JCVD (7.5/10)

Watching "JCVD" not to long after "The Expandables" was quite funny. The latter film I found to be a failure while "JCVD" is surprisingly affective. It's not a real action movie but a satire in the minimalist state. When your laughing your not to sure if you should be. That idea is better than it sounds. Why not show our hero for what he is? A normal and confused human being.

Jean Claude Van-Damme Plays himself in "JCVD". The film opens on a lengthy action scene where Van-Damme's character doesn't use a gun to show us "purity". Nobody in the film nor the audience believes that for a second. Van-Damme at the age of 47 is having some problems with his family and career. By a complete accident he walks into a bank that's being robbed. Things turn into a hostage situation and the robbers decide let everyone think that Van-Damme is robbing the bank. The action legend makes the situation more complicated then three starstruck crooks ever could. Van-Damme may be playing himself but it's acting to the finest degree. It's the best performance your typical action star has ever given (eat your heart out Jason Statham!). I liked the movie in general for it's witty script and use of camera filters but Van Damme's performance clenches this as something more than just your average movie.

7.5/10
Recommendation: If you like those movies where the action star (Segal, Stallone, Li, and a few others) blows things up I'd watch this. It's as much tribute to those movies as it pokes fun of them.