JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME [ NEVER SURRENDER ]

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, UNTIL DEATH (JUSQU'A LA MORT)

Tight shot on... UNTIL DEATH : the redemption of Jean Claude Van Damme

Discover an unrecognizable Jean-Claude Van Damme in Until Death, with Stephen Rea (Interview with the vampire) and Selina Giles (V for vendetta). The story is about the tragic daily life of Anthony Stowe, a cop who, under false pretences, is actually a brutal, bloodthirsty and addicted to drug beast. Completely without martial arts and spectacular action scenes, the most interesting in this movie is the dramatic point of view. The movie put the detective story aside and focus on the main character, perfectly played by Jean-Claude Van Damme who affects a terrifying face : looking drawn, having dark shadows under ones's eyes, face ravaged by the drug. Redemption is the main theme of the movie, those of a man who has sinked into drugs and violence, but also those of Jean-Claude Van Damme who can finally exorcize his own demons unblushingly in a particularly daring scene : we can see Jean-Claude Van Damme taking heroine with the help of a syringe. In fact, Until Death is an unpretentious movie which can't be compared to the best detective movies but which have a careful direction and a beautiful score. Until Death confirms the talent as an actor of Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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The event of 2008 : J.C.V.D, a film by Mabrouk El Mechri

For the actor's fans, reviewing Jean-Claude Van Damme in a real movie of theaters had become a sort of inaccessible dream. Against all, a director had not only the audacity to give to Jean-Claude Van Damme the first role of his movie but focus the story on this man who appears as himself. Fallen star, once the icon of a whole generation, Jean-Claude Van Damme is the shade of himself. Each of his apparitions is the opportunity for the public to laugh of him... He who left from his native Belgium with nothing poaches some and who conquered Hollywood by his only courage and his will. Jean-Claude Van Damme, it is the story of a man who wanted what he got and who made bad choices and bad professional relations. Resulted an irregular career, alternating between the very good and the very bad. Since then, the star of Hard Target and The Quest plays in Z movies most indigestible, turned in Europe of the East. even though it's not a masterpiece as Rocky or Last Action Hero, J.C.V.D is a fan's gold gift to his idol. Under its packing of very good entertainment, oscillating between the burlesque and the pure thriller, the movie is also a scream of the heart, an ultimate supplication made to the Hollywood studios. Today, Jean-Claude is a talented actor able to transform himself for a role (cf. Wake of death, In Hell and Until Death ). He lacks only one thing : that one finally gives him a real opportunity.

We won't desist that Jean-Claude Van Damme would make a beautiful Roland of Gilead in the adaptation of the bestseller of Stephen King : The Dark Tower.