JCVD
Jun 04, 2008 | IMDB 6.7
96 min Watch NowDrama, Action, Comedy, Crime
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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Alfie
Wayne's World
Hostage
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
A Life Less Ordinary
The Lookout
Bus 174
Albino Alligator
At Point Blank
Point Break
Escape from New York
Der Hammermörder
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