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Blu-Ray Review: John Stockwell’s KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE Is A Snooze Without The Lose

The Business: The best thing about kick-ass fight scenes is they never get old—unless they do, of course. But hey, this is Kickboxer, the movie that defined the kick-ass, no holds barred ass-kicking. Lots of fight scenes. More than a lot. And then even more than that. By my estimate the film is 55% fight scene, 25% training montage, and (a meek) 20% story. I’m getting ahead of myself, though. Kickboxer: Vengeance is a reboot of the wildly successful 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme action flick, Kickboxer. The L.A. Times called it “egregiously dull,” joining with every other major publication in vilifying the movie. Well, despite this, it went on to gross over $14.5 million on a $2.5 million budget. I do not believe Van Damme went on to say, “C’est la vie” – I imagine more of a string of French expletives followed by some equally French laughter. Point being, in […]

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JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON To Report For Duty In Full Next Year For Amazon

While we await further updates on Jean-Claude Van Damme’s schedule to Kill ‘Em All, Amazon Studios officially put out a press release announcing the pick up of three pilots for series advancement in 2017. The announcement accordingly pertains to Jean-Claude Van Johnson, the new action comedy launchpad from industry stuntman and helmer Peter Antico which has bestowed acclaim as one of the best rated most viewed pilots within the past month next to that of Jill Solomon’s I Love Dick and Wally Pfister’s The Tick. Via the announcement: “These pilots were vast in scope, disruptive in tone, challenging in story and sometimes even funny,” said Joe Lewis, Head of Half-Hour Series, Amazon Studios. “It’s rewarding to see customers embrace them in such a huge way. We can’t wait to premiere these series next year on Prime Video.” About the show: If you need to eliminate a political rival, debilitate a […]

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JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON Teases With New Stills

At some point in the near future we’re going to have to get an official airing of the trailer (or at least a new one) since the first one already leaked twice earlier this week. Until then, new stills are rolling out for the upcoming Amazon Prime pilot premiere for Jean-Claude Van Johnson, a series that features our own legendary action hero, actor Jean-Claude Van Damme in the title role, as…himself! Sorta. SYNOPSIS: If you need to eliminate a political rival, debilitate a multinational corporation, or overthrow an entire government—and you need it done with the utmost secrecy—there’s only one person to turn to: one of the most internationally recognizable movie stars in the history of film. Jean-Claude Van Johnson stars Jean-Claude Van Damme in the title role, playing a global martial arts and film sensation…and, operating under the simple alias of “Johnson,” the most dangerous undercover private contractor in […]

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[UPDATED] JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON Is Just Getting His Day Started In The New Amazon Prime Teaser

So, it’s another morning and you’re Jean-Claude Van Damme, waking up to start you’re day. What do you do? Well, such is the question our lead character answers on his way to pick up the morning paper and toast some pop tarts in his pajamas as a private contractor working undercover as his alter-ego in the new teaser for Jean-Claude Van Johnson, which also stars Kat Foster, Phylicia Rashad and Moises Arias. SYNOPSIS: Jean-Claude Van Damme comes out of retirement to put on once again the mantle of his alter-ego, undercover private contractor Jean-Claude Van Johnson. “Johnson’s” cover as the lead role in a re-imagined action film version of “Huckleberry Finn” lands him right back in the midst of the danger he secretly always craves–but most importantly, back in the orbit of Vanessa, his fellow operative and the woman he loves? Depending on your tastes, it may not be what […]

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Amazon Lists JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON Among Its August Pilot Debuts

Amazon is making it a priority this week with several announcements for its upcoming dated comedy pilots. Of course, the biggest priority for our readership would be the inclusion of action star Jean-Claude Van Damme’s newest series, Jean-Claude Van Johnson which premieres with the rest – I Love Dick starring Emily Gould and The Tick with actor Peter Serafinowicz on August 19 in the U.S., UK, Germany, Austria and Japan. If you need to eliminate a political rival, debilitate a multinational corporation, or overthrow an entire government–and you need it done with the utmost secrecy–there’s only one person to turn to: one of the most internationally recognizable movie stars in the history of film. Jean-Claude Van Johnson stars Jean-Claude Van Damme (JCVD) playing “Jean-Claude Van Johnson,” a global martial arts and film sensation…and, operating under the simple alias of “Johnson,” the most dangerous undercover private contractor in the world. Lucky […]

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Go Ringside With These Brutal New KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE Stills!

