Bloodsport

The infamous distributor may (or may not) be making a comeback, so we take a look back at five of their most essential films.

Let no one be confused as to what sort of film Bloodsport is. Despite its farcical attempt at building a love story and a mediocre stab at a tale of honour, director Arnold is mostly interested in making Van Damme look as awesome as possible. When a Van Damme film concentrates most of its efforts on decent action scenes (with Stan Bush songs!), viewers are going to get what they want for the most part

Anyone who collects toy memorabilia for many film classics of the ’70s and ’80s will love this article. eBay seller ‘Popsfartberger’ has been creating custom action figures for movie characters that the toy companies have neglected to release. Among the many creations are characters from cult hits such as Taxi Driver, Cobra, Lethal Weapon, Jaws, …

Hard Target For 20 years Hong Kong director John Woo was the driving force in film on the Pacific Rim. Following the success of The Killer, Woo’s 1989 masterpiece of operatic violence, he made out to Hollywood with his chop-socky. Hard Target. Woo’s American debut took the Belgium-born Jean-Claude Van Damme to new lows of …

Although he was born in Berchem-Sainte Agathe, Belgium, with the name of Jean-Claude Van Varenbeerg, Van Damme once called himself “Frank Cujo” when he first moved to Hollywood in 1981. When he couldn’t find work as an actor the former European Professional Karate Association’s middleweight champion decided to take English classes while working as a …