I think I saw a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie once, although I'm not positive. So I came into this without much in the way of preconceptions. And I loved it. It is absolutely hilarious.
In this pilot for a series I dearly hope makes it, Van Damme plays himself, an aging retired actor whose home is a shrine to his action career and to his dogs. He also happens to be a retired spy, but he decides to go back to both acting and spying in pursuit of an ex girlfriend.
Van Damme is a good sport in playing an over-the-hill himself. There are amusing scenes like him working out in preparation for his return, desperately struggling to find a weight he can still press. There are also just general goofy gags like a hipster restaurant that serves unboiled ramen.
Great writing, great direction, and Van Damme is funny and admirably willing to mock himself.
Everyone should watch this.
In this pilot for a series I dearly hope makes it, Van Damme plays himself, an aging retired actor whose home is a shrine to his action career and to his dogs. He also happens to be a retired spy, but he decides to go back to both acting and spying in pursuit of an ex girlfriend.
Van Damme is a good sport in playing an over-the-hill himself. There are amusing scenes like him working out in preparation for his return, desperately struggling to find a weight he can still press. There are also just general goofy gags like a hipster restaurant that serves unboiled ramen.
Great writing, great direction, and Van Damme is funny and admirably willing to mock himself.
Everyone should watch this.