Member daisho2004 Posted October 30, 2010 Member Share Posted October 30, 2010 I would have to say these are my favorites: 1) Bloodsport 2)Kick Boxer 3)Double Impact 4) Universal Soldier # 3: I thought was the best one. Honestly I really haven't watched that many of his B-Movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sen_pai Posted October 30, 2010 Member Share Posted October 30, 2010 I was a huge Van Damme fan growing up, but now, after seeing stars like Jet Li and Jackie Chan, I think he's a joke. He was good during thet ime when they only wanted whites to do martial arts. I notice in his new movies, he's more like Jackie Chan, but he's really a joke. The below are great movies though, but I don't really see myself wanting to enjoy the past. Kickboxer Lion Heart Double Impact Bloodsport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thehangman Posted October 30, 2010 Member Share Posted October 30, 2010 no retreat Hard target Replicant i liked aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted October 30, 2010 Member Share Posted October 30, 2010 I don't know about everybody else but I'd warn you to stay away from: In Hell Wake of Death Legionnaire Desert Heat His first 5 or 6 films, to me, are his best. And with the exception of "Bloodsport", I don't think any of them are on a par with his display in "No Retreat/No Surrender". He absolutely stole that movie away and got the break he deserved. In the 'man hunts man' sub-genre of action films, "Hard Target" rules. But "Surviving the Game" is awesome as well (there's no JCVD in it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted October 30, 2010 Moderator Share Posted October 30, 2010 Top 5 Van Dammage for me: Hard Target (wish someone would clean up that so-called Directors Cut and put it out) Bloodsport Double Impact Death Warrant That clip of him on Brazilian TV busting out a boner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mpm74 Posted October 30, 2010 Member Share Posted October 30, 2010 KNOCK OFF!! JCVD!! One Armed Boxer.... ekisha, Cheers! Besides, COOLEST F'ING TRAILER EVER: I have to see Hard Target again... been a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted October 31, 2010 Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I'm sorry. What was that, Karlos? That last thing you said? Care to run that by me again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi-Long Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 - Kickboxer. Great movie, great soundtrack. - Bloodsport. Good movie. - Hard Target. Woo's best american movie. Van Damme's best american movie. Shame about the mullet. - Wake of Death. Very good. - J.C.V.D. Very entertaining movie, and Jean-Claude is really convincing in his role as Jean-Claude. Great acting. Cool story as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dionbrother Posted October 31, 2010 Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 DOUBLE TEAM, JCVD, HARD TARGET and LIONHEART. THE SHEPHERD and WAKE OF DEATH are decent and REPLICANT is worth a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Black.Dragon Posted October 31, 2010 Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Kickboxer - is one of his greatest films without a question after that.... Bloodsport Lionheart Death Warrant Time Cop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member MG Lerox Posted October 31, 2010 Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I have never been large Van Damme fan, but if i have to choose then: No Retreat, No Surrender Kickboxer Double Impact For some reason i never liked Blood Sport so much, only good thing there is Bolo and maybe Roy Chiao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BLfan Posted October 31, 2010 Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Kickboxer and Hard Target are my favorite Van Damme flicks. Hearing "Nat Su Kau" "white warrior" still cracks me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Karlos Posted October 31, 2010 Moderator Share Posted October 31, 2010 I'm sorry. What was that, Karlos? That last thing you said? Care to run that by me again. I'ts on YouTube. His finest hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bamboo spear Posted November 2, 2010 Member Share Posted November 2, 2010 Bloodsport rules all! Then Double Impact and Kickboxer Then Universal Soldier and The Quest Then Hard Target and Maximum Risk Then everything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Blood Sword Posted November 2, 2010 Member Share Posted November 2, 2010 Kickboxer is good too but not quite in his top3 imo..1st time I saw it from so poor vhs copy I actually needed to switch colur settings from telly into black/white to make quality look barely watchable:angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member wigsplitta Posted November 2, 2010 Member Share Posted November 2, 2010 I haven't watched a Van Damme film for so long, that I can hardly remember what the films are like! Kickboxer was my last watch a few years ago. Really enjoyed it. Gonna have to crack out Bloodsport and Hard Target. Would also love to find a proper uncut version of Double Impact that included the extra 'fruity scene' as well as the end fight with Bolo that my mate says is missing bits. There's a German print floating about that claims it's uncut, but it aint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Blood Sword Posted November 2, 2010 Member Share Posted November 2, 2010 I don't know about everybody else but I'd warn you to stay away from: In Hell Wake of Death Legionnaire Desert Heat His first 5 or 6 films, to me, are his best. And with the exception of "Bloodsport", I don't think any of them are on a par with his display in "No Retreat/No Surrender". He absolutely stole that movie away and got the break he deserved. In the 'man hunts man' sub-genre of action films, "Hard Target" rules. But "Surviving the Game" is awesome as well (there's no JCVD in it). I do not like torture scene where they use drill at villain in wake of death but outside that it`s good movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted November 