Van Damme had some great movies over the years and here is my top 5.
1. Bloodsport 2. Wrong bet a.k.a Lionheart a.k.a Full Contact * 3. Universal Soldier 4. Cyborg 5. No Retreat, No Surrender
* I am from Australia and have always known this film as Wrong Bet, which I think is fitting because he says it towards the end. I couldn't find it anywhere and bought it on Amazon from U.S.A as Lionheart. I got the DVD and when I watched it at the start where it shows the title of the film it says Full Contact. According to Wikipedia the movie was also known as Wrong Bet, A.W.O.L.: Absent without leave. When I used to watch it it was simply Wrong Bet. 4 different titles for one movie. Very Strange. I think the only thing I noticed different about the actual movie to what I remember seeing is that you actually see Francois on fire for a while running around. The times when I have seen Wrong Bet in the past you don't see this.
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Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
I´m a huge Van Damme fan, here´s my ever changing top 5:
1. Hard Target 2. Knock Off 3. Bloodsport 4. Double Impact 5. Universal Soldier
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like they have to chew gum and wash, after looking at this picture
Ok.... the list...
1: Bloodsport 2: Kickboxer 3: Double Impact 4: Hard Target 5: Universal Soldier
Posted by Fightertown (Member # 7418) on :
1. Bloodsport 2. Double Impact 3. Hard Target 4. Universal Solider 5. Nowhere to Run 6. Timecop 7. JCVD
His first appearance as an extra...name this movie.
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
Breakin'. Michel Qissi is in it too. Great moving pic by the way.
- I am also finding it hard to believe that nobody has put down Wrong Bet or one of it's several other titles. But it is a stretch to make a top 5 Van Damme list.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
JAYLEE, I feel as though I need to scour myself with a Brillo pad after viewing that picture!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Ha, Lorenzo and Van Damme having fun in the sun I remember that i have a great 80s Van Damme poster that i need to scan someday... You have been warned Posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
I had no idea he was in Breakin! That is so freaking hilarious!!!!!!
Top 5 Movies:
1. Universal Soldier 2. Timecop 3. Double Impact 4. Hard Target 5. ????????Cannot honestly think of another one that sticks out.
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
Great thread...im a hardcore van damme fan. The first movie i saw him in was No R No S and remember sayin ..that guy is a bad ar5e...I watched Bloodsport like a thousand times and would watch moves in the movie Black Eagle in slow motion. I then went and learned everything about him before taking up shotokan karate like he did when he was 11yrs old. My wall up until aged 18 was covered in every picture and poster that was ever printed...all the smaller ones from martial arts movies too. Glad to see there are other fans of him on here. . as for the list . .
1. Bloodsport - Teach me, i can do it. You are NOT japanese, you are not a Tanaka. You taught me never to commit my self to one style, to keep an open mind. Why? To honor you Shidoshi...cue the montage - just awsome.
2. Kickboxer - Was never a huge fan of the last fight scene but loved the rest of it.
3. Wrong bet - Yes Bernie, im an aussie too and with ya on this one mate.
4. Cyborg
5. Black Eagle - awful movie but he looks at his most dangerous in this film.
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
His best performance ever for acting and a well written movie. I love most of his other stuff as well.
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
I love In Hell
And that gif is all kinds of frightening Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
quote:Originally posted by oneyedwilly: Great thread...im a hardcore van damme fan. The first movie i saw him in was No R No S and remember sayin ..that guy is a bad ar5e...I watched Bloodsport like a thousand times and would watch moves in the movie Black Eagle in slow motion. I then went and learned everything about him before taking up shotokan karate like he did when he was 11yrs old. My wall up until aged 18 was covered in every picture and poster that was ever printed...all the smaller ones from martial arts movies too. Glad to see there are other fans of him on here. . as for the list . .
