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Though most cinephiles look at Jean - Claude Van Damme as the martial arts cat with the funny emphasis , JCVD represents more to many action movie aficionado . His filmography starts by interpret the excessiveness of the 80s and ninety , only to become more self - aware in its later years , in conclusion becoming comfortable in its cheesiness .
A Van Damme movie might not always be prowess - sign cinema , but it ’s always exciting . So instead of focusing on what it is n’t , permit ’s lionize its exciting extravagance by consider a look at the ten greatest stunts and position piece ever film by the Muscles from Brussels .
Kicking A Cigar Out Of A Dead Man’s Face (Hard Target)
The first launching on this list , from the 1993 classicHard Target , is simple , yet elegant . It showcases JCVD ’s grace and precision with a single strike : This twist - kicking is so on percentage point that it not only knocks down the bad guy for good , it also kick the cigar right out of his mouthpiece . Some point have to be deducted since the baddie had already been shot multiple times before this feat was achieve and was basically beat on his feet at that degree .
Kicks A Knife Into A Man’s Chest (The Expendables 2)
This one is alike to the first entry but differs in two important places . The first one is that Van Damme is really the bad guy in this scene . The second one is that this spin kick in reality causes his foeman ’s demise , unlike the one inHard Target .
The precision is still there : His henchman gives him a tiny target , that being the handgrip of a knife , and JCVD gain it with deadly accuracy , like a lethal version of the bottle jacket challenge .
Fighting The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mascot (Sudden Death)
Sudden Deathmight be one of Van Damme ’s most underappreciated movies , which is a ignominy because it stop one of the most quintessential JCVD scenes ever film : His engagement with the Pittsburgh Penguins ’ mascot mix in real danger with silly bit to create a true showcase of the man ’s make : action and drama that never takes itself too in earnest .
The highlighting here is surely the multiple punch and kicks to the mascot ’s suit of clothes , which somehow damages the scoundrel that ’s inside the fluffy armour anyway .
Splitting On A Kitchen Counter To Avoid Being Electrocuted (Timecop)
When Van Damme is not busy doing the splits in mid - air to kick back someone ’s headway off , he also enjoys doing the split for other reasons : He does it as a crowd - pleasing move inDouble Impact , and he does it for training purposes in … every one of his movies , more or less .
InTimecop , it ’s a sprightliness - saving measure . When corner by a bad guy with a taser and a base full of water , his only alternative is to split on top of a kitchen counter . The guy must have been really dependable at playing “ The Floor Is Lava ” .
The Entire Fruit Market Fight Scene (Knock Off)
A more luxuriant hardening piece , the fruit market fight shot inKnock Offis a combination of multiple stunts filmed at a more frantic rate than what JCVD unremarkably does . In fact , it ’s almost remindful of a Jackie Chan movie . From defending against multiple machete - exert confederate to bear Rob Schneider to safety through an entire free-for-all , Van Damme shows once again that he can make the most unconvincing bits entertaining . This is ten min of action at law that save an otherwise fair motion-picture show .
A Dance And A Fight (Kickboxer)
Probably one of the most famous Van Damme mo of all - time , and there ’s a reasonableness why masses still peach about it . Kickboxeris an otherwise vicious moving picture , one that reduce on gritty training collage and vehement in - ring fight .
The dancing prospect , where Van Damme shows that he can get his groove on and baffle up some nameless baddies in one fluid motion , is the mop up of everything the man train for in real - life : It ’s his domination of karate mixed with his concert dance education that render him an elegance few other action at law stars can copy .
Fighting Mickey Rourke In A Roman Coliseum Surrounded By Land Mines (Double Team)
The Seth - up is dead ludicrous : Van Damme , trying to save a baby , has to fight Mickey Rourke during his craziest menstruation , in the eye of a Roman Coliseum , with land mine buried at random places . Also , there ’s a tiger on the loose , and he has to impart Dennis Rodman to action movie respectability .
It should n’t work ( and it arguably does n’t on vestal esthetic merits ) , but it does make for one unforgettable scene , especially when he exceed it off by shielding himself from a mortal explosion with a Coke automobile .
Van Damme, The One-Man Army (Universal Soldier: Regeneration)
For a sodding , no non - sense face at what makes Jean - Claude Van Damme such a large action star , one should wait at the final 15 moment ofUniversal Soldier : Regeneration . In one long scene , Van Damme take down an intact U. S. Army .
First , he mow them down with his gun ; when that run out , he switches to a knife , and then his bare hands . He finishes this symphony of death by kill his old nemesis ( Dolph Lundgren ’s Andrew Scott ) , and by pick out down the newfangled tough guy played by Andrei Arlovski . Probably Van Damme ’ most thrilling salvo of action .
The Fight Against Chong Li (Bloodsport)
All ofBloodsportshould be on this leaning , but one particular scene push it over the top : The final combat with Chong Li , where Van Damme ’s Frank Dux finally puts it all together and avenges everyone . It ’s not too drawn out , and it ’s unrelenting to a detail where you commence to wonder if Van Damme and Bolo Yeung were even trying to pull their puncher and kicks . It ’s a masterpiece of soldierlike artistry filmmaking .
Biting The Tail Off A Rattlesnake To Use It As A Booby Trap (Hard Target)
And now , for the brainsick thing Van Damme ever had to do : When confronted by a dangerous rattlesnake in a Louisiana bayou , the magnificently named Chance Boudreaux does not flinch . or else , he grabs it by throat , punches it into unconsciousness , and lead it up in a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as a trap for the people hunting him . What ’s crazier is that IT WORKS . Of of course , it ’s hardly a stunt , as Van Damme was never in any genuine danger and did not actually push anyone other than a snake puppet , but it ’s too iconic not to cite .
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