Jul 21 2009 'Eagle Path' Promo: Van Damme Wishes He Were as Free as a Certain Bird
TwitchFilm has posted a new promotional trailer for Jean-Claude Van Damme's latest, presumably straight-to-dvd action film, The Eagle Path. In the below embedded video you will find:
- Eagle imagery
- Eagle imagery blatantly, immediately explained.
- Van Damme explaining that he'll protect a woman.
- Van Damme expressing the emotion pictured above.
- Van Damme reiterating he'll protect a woman.
- A man beating Van Damme with a stop sign and a bicycle.
- More eagle imagery.
- 360-degree kick foreshadowing (a group of thugs make the mistake of encircling our hero).
- Van Damme putting together his own A-Team (VD-Team?).
- Van Damme wearing a ridiculous mustached chauffeur disguise.
- Even more eagle imagery.
- Van Damme punching, kicking, and shooting a bunch of dudes (obviously).
- Vague hints at the significance of a particular avian creature.
Enjoy:
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Oct 13 2008 'JCVD' = Jean-Claude Van Damme = Maybe Great
It still makes no sense to me that JCVD looks good. It seems so desperate and easy, Jean-Claude Van Damme agreeing to play himself, mocking his career--like so many scandal-makers doing SNL cameos to win back the public--but somehow it works. Even with this brief trailer, Van Damme makes himself entirely sympathetic and surprisingly funny, and I come away really wanting to like the aging action star--and desperately hoping rumors of Universal Solider III aren't true. Please don't go from JCVD to that, Jean-Claude. I only took you back because you promised not to drink anymore, and doing another Universal Solider is like running straight to the terrible action movie liquor store.
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Mar 3 2008 J.C.V.D. on 'J.C.V.D.', Public Shirtlessness
MTV has a new interview up with Jean-Claude Van Damme, in which he discusses his dissatisfaction with previous roles, his park in the upcoming J.C.V.D., and future directorial projects, with such choices quotes as:
My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets.After 37 movies, I said, "I will never do another movie I would not like." What Mabrouk did to me, it's like Scorsese did to De Niro years ago.
Worth reading if you're interested in why Van Damme turned down both Rush Hour ("I cannot go and do three somersaults. I would feel like a monkey.") and a Street Fighter sequel (sudden dignity?), or just for his lofty J.C.V.D. summary. Plus, this gives me another excuse to post this.
Oct 15 2007 Van Damme Attempts Humor, WWJD-style Notoriety, with JCVD
I don't know if it's sadder that Jean-Claude Van Damme is attempting to poke some fun at himself with this fake biography, JCVD (a pre-sell teaser for Cannes), or that it's light years from being the funniest video of Jean-Claude Van Damme on the internet, which is here.
