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Jean-Claude Van Damme and Bolo Yeung in Bloodsport (1988) A while back a little film came out that launched martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme to Hollywood superstardom. That film was called Bloodsport, which remains an iconic addition to the list of American action film hits of the late eighties, helping formulate and shape the way Hollywood created big action films for moviegoers alike. Eight years later, Bloodsport would evidently build its own home video franchise, shining the light on new action star Daniel Bernhardt to take the reigns of Van Damme as a new character. Since then, Van Damme began revitalizing his career, despite the failed efforts to reboot the 1988 martial arts classic with “Salt” director Phillip Noyce, with a script by Robert Mark Kamen who chose not to include Van Damme’s character in it, due to the dissociation from the first film; The superstar documented that telephone […]

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