Someone really needs to step up and let
cavemanharris
Someone really needs to step up and let Jean-Claude Van Damme know that the whole "killing everyone while he survives" movie formula just doesn’t work anymore.…
Someone really needs to step up and let Jean-Claude Van Damme know that the whole "killing everyone while he survives" movie formula just doesn’t work anymore.
This movie is almost as bad as Steven Seagal’s—completely impossible and with plotlines that are beyond comprehension.
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★ 3 / 10
Jean Claude Van Damme can actually act. I
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Jean Claude Van Damme can actually act. I saw him hand in a decent performance in the regrettably short lived, satirical series, Jean-Claude Van Johnson. So…
Jean Claude Van Damme can actually act. I saw him hand in a decent performance in the regrettably short lived, satirical series, Jean-Claude Van Johnson.
So given its clear he's not just "another cookie cutter action star" why on earth then, can't they tailor a decent script, for the man? All we seem to get is a regurgitation of past martial arts, action films, from the 20th century, he starred in, only worse again.
Kill Em All 2 a case in question. This is simply a platform for Van Damme's martial arts skills. Skills that are admittedly impressive, especially given the mans in his 60's. That said, everything else that makes any film work, like a decent script, with a strong back story and characterisations, is mostly absent.
Come on Hollywood, you can do better than this for Van Damme, surely?
In summary, a film that is little more than a showcase for Van Damme's martial arts prowess, minus pretty much everything else that makes a quality action film, well, a quality action film.
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★ 4 / 10
Why Is JCVD starring in a Steven Segal movie?
johnspringer-95440
I guess All of 'Em weren't killed the first time around after all. Jean-Claude OldMan, his Electra-complex daughter and some simple villagers from the Flemish…
I guess All of 'Em weren't killed the first time around after all. Jean-Claude OldMan, his Electra-complex daughter and some simple villagers from the Flemish part of Slovenia team up to take on some Russian mafia ... vampires? Maybe?JCVD and/or his stuntman still has the chops to sell some of the action and the script isn't entirely formulaic (only mostly formulaic); but this mashup between revenge action and heist movie still feels small, cheap and rushed. There are low stakes and no arcs for the cardboard characters. Peter Stormaire delivers possibly the worst performance of his storied career. Overall this feels like a throwback to mid-1990s straight-to-video content. Unfortunately it's less of a fun, campy throwback and more like something from The Steven Segal Collection gathering cobwebs in a forgotten corner of Blockbuster Video.
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He was a LOUSY actor 30 years ago and still is. Wouldn't waste 3 minutes on this movie.