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Recipe for Rising Van Damme's Career

posted 17 years ago by jstn_graves
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You guys are harping on the wrong man, for Van Damme does everything he is TOLD to do. You all need to be shooting down the DIRECTORS for the poor jobs in Van Damme's movies. You realize that a lot of these movies he makes nowadays goes STRAIGHT TO VIDEO. Now back in the BLOODSPORT, KICKBOXER, and DOUBLE IMPACT days, Van Damme was a typical idol... a young, attractive, muscle-bound action superstar who just started to get recognized for his ability to kick extremely high (Double Impact) and do painfull-looking splits (Black Eagle, Blood Sport). But there is one thing you can blame Van Damme for, and that is him getting on them drugs, which made him lose an actual bar fight on camera that quickly ended up in the magazines. Then the poor bastard ends up in Jail on crack and heroin posession charges. Just like Micheal Vick, his career was practically dead. When he gets out, he makes a bunch of B-Rated Movies (Replicant, Legionaire, Wake Of Death, ect) just to keep a steady income, though not as much money he was making while he was mainstream. The worst of all movies he could have made was DERAILED. That sh!t was so bummed out it was pathetic.

Now, As far as getting back to getting that recognition he had back in the 80's and early 90's, he would have to get top directors like the one for Enemy Of The State, Kiss Of The Dragon, or Shooter to direct his next films. Then as far as coreographing his fight scenes, Phillip Rhee, Koichi Sakamoto, Corey Yuen, or the fight coeographer for the first live Mortal Kombat movie, Pat Johnson. These suggestions would surely rise Van Damme's Career, in my opinion. What ch'all think?

[–] evedammage 17 years ago

I know Van Damme used to have problems with cocaine some years ago, but crack and heroin? Never heard of it before.
Your piece of advice for Van Damme to develop better movies makes sense, but the problem is not if Van Damme wants to work with such people, but if such people want to work with Jean-Claude.

[–] firemacher11 17 years ago

guys, just being realistic. why someone who directed or choreographed well budgeted theaters film like SHOOTER or KISS OF THE DRAGON would direct now a JCVD movie which has lower budget and will be released DTV release? that would be step down for these directors even if the film will be OK. altough i wished this would happen but i am living not in a dream-world. if JCVD can get johnny to or ringo lam as the director and j.j perry as the fight choreographer for a new movie, JCVD and his fans could be already very happy. they would be for sure. that is the best crew what JCVD could get these days but everything else is beyond reality.

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[–] jmac332083 17 years ago

He needs to take smaller roles in movies that get released in the theaters. Especially as a bad guy. He was great in Replicant as a bad guy. He would do a good job. Especially with that long hair.

I Can't Wait For The Dark Knight!

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[–] gloriamichaelc-1 16 years ago

Hey, I'm mike I have family in boxing. I love boxing, UFC Etc. Note to you saying Van damne losing in a bar fight while on drugz I hope this isn't a 2nd one. I believe super bad ass Chuck Zito Who in his early to mid 50s in age may challenge a guy in a UFC fight. It would take a peak early 1990s Van Damne to even have a 50/50 chance against Zito. I'm a huge fan of van. Mikey! If he got beat again, that's hella sad! Mikey! Again.

[–] Danimal_77 16 years ago

English, do you speak it?

[–] leonari 16 years ago

Man are you on drugs or just plain stupid??

fool

nobody gets your english moron. you invent your own language ...

Zito...you are joking right?

[–] kol-8 16 years ago

Its time that Van Damme starts being a villain in big hollywood movies.
Either a villain or a supporting actor, he cant carry a movie as the Hero anymore.
At least not now.

Put him in as something else for a few movies and then he can be a Hero again, maybe.

[–] unhallowed 16 years ago

You have a good point there. That actually might work.
Hopefully that happens..

[–] MacKrazy 16 years ago

I really think Van Damme giving good performances in well written/directed action films like Wake of Death and In Hell is doing his career good. He may get the chance to do a bigger Rocky Balboa dramatic yet tough film or his other choice would be to make a sequel to a hit. Don't know what one though little too later for Unisol or Double Impact 2.

[–] CptSupermrkt 15 years ago

Just want to point out that Van Damme turned down The Expendables, for the reason that he "doesn't want his career to go down that path," or something like that. That has a respectable director, a lot of stars, a good chance at being a hit, and will definitely get a wide release. So to some degree he's just made some crappy choices / doesn't care about being a mainstream star.

[–] annakins82 13 years ago

This is why he turned down the role in The Expendables:

JCVD quoite [on rejecting Sylvester Stallone's offer of a part in The Expendables (2010)] Stallone gave me a part in his next movie, but I ask him about the subject, about the story. He said, 'You're gonna make lots of money.' I don't want to hear that, I want to hear what was my character. He was unable to tell what it's going to be. [Stallone said:] 'You know, uh, well, the fighting will be good.' [So I said:] 'Syl, what is my character?' So I didn't do the movie.

[–] duganmmm 12 years ago

van dam lov