Van Damme's best movies that aren't "the hits"

[ThulsaDooom]

I don't know if it counts as a hit or not but Cyborg is always underrated. Grim as fuck.

 

[fortheo]

I'm not sure if this was a hit, but I rarely see it mentioned so I assume it wasn't:

I remember enjoying it, but I don't really remember much. Cyborg will always be my favorite, though.

 

[LEWIS540]

A.W.O.L was way better, imo.

 

[Guestx]

I'm not sure if this was a hit, but I rarely see it mentioned so I assume it wasn't:

I remember enjoying it, but I don't really remember much. Cyborg will always be my favorite, though.

It definitely wasn't a hit stateside, grossing only $14 million. Apparently it did well in Europe.

 

[cadubon]

Cyborg was my favorite JCVD movie

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

Cyborg was my favorite JCVD movie

Cyborg is really underrated

Awesome villain
Awesome soundtrack
Awesome post apocalyptic setting
Very violent movie also

 

[chubbman]

 

[chubbman]

WTF, man. All of his movies are hits.

 

[DiegoLunes]

Double Team and Knock Offs were his last good movies and those were box office failures.

 

[DiegoLunes]

LOL the fuck?

Wouldn't Van Damme realize he's in the shot? Furthermore, wouldn't be paying attention to the action?

I heard that even though Van Damme is credited as the director that another guy actually directed a significant portion of the movie. I wonder if that guy was directing this scene.

I would think another guy had to direct it since Van Damme seemed coked out of his mind during that time period. Also, that movie was really corny.

 

[JSN]

Even though it's one of the cheesiest, Cyborg is the first JCVD movie I ever saw and has the most especial place in my heart.

I actually watched it a couple weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Actually I watched it twice haha

 

[BisexualMMA]

Hard Target is, by some distance, his finest hour.

Definitely one of his better movies but Lance Henriksen deserves at least half the credit.

 

[the ambush]

Cyborg
Double Team
Hard Target
Maximum Risk
The Hard Corps
The Shepherd
Sudden Death

Pretty sure the others like Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Lionheart fall under "the hits".

 

[Substance Abuse]

The Quest is really good. It's like a more modern Bloodsport.

 

[TardStrong