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JCVD

2008 · 96 min

A wry, melancholy meta-comedy that blurs reality and performance, anchored by a surprisingly raw and vulnerable star turn.

Genres
Drama, Action, Comedy
Tagline
The Biggest Fight of His Life!
Overview
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! This fictionalized version of Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States, but inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • fate
  • family
  • media
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, action, comedy, crime
Directed by
Mabrouk El Mechri
Written by
Christophe Turpin, Frédéric Benudis, Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring
Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff, Anne Paulicevich, John Flanders, Janine Horsburgh
Music
Gast Waltzing
Cinematography
Pierre-Yves Bastard
Runtime
96 min
Country
Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Languages
English, French

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