Promotion is in full-swing for director John Stockwell’s Kickboxer: Vengeance which opens on September 2 from RLJ Entertainment. Martial artist Alain Moussi tops the billboard making his feature length debut from stuntman to full-fledged actor, taking the reigns from its original 1989 predecessor’s star, as well as the new film’s legendary co-star, action star Jean-Claude Van Damme! SYNOPSIS: After his brother is brutally killed by the fighter Tong Po (Dave Bautista), Kurt Sloane (Alain Moussi) travels to Thailand and trains with the legendary Master Durand (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to avenge his brother’s death. Also starting are late action star Darren Shahlavi, Gina Carano and Sara Malakul Lane with Georges St. Pierre, T.J. Storm, Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez. RLJ Entertainment has released new stills from the movie which you can view below! View post on imgur.com

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The Year Hong Kong Collided With Hollywood

The Long Road Starting as early as the mid-80’s, the Hong Kong film industry was making some inroads into Hollywood. Maybe it was the insane amount of money being casually tossed around… or maybe it was the giant communist nation that was set to retake control of it within the next ten years; whatever the reason, the biggest action film producer in Asia was looking to branch out. Seasonal Films led the charge with crossover B-movies like No Retreat No Surrender (1986), American Shaolin (1991) and Superfights (1995). The films possessed a so-bad-its-good quality that make them great fodder today but didn’t make enough of a splash in their day to move the needle. America just wasn’t ready for this much awesome Even the mighty Jackie Chan, already an international star, fell on his face when he tried to break into Hollywood with The Protector (1985). The film bombed so […]

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Moonstone To Produce LIONHEART Remake

Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme has had quite the career sustaining himself as a bonafide action hero in both mainstream and direct-to-video markets. He’s one that fans amply love, specifically having left the impression he has with hits like Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Timecop, as well as Sheldon Lettich’s 1991 thriller, Lionheart (a remake of the 1975 Charles Bronson film, Hard Times) which saw him as a former legionaire who goes AWOL and returns to his impoverished neighborhood to fight for his late brother’s struggling family. Lo and behold, if you’ve been tuning in for the last several years, you know that a few of the aforementioned titles are up for remakes of their own, and apparently as of 2014, the list also includes Lionheart which was once tasked to Albert Pyun who directed Van Damme’s earlier 80’s sci-fi classic, Cyborg. Fast forward to 2016 and word is now circulating through […]

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RLJ Entertainment Will Release KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE Later This Year!

It’s been a long wait for news on John Stockwell’s Kickboxer: Vengenace. Gladly however, the wait is finally over and the word is out with official news on the film and its release and with a new still. We’ll have more info in the months ahead, of course while a recently-announced sequel slowly begins taking shape. In the meantime, now that you’ve just seen actor and martial artist Alain Moussi open in Street Fighter: Resurrection, get ready for his feature debut in the remake of a martial arts action classic! RLJ ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES “KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE” Jean-Claude Van Damme Returns to Star in the Reboot of the Cult Classic LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2016 – RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) has acquired all U.S. rights to the highly anticipated KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE. Co-Written by Dimitri Logothetis (Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers) and Jim McGrath and directed by John Stockwell (In the Blood, Blue Crush), the […]

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JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON Filming In May For Amazon

Those of you still waiting to see Zombieland 2 will be happy to know that all isn’t lost for its development at Sony, and Indiewire has more on that. As for its plot, nothing is known yet and you can only ask its writer Dave Callaham who has otherwise been keeping busy with his currently-brewing TV debut as of the last few years. That effort, following updates from last November, now comes in the form of Jean-Claude Van Johnson, which will star none other than action star Jean-Claude Van Damme. The new action comedy series rejoins the two since the actor co-starred in the 2012 ensemble action sequel, The Expendables 2 for its franchise creator, Callaham, who is writing and executive producing the series for which its pilot has officially been picked up by Amazon. via THR: Jean-Claude Van Johnson will star Van Damme as a version of himself — a […]

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Get A Kick Out Of The New Teaser For KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE!

With the promise of a sequel already in play, director John Stockwell‘s latest induction into the reboot category with Kickboxer: Vengeance is on deck for a release in 2016. The film is still in post production with the forthcoming acting debut of stuntman and martial artist Alain Moussi who reprises the role of Kurt Sloan, as previously legendary film star Jean-Claude Van Damme who joins in as the master who trains Kurt to avenge his brother’s death at the hands and knees of the vicious Muay Thai fighter, Tong Po, now played by Dave Bautista. The film is the first project to come for Acme Rocket Fuel who will be joined Headmon Entertainment in producing and financing the sequel, Kickboxer: Retaliation, which was announced last week. In the meantime, the jury is still out on how this one will bode, and at any rate will serve a notable and heartfelt […]

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Jean-Claude Van Damme Will Be Renamed JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON For TV

Film director and producer Ridley Scott may be busy with another offering of Alien sci-fi for the fans, but now he’s dabbling back into television with at least six projects through his Scott Free Television banner. And what’s more, is that the slate now leaves room for a new TV comedy starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Deadline reports Scott’s slate of deals between CBS shows developing at AMC will include the new series, Jean-Claude Van Johnson. The half-hour long series will be written and executive produced by Dave Callaham with Van Damme partly starring as himself under the aforementioned alias who also happens to be the world’s most dangerous private contractor. This wouldn’t be the first time Van Damme placed more of himself under the microscope with films like JCVD whilst flexing more of his acting muscle as of late. Moreover it’s not the first time the Double Impact and Replicant […]

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Get A Look At Tong Po And The Sloane Brothers In A New KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE Set Pic

If there was ever a more poignant moment for martial arts fans, it would be in view of the latest set photo taken last year upon the U.S. segment of production for In The Blood helmer John Stockwell‘s new film, Kickboxer: Vengeance. Stuntman and martial artist Alain Moussi makes his acting debut in the film and shared a new set photo this week alongside actor Dave Bautista resurrecting the role of iconic villain, Tong Po, with the latest look at late actor Darren Shahlavi since his untimely death back in January. Shahlavi and Moussi reprise the respective roles of Eric and Kurt Sloane, rebooting the 1989 tornament thriller with its original star, Jean-Claude Van Damme now filling in Dennis Chan’s shoes as the mentor who that helps train Kurt to avenge the death of his brother, Eric, at the hands of the villainous Tong Po, played by Bautista. Sara Malakul […]

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Is Roel Reiné Directing A HARD TARGET Sequel?

