVD, a spoof on Jean Claude Van Damme. The review was nicely detailed and revealing so much so that I took a peek at the trailer and posted it here. Enjoy the trailer and read the review. Related PostsNew Shrek The Third Trailer Review[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/N-Mn_81Ra_g" width="460" height="350" wmode="transpa...Trailer...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
TORONTO (Reuters) - Forget red carpets and polite Hollywood stars. Mayhem reigns at the Toronto film festival's "Midnight Madness" movies that kicked off, literally, with an early Friday morning screening of "JCVD" in which aging action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme pokes fun at his own career.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Forget red carpets and polite Hollywood stars. Mayhem reigns at the Toronto film festival's "Midnight Madness" movies that kicked off, literally, with an early Friday morning screening of "JCVD" in which aging action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme pokes fun at his own career.
Cup Of Joe Powell (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
I heard rumblings about the movie "J.C.V.D." a few months back - b-movie action guy Jean Claude Van Damme stars in a wildly satiric comedy as himself, caught in battles over child custody, his problematic career, media swarms and a bank robbery. The movie is out now the Toronto Film Festival and got raves at the Cannes Festival this summer. One review , like others, is stunned by his...
