Guest WrestlingDeacon Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 With Van Damme's name coming up a bit in the Face/Off thead, I was wondering what people would say are his best and worst movies. I know that's "relative" considering his filmography, but I thought it might be interesting to consider for such a bad actor with so many bad films. I would say his best two are Bloodsport and Kickboxer by far. Although I kind of like Hard Target and Sudden Death. Everything else is shit pretty much, especially his recent low budget films that tried to recapture some of his earlier successes. The Quest, Knock-Off, Double Team, Maximum Risk, Replicant and Legionnaire to name a few. I was also dragged to the theater to see Street Fighter by my mother, who's a huge Vand Damme mark. I would dare say that's probably the worst movie I've ever seen in the theater.
Guest MarvinisaLunatic Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 Universal Soldier: The Return absolutely sucked (and hey, it had Goldberg in it!) but the first Universal Soldier was pretty decent, and I also liked Sudden Death. I also went to the theatre to see Street Fighter, but I didnt think it was as bad as everyone else says it was.
Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20 Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 Best: Bloodsport(CHONG LI! CHONG LI!) Kickboxer Sudden Death Universal Soldier(DOLPH!) Double Impact - I didn't care for it much, but BOLO was in it. I mark for BOLO. Worst: Double Team Knock Off Universal Soldier: The Return Street Fighter What the fuck was he thinking when he made those ?
Guest Madmartigan21 Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 Best: - Bloodsport - Cyborg Worst: - Just about everything else.
Guest Choken One Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 Best ------- Bloodsport Kickboxer Timecop Sudden Death Worse: All the rest but Knock-off stands alone...
Guest starvenger Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 Best - Bloodsport. Bolo, Ogre and a decent plot (which he ripped off for the Quest yet somehow made it worse, iirc). Worst - Street Fighter: The Movie. Actually, this should be in the "so bad it's good" category, since it's quite unintentionally funny.
Guest IDrinkRatsMilk Posted March 31, 2003 Report Posted March 31, 2003 Well, he was in Breakin' briefly, but other than that I'd say his best is Street Fighter. I like it, so sue me. I also like Double Team ok. Worst, probably Knock Off.
Guest Polish_Rifle Posted April 1, 2003 Report Posted April 1, 2003 Bloodsport was the best hands down. Maximum Risk was pretty good because of Natasha Henstridge. The worst that I have seen has got to be Knock Off. Kickboxer was pretty bad too, it was a cheap rip off of the Karate Kid.
Mrnoitaull Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Best-Cyborg Worst-Street Fighter but Im kinda ashamed to admit I kinda liked Knock Off, for its strange sequence
Paul Stanley Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 I think i'm the only one that liked Street Fighter(paid $30 for Special edition DVD) because im a huge S.F mark. To each their own i guess.
Guest Crazy Dan Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 I liked Bloodsport and Cyborg Street Fighter was my least favorite.
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 I actually really liked Desert Heat, if only for how downright cheesy (and admittedly so) it is. Cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women... They'll drive you crazy, yes they'll drive you insane...
Guest RepoMan Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Best- Sudden Death Don't like anything else except SF for camp value.
Guest WrestlingDeacon Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 Timecop was very middle of the road. It was spectaculary bad like a lot of his films, but it didn't really have anything to make it notable or fun as Bloodsport or Kickboxer. I found it a little cluttered myself and Ron Silver, usually a strong character actor, was on auto pilot.
Guest NoCalMike Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 One question for you guys: What the hell is a Dim Mak?
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