JCVD English Movie

Feature Film
JCVD is a English movie directed by Mabrouk El Mechri starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens and Zinedine Soualem. The feature film is produced by Sidonie Dumas and the music composed by Gast Waltzing.
SYNOPSIS:

During the course of a very bad day, beginning with a trip to the post office that lands the defeated Van Damme embroiled in a dangerous heist, the "Muscles from Brussels" is pitted against some truly desperate and dangerous criminals; who are actually huge Van Damme fans.


The premise is simple: JCVD is in the middle of a child custody battle with the latest of his many wives. He's out of money, his lawyers are about to drop the case, and the judge is inclined to give custody of his daughter over to his ex-wife. Even his daughter doesn't want to live with him because she is embarrassed by her father.


His agent can't find him a decent production, the scripts he's working are full of holes and don't make sense, and the untalented directors don't respect him. He returns to his childhood home of Brussels: where he's still considered a national icon. Local hero, Jean-Claude Van Damme, is at rock bottom.


When he goes into a post office to arrange a wire transfer to his law firm, he encounters a real-life hostage situation. Due to an unfortunate mistake, the police believe HE is responsible for the crime. As the events are played from different perspectives, we see Jean Claude in a desperate situation, acting as a hero as he tries to protect the hostages, while his fame and presumed guilt force him to take up the role of a negotiator. As media circuits pickup the story and a press circus engulfs the town, Van Damme's parents are brought in to talk him down amidst a huge crowd of supportive fans and the hungry attention of the international community. Trapped between three unstable criminals and an over-anxious police force, Van Damme is forced to play a different kind of hero by accepting responsibility for crimes he didn't commit and the life mistakes that he did.

Release Info:
2008 (India)   
Language: English
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem
Cast & Crew Details:
Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD Jean-Claude Van Damme
Francois Damiens in JCVD Francois Damiens
Zinedine Soualem in JCVD Zinedine Soualem

Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Producer: Sidonie Dumas
Music Director: Gast Waltzing
Cinematographer: Pierre-Yves Bastard
Editor: Kako Kelber
Original Story Writer: Frederic Benudis

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