JCVD

Jun 4, 2008

1h 36m

★ 6.6

The Biggest Fight of His Life!

Overview

Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! This fictionalized version of Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States, but inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages.

Genres

Drama

Action

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Gaumont

Samsa Film

Artémis Productions

Bankable

La SOFICA Cofinova 4

CinéCinéma

Film Fund Luxembourg

Cofinova 4

Canal+

RTBF

JCVD Trailers

Cast

J.C.V.D.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Bruges

François Damiens

Man wearing Beret

Zinedine Soualem

Watchman

Karim Belkhadra

Thirty-year-old

Jean-François Wolff

Teller

Anne Paulicevich

Ex-wife's Lawyer

John Flanders

JCVD's Assistant

Janine Horsburgh

Video Club Client

Mourade Zeguendi

Widow at Film Budapest

Valérie Bodson

Lieutenant Smith

Hervé Sogne

Asian Director

Rock Chen

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7.2

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7.4

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5.7

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7.1

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7.3

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10.0

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5.4

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5.3

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6.1

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0.0

Tim

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6.4

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5.9

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4.4

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4.0

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4.8

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7.5

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6.5

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