Post by Claudia on Oct 11, 2017 9:10:09 GMT
I don't like to read reviews with spoilers so I only read the end judgment.
It also maintains the heart suggested in the premiere, and the very premise’s assumption that fans still care about JCVD’s well being. He’s still longing for Vanessa and for his own glory days, but responsible for his own screw-ups.
In the movies, Van Damme may have missed his true calling as a ham. He got to exploit his broader performance tendencies as the villain in Expendables 2 and a few straight to video movies, but one wonders, if Hollywood hadn’t taken him so seriously, would movie audiences have bought into the self-deprecating Van Damme more? At least with Jean-Claude Van Johnson, he’ll be eligible for an Emmy, so that’s one step closer to EGOT.
It also maintains the heart suggested in the premiere, and the very premise’s assumption that fans still care about JCVD’s well being. He’s still longing for Vanessa and for his own glory days, but responsible for his own screw-ups.
In the movies, Van Damme may have missed his true calling as a ham. He got to exploit his broader performance tendencies as the villain in Expendables 2 and a few straight to video movies, but one wonders, if Hollywood hadn’t taken him so seriously, would movie audiences have bought into the self-deprecating Van Damme more? At least with Jean-Claude Van Johnson, he’ll be eligible for an Emmy, so that’s one step closer to EGOT.