Much ado has been said among fans for a potential sequel to action auteur John Woo‘s 1993 Hollywood feature, Hard Target. It felt more like a standalone actioner on its face, really, but that doesn’t mean following up would be impossible. Lead actor and action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is all for sequels to any number of his previous milestone hits, what with Hard Target having futher embedded his place as a Hollywood legend. So, if the latest report from Nu is true following earlier blurbs from the set of Van Damme’s China set on Pound Of Flesh, it’s no real surprise and I’m certain that nostalgic fans will surely appreciate this latest offering, now with The Man With The Iron Fists 2 and The Admiral helmer Roel Reiné in the director’s chair. However, there’s at least one catch. Reiné is reportedly set to begin shooting Hard Target 2 in […]

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Vlad Rimburg's New JCVD Fan Reel, I CAN DO IT, Voices The Gratitude Of A Generation!

When independent filmmaker and action designer Vlad Rimburg isn’t training students and putting together lush action sequences like all of these, he’s busy cutting some really cool and upbeat demo reels with a formula that truly gets the pulse going. Keep that in mind as you leer down below to his latest gem attributed to the Muscles From Brussels himself – action legend and co-star of the upcoming Asian superhero comedy, Pancake Man, actor Jean Claude Van Damme. Alas, taking its thematic cues from the actor’s lead role in the 1988 Frank Dux tournament biopic, Bloodsport is Rimburg‘s newest gift to the internet, I Can Do It, with scenes from a handful of memorable hits including Cyborg, Kickboxer, Timecop, Double Impact and Hard Target. This may well be the best thing you’ve seen this week or month, and especially if you’re a fan of the actor, and it’s completely understandable […]

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Superhero Comedy JIAN BING MAN Gets A Trailer With Van Damme Fully Stretched And Ready!

Well it was only a matter of time before action star Jean-Claude Van Damme would reappear in another comedy. His acting has grown pleasantly stronger in recent years so it’s still great to watch him get silly from time to time. And his latest, Jian Bing Man (a.k.a. Pancake Man), serves quite the delicious example. The film is set to arrive in July with Van Damme starring opposite actor and director Peng Da who plays a lowly street food vendor who somehow acquires his powers through the creps he sells. Somehow it leads to a final battle between him and Van Damme possibly in the role of the villain – although not plot details are available to discuss that end. Suddenly I’m reminded of Meteor Man and Blankman. Hm. Only this could be cooler. Because Van Damme. The film has some useful footage making the rounds this summer before its […]

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Watch John Salvitti Go To Work In A New POUND OF FLESH Action Featurette!

Hopefully you’ve been motivated to check out action star Jean-Claude Van-Damme‘s latest blistering performance in director Ernie Barbarash‘s latest thriller, Pound Of Flesh. If not, then perhaps my earlier review will get the juices going, lest you miss out on one of the seasoned martial arts star’s most sizzling and brutal performances to date. Writer Joshua James lends his script to a story that sees a former operative taking on Macau’s criminal underworld when a good Samaritan act results in a stolen kidney with his dying niece’s life on the line. The action gets unapologetically violent and bloody, and the man assigned to designate the brutality is none other than Hong Kong veteran stuntman and fight choreographer John Salvitti who’s latest video presents a brief look into some of the action with great highlights to boot. And yes, he’s Boston-born so Dropkick Murphys for the win! Check it out right […]

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Screener Review: POUND OF FLESH (2015)

SYNOPSIS: In South Asia to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city. The clock is ticking for his niece and with each step he loses blood. REVIEW: Action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s career revival in recent years has induced a much-deserved resurgence in fandom, and for good reason. Having earned his way upward as an action film legend in well over twenty-five years, his acting muscles have lately grown just as prominently with age in films like JCVD, Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Day Of Reckoning, and Enemies Closer, and to this, his latest contribution with the new action thriller, Pound Of Flesh, […]

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The New POUND OF FLESH Trailer Shows What Jean-Claude Van Damme Is Really Good At!

It’s not enough to have one or two trailers, but it has been a while since the second trailer and ten minute promotional reel for action star Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s new film, Pound Of Flesh started going viral. The film is poised to hit theaters and digital platforms on May 15 in the U.S. before hitting DVD and Blu-Ray on June 23 and so it IS fitting to have a new trailer going around as the date comes closer. It’s every bit as good in its hype-building and all the more reason to watch the brutality unfold when it arrives. SYNOPSIS: In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, Deacon (VAN DAMME), a former black-ops agent, awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves […]

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