1. Bloodsport - Teach me, i can do it. You are NOT japanese, you are not a Tanaka. You taught me never to commit my self to one style, to keep an open mind. Why? To honor you Shidoshi...cue the montage - just awsome.
2. Kickboxer - Was never a huge fan of the last fight scene but loved the rest of it.
3. Wrong bet - Yes Bernie, im an aussie too and with ya on this one mate.
4. Cyborg
5. Black Eagle - awful movie but he looks at his most dangerous in this film.
Wa..hoo... A Wrong Bet fan. Great stuff. I never got into karate but used to do TKD and it is very similar to the karate they are doing in No R, No S.
The best compliment I ever got from a girl is that she said I look like Van Damme. I seriously don't but I did have a Van Damme cut at the time. I took the compliment anyway. I always did admire him more than any other martial artist though.
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
I actually just finished watching Breakin' also. Great movie. Unfortunately I can't put it in my Van Damme top 5.
Some more quotes from his movies Willy:
"Freddy Lee pay police not to interfere."
"What's the difference if Bruce Springsteen is his Shidoshi."
"What kind of a deal."
"I aint your pal d..ick face!"
"Cynthia, your one cold, sick b..itch."
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
1. Replicant 2. Maximum Risk 3. Hard Target 4. JCVD 5. Timecop
(Love his stuff with director Ringo Lam! In Hell is 6.)
Posted by Fightertown (Member # 7418) on :
Kickboxer was fun and churned out some insanely bad follow ups.
You cannot deny the moves! lol
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Really I can lol
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pittsburghgirl: JAYLEE, I feel as though I need to scour myself with a Brillo pad after viewing that picture!
Yeah, that pic is undoubtedly a tad light in the loafers Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fightertown: Kickboxer was fun and churned out some insanely bad follow ups.
You cannot deny the moves! lol
Actually, part 2 (with the stoner cuz from Step By Step) wasn't that that bad. Parts 3 and 4 on the other hand.....
Sasha Mitchell is no Van D! But I thought part 2 was kinda enjoyable. Though the actual action was not that great!
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by aTomiK: Ha, Lorenzo and Van Damme having fun in the sun I remember that i have a great 80s Van Damme poster that i need to scan someday... You have been warned
We live in dread aTomik!
And as for the Lorenzo-JC 'best buds on holiday' photo? Absolutely nothing wrong with that at all...well, almost nothing...all right: its mad gay.
1) JCVD
The movie is quite good, but JC put in a brilliant and subtle performance I remember how taken aback the entire audience was at this scene, not a dry eye in the house!
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Posted by Johnny Roarke is reckless (Member # 9826) on :
Apparently nobody likes Death Warrant.. Was it really that bad ?? Personally i'd prefer it over Kickboxer.
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
if i had to do a top 10 van damme johnny roarke death warrant would definitely feature. it would go something like this- 1.a.w.o.l 2.bloodsport 3.hard target 4.kickboxer 5.double impact 6.maximum risk 7.replicant 8.death warrant 9.sudden death 10.nowhere to run
also great - wake of death hard corps universal soldier timecop cyborg in hell until death the order knock off double team no retreat no surrender legionnaire
average/good - derailed inferno aka desert heat second in command the shepherd universal soldier the return
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Posted by gotta go back (Member # 9818) on :
Hilarious pic and videos, friggin' awesome Bernie I cant stop laughing. Is that a Spiderman speed-o in Jay Lees pic? #1 Bloodsport by a long ways. No retreat No Surrender was good, cant think of any others. Sorry
Posted by Burnett (Member # 9924) on :
Though I'm from Belgium, just like Jean-Claude, I'm not a fan of his movies. I guess Hard Target was his best one. Bloodsport is okay in a very cheesy way, and Kickboxer (though watchable) is an extremely poorly made film.
Posted by P_a_u_l (Member # 1022) on :
I'm actually struggling to name a list for any Van Damme movies I could endure.
OK - maybe Timecop, but only because Mia Sara was in it....
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