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Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King

7.1 58 mins Documentary   TV Movie   2023
Flair Productions   Kaos Films   RTBF   ARTE GEIE   Hot   Movistar Plus+   RTS   CNC  
Director(s): Olivier Monssens

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.

Casts of Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King

Jean-Claude Van Damme

as Self - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)

Claude Goetz

as Self - Interviewee

Philippe Graton

as Self - Interviewee

Michel Qissi

as Self - Interviewee

Monette Loza

as Self - Interviewee

Marc Duvinage

as Self - Interviewee

Vincent Fannoy

as Self - Interviewee

Sheldon Lettich

as Self - Interviewee

Cédric Delelée

as Self - Interviewee

David Worth

as Self - Interviewee

Ally Walker

as Self - Interviewee

Mabrouk El Mechri

as Self - Interviewee

Terry Crews

as Self (archive footage)

Bolo Yeung Sze

as Self (archive footage)

Darcy LaPier

as Self (archive footage)

Jay Leno

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Dux

as Self (archive footage)

Olivier Monssens

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Jason Statham

as Self (archive footage)

Dolph Lundgren

as Self (archive footage)

Chuck Norris

as Self (archive footage)

Sylvester Stallone

as Self (archive footage)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

as Self (archive footage)

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