JCVD (2008)

Directed by

Mabrouk El Mechri

Genre

drama film, action film, heist film, crime film

Country

France, Luxembourg, Belgium

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 571 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a fictional version of himself. His career and family are falling apart. He gets caught in a real post office robbery in his hometown.

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What happens

JCVD is a 2008 satirical black comedy crime drama film co-written and directed by Mabrouk el Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a fictionalized version of himself: a down and out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. The film was screened on 4 June 2008 in Belgium and France, at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and at the Adelaide Film Festival on 20 February 2009. It was distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment from Toronto and opened in New York and select cities on 7 November 2008. The film was Van Damme's first movie to receive a wide theatrical release since Universal Soldier: The Return (1999). Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film received positive reviews; Van Damme's performance received critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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