2, 2010 Member Share Posted November 2, 2010 Blood Sword, You know, honestly, I only gave one viewing to each of the 1st 4 I listed so I don't remember them too well. And I listed those because there was no MA in them. I want JCVD's acting to be good (good enough, anyway) but I don't care about seeing him in dramatic roles. I buy his stuff for butt-kicking. (And they had none or not enough to qualify for me, anyhow.) Maybe I shouldn't be so harsh on them but I just didn't get what I wanted or expected out of them. I have the same problem with some of Speakman's and Seagal's movies. Fortunately his latest stuff seems to be moving back towards his forte to some degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Blood Sword Posted November 2, 2010 Member Share Posted November 2, 2010 Blood Sword, You know, honestly, I only gave one viewing to each of the 1st 4 I listed so I don't remember them too well. And I listed those because there was no MA in them. I want JCVD's acting to be good (good enough, anyway) but I don't care about seeing him in dramatic roles. I buy his stuff for butt-kicking. (And they had none or not enough to qualify for me, anyhow.) Maybe I shouldn't be so harsh on them but I just didn't get what I wanted or expected out of them. I have the same problem with some of Speakman's and Seagal's movies. Fortunately his latest stuff seems to be moving back towards his forte to some degree. I agree you on there with legionnaire and in hell.Desert Heat I have not seen but in general I think people here sometimes bit harsh(that is opinion of course not ultimate truth) for Seagal and Van Damme.Sure their movies are not top class but sometimes when want break from asian cinema their movies do the thing.I am not supreme fan of movies Jackie made after project A and enjoy some van dammes and seagals more than police story 2 or 1st strike(+all chans hollywood projects). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted November 9, 2022 Member Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) I'm surprised that people aren't talking much about his collaborations with the late Ringo Lam. I watched Maximum Risk and In Hell a few days ago, and I'd rank them among Van Damme's absolute best movies. Edited November 9, 2022 by DiP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WangYu Posted November 9, 2022 Member Share Posted November 9, 2022 This guy starred in dozens of films, it shouldn’t be too hard to come up with 10 1 Kickboxer 2 Replicant 3 JCVD 4 Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning 5 Nowhere To Run 6 Wake of Death 7 Double Team 8 Enemies Closer 9 In Hell 10 Maximum Risk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sifu iron perm Posted November 9, 2022 Member Share Posted November 9, 2022 Bloodsport Kickboxer No retreat no surrender Double impact Lion heart Knock off Universal soldier Cyborg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted November 9, 2022 Member Share Posted November 9, 2022 The top three for me are NRNS, Hard Target and Knock Off. Van Damme reminds me of Jet Li in that their martial arts performance peaked in the mid-eighties which makes their nineties success all the more surprising because they were significantly restrained...although for different reasons - Jet Li with his back injury, and JCVD with no HK choreographer to make the most of his potential in his physical prime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JCLegend86 Posted November 9, 2022 Member Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, DiP said: I'm surprised that people aren't talking much about his collaborations with the late Ringo Lam. I watched Maximum Risk and In Hell a few days ago, and I'd rank them among Van Damme's absolute best movies. I also watched them both lately. I know a lot of people like In Hell, but I thought it was only a mediocre Van Damme movie. Maximum Risk however, belongs on the top shelf. 51 minutes ago, Cognoscente said: The top three for me are NRNS, Hard Target and Knock Off. Van Damme reminds me of Jet Li in that their martial arts performance peaked in the mid-eighties which makes their nineties success all the more surprising because they were significantly restrained...although for different reasons - Jet Li with his back injury, and JCVD with no HK choreographer to make the most of his potential in his physical prime. I watched OUATIC a few weeks ago. To me it seems like Jet Li was doubled an awful lot? Even for what I would think was simple moves for him. Top 10 Van Damme would be: Universal Soldier Nowhere To Run Knock Off Kickboxer NRNS Double Team Maximum Risk Double Impact Lionheart Sudden Death Death Warrant Hard Target Cyborg Bloodsport And that was 14. Top 10 would probably change every now and then between these. Theyre all good! I will watch Wake of Death, Until Death, The Shepherd, Inferno and rewatch JCVD thanks to the mentions in this thread. Edited November 9, 2022 by JCLegend86 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member legendarycurry Posted November 9, 2022 Member Share Posted November 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, JCLegend86 said: I watched OUATIC a few weeks ago. To me it seems like Jet Li was doubled an awful lot? Even for what I would think was simple moves for him. He was due to injury, by people like Hung Yan Yan. Kickboxer is my favorite Van Damme movie,¨. Top is probably Kickboxer, The Quest, No Retreat No Surrender, Bloodsport, Hard Target, Sudden Death (Mascot fight is hilarious) Like his portrayal in Expandables 2 as well, Knockoff, Universal Soldier is fun too,. I'm about to rewatch Double Impact to see if I enjoy it, haven't seen it since I was a kid. Also Street Fighter is the Van Damme movie I've seen the most lol. Don't enjoy In Hell very much at all even if Ringo was the man. Have not seen maximum risk though I had a VHS copy I never watched before it was thrown out. Special shoutout to Kung Fu Panda 2 and Turkish film Sinav (movie kinda sucks but Van Damme is fun in it) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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