Who else when watching Bloodsport thought Van Damme was an unrecognized acting genius would make a breakout in a serious dramatic role?
Check this movie out if you like VD, or even if you can't stand him. There is a ~6 minute monologue VD delivers in this movie that has people talking.
Richard Corliss from Time.com had this to say, "It is the finest, most scab-pulling performance I've seen this year, and I'm not kidding. Van Damme has been known as a martial-arts legend, movie star and pain in the ass. But never an actor — until now. By the end of his confession he could be like Robert Downey, Jr., playing Jean-Claude Van Damme. Except that there's less bravado, more real pain, because the Muscles from Brussels looks as he's giving one hell of an emotional battering to himself."
Positive review on Slate.com of Jean-Claude Van Damme's movie titled JCVD: It also scores well at IMDB with 7.8/10.
Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD. - By Grady Hendrix - Slate Magazine
Opens this weekend in New York City, and Nov. 14 in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington, D.C.
...just thought anyone who was a JCVD fan might want to check this out.
