Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King (2023)

Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King (2023)

2023-03-17 Belgium, France, Israel, Spain, Switzerland 58 Min. PG-13
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Overview

An American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts cinema discovered a new idol: Jean-Claude Van Damme. In the 1970s there was Bruce Lee, but at the end of the 1980s a Belgian won the day. Van Damme was a karate master and had unparalleled strength and flexibility. For ten years he was one of Hollywood's hottest action stars. But excessive overconfidence and drugs bring him down again. At home in Europe he becomes a laughing stock on talk shows. Only with "JCVD" does he manage to get back on his feet, playing his character with perspective and self-irony, but without ever giving up the reputation that his action films brought him and which has been a cult for several generations. The highs and lows of his eventful life are told through archive footage and contributions from people close to the popular Belgian actor.

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme is Self - Portait Subject &  Interviewee (archive)
Self - Portait Subject & Interviewee (archive)
Claude Goetz is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Philippe Graton is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Michel Qissi is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Monette Loza is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Marc Duvinage is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Vincent Fannoy is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Sheldon Lettich is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Cédric Delelée is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
David Worth is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Ally Walker is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Mabrouk El Mechri is Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee