The film stars jean claude van damme as chance boudreaux, an outofwork cajun merchant seaman who saves a young woman, named natasha binder yancy butler, from a gang of thugs in new orleans. He wanted to achieve a career in acting so he moved to the united states and started appearing in various moves and music videos as well. Nov 03, 2009 dusted off the ol double team dvd to relive its awesomeness. Jean claude van damme plays a counter terrorist agent who uses appropriate force when necessary to defend himself or stop the bad guys. Jeanclaude van damme and dennis rodman team up as a worldclass counterterrorist and his flamboyant but deadly weapons dealer in this explosive actionadventure thriller. Dennis rodman makes the movie interesting and funny at times. The roman catholic van dammes paternal grandmother was jewish. Twin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they reunite in order to avenge their parents death.
I was sceptic at first thinking what now, is this a terrible version of double impact. A positive side is van damme looks great blonde and mingna wen can seriously take control of a film no matter how bad it is. Jean claude van damme, dennis rodman, paul freeman, mickey rourke jean claude van damme and dennis rodman team up as a worldclass counterterrorist and his flamboyant but deadly weapons dealer in this explosive actionadventure thriller. Paul walker, dwayne johnson, jeanclaude van damme, xhibit, dennis rodman, neyo, michael jai white, marques houston, various. International action superstar jeanclaude van damme joins forces with nba champion media sensation dennis rodman in this detonating actionpacked thriller. Paul walker, dwayne johnson, jean claude van damme, xhibit, dennis rodman, neyo, michael jai white, marques houston, various. Jeanclaude van damme is a martial artist, actor, film producer and director who has been involved in martial arts since 1976 winning many championships and retired from the field in 1982. Like john woo and ringo lam before him, noted hong kong action director tsui hark made his american filmmaking debut with a thriller starring jean claude van damme. New double team vhs, 1997 jean claude van damme dennis rodman mickey rourke. A man jcvd drives out in the desert where some men steal his motorcycle and leave him for dead. Official explosive mediakoch media germany bluray of the film double team 1997, directed by tsui hark and starring jean claude van damme, dennis rodman and mickey rourke. May 31, 2017 chicago bulls bad boy dennis rodman turns action movie starat least for one film in 1997 with jean claude van damme. With jean claude van damme, geoffrey lewis, alonna shaw, corinna everson.
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The action comes with personality in this entertaining film starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman and mickey rourke. Double team movie poster 27x40 c jeanclaude van damme dennis. Mar 02, 2019 jean claude van damme was originally set to play the predator alien in the 1987 science fiction action classic with arnold schwarzenegger, but he was fired during production. Jeanclaude van damme celebrity profile check out the latest jeanclaude van damme photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The movie stars jean claude van damme and his partner dennis rodman. He survives and no longer thinks of suicide as he now has a purpose in. Van damme finally cleared the air surrounding his mysterious exit, revealing he confronted producer joel silver about how hard it would be to perform in the cumbersome. As expected from a movie by hong kong action director hark tsui, there are many explosive, fastpaced sequences in this jean claude van damme vehicle. International action superstar jean claude van damme joins forces with nba champion media sensation dennis rodman in this detonating actionpacked thriller. Van dammes father was an accountant and flower salesman. Jeanclaude van damme dennis rodman mickey rourke paul freeman, tsui hark. With jeanclaude van damme, powers boothe, raymond j. International action star jeanclaude van damme and basketballmedia sensation dennis rodman star as an unlikely team in this highoctane. Official explosive mediakoch media germany bluray of the film double team 1997, directed by tsui hark and starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman and mickey rourke.
Double team publicity still of jeanclaude van damme. There is also another mumbling, overdone performance by mickey rourke, who looks as. Van damme plays counterterrorist agent jack quinn, who is assigned to bring an elusive terrorist known as stavros to justice. Jeanclaude van damme, natsha henstridge, jeanhughes anglade. Double team is a 1997 american action comedy film directed by tsui hark in his american directorial debut and starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman, and mickey rourke. The film stars jeanclaude van damme as chance boudreaux, an outofwork cajun merchant seaman who saves a young woman, named natasha binder yancy butler, from a gang of thugs in new orleans. Jean claude van damme net worth celebrity net worth. Double team movie poster 27x40 c jeanclaude van damme. The image measures 2200 1468 pixels and was added on 9 april 16. Dennis rodman plays an arms dealer whos profession and shock value appearance doesnt make him a good role model. It has action, comedy and something different to other van damme movies made at the time. We breakdown jean claude van dammes first box office failure double team. Knock off by van damme its jean claude a podcast on anchor.
Chicago bulls bad boy dennis rodman turns action movie starat least for one film in 1997 with jean claude van damme. The roman catholic van damme s paternal grandmother was jewish. Jeanclaude van damme married, divorce, children, net. There is also another mumbling, overdone performance by mickey rourke, who looks as if he performed his own plastic surgery. Damme and dennis rodman in double team 1997 jeanclaude van damme in double team 1997. With jeanclaude van damme, geoffrey lewis, alonna shaw, corinna everson. Hard target hollywood action movie 1993 part 1 ft jean. For this film, hark also had the privilege of guiding basketball star dennis rodman through his first dramatic role.
Van damme was born jean claude camille francois van varenberg, on 18 october 1960, in berchemsainteagathe, brussels, belgium, the son of eliana and eugene van varenberg, who was an accountant and florist. A former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the vice president and others hostage during the seventh game of the nhl stanley cup finals. Now of course rodman was a famous basketball player so you maybe wondering how this turned out. Jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman, paul freeman, mickey rourke jeanclaude van damme and dennis rodman team up as a worldclass counterterrorist and his flamboyant but deadly weapons dealer in this explosive actionadventure thriller. Double teamreleased april97stars jean claude van damme as a secret counter terrorist expert jack quinn,dennis rodman as an antwerp arms dealer called yaz,and mickey rourke as their nemesis,a terrorist named stavros. A group of gentlemen of fortune visits a legendary lost city, located in tibet. The best and worst of jeanclaude van damme reelrundown.
An international spy jeanclaude van damme teams with a flamboyant weapons dealer dennis rodman to escape from a penal colony and save his family. Double team stars jack quinn jean claude van damme as counter terrorist agent who is assigned one last job, and unites with dennis rodman to catch international terrorist stavros. Sam keenan 2006 wake of death ben archer 2004 the secret adventures of gustave klopp jeanclaude van damme fantasme par. New double team vhs, 1997 jeanclaude van damme dennis rodman mickey rourke. Van damme s father was an accountant and flower salesman. When the movie double team came out we interviewed the two stars for our fox. Double team double team pairs van damme with a greenhaired dennis rodman to take down a previous target that evaded van damme. With jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman, mickey rourke, paul freeman. Double team, jeanclaude van damme, mickey rourke, dennis. An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.
Jeanclaude van damme plays a counter terrorist agent who uses appropriate force when necessary to defend himself or stop the bad guys. Jeanclaude van damme was originally set to play the predator alien in the 1987 science fiction action classic with arnold schwarzenegger, but he was fired during production van damme finally cleared the air surrounding his mysterious exit, revealing he confronted producer joel silver about how hard it would be to perform in the cumbersome costume. Dennis rodman and jean claude van damme star in double team. Dusted off the ol double team dvd to relive its awesomeness. Jeanclaude camille francois van varenberg born 18 october 1960, known professionally as jeanclaude van damme french pronunciation. Released in 1997 this basketball pun filled movie stars jcvd, dennis rodman, and mickey rourke. Met jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman en mickey rourke. Belgianborn film star jean claude van damme can be called an actor, although it would be more accurate to describe him as a bodybuilder and kickboxer. Robot chicken jeanclaude van damme 2009 jcvd jcvd 2008 the shepherd jack robideaux 2008 until death anthony stowe 2007 heist school charles 2006 the hard corps philippe sauvage 2006 second in command cmdr. Double team stars jack quinn jeanclaude van damme as counter terrorist agent who is assigned one last job, and unites with dennis rodman to catch international terrorist stavros. As expected from a movie by hong kong action director hark tsui, there are many explosive, fastpaced sequences in this jeanclaude van damme vehicle. Like john woo and ringo lam before him, noted hong kong action director tsui hark made his american filmmaking debut with a thriller starring jeanclaude van damme.
Jeanclaude van damme rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Stay turned to the end to hear a clip from crystal waters just a freak featuring dennis rodman. Jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman, mickey rourke, jessica forde en sandy welch. Jeanclaude van damme double team trailer 1997 youtube. Jason, a bruce lee fan, sees his karate instructordad beaten by martial art thugs. Apr 05, 20 when i found jean claude van damme, simply through a process of renting or rather getting my dad to, as i was still technically underage every new action movie released on video, it was a. Nov 06, 2015 hard target is a 1993 american action film directed by chinese film director john woo in his american directorial debut. Dennis rodman and jean claude van damme star in double. Rodman was the one colourful member of the chicago bulls threestar unbeatable scoring line,along with scotty pippen and the legendary michael jordan. Belgianborn film star jeanclaude van damme can be called an actor, although it would be more accurate to describe him as a bodybuilder and kickboxer. Hard target is a 1993 american action film directed by chinese film director john woo in his american directorial debut. With jean claude van damme, dennis rodman, mickey rourke, paul freeman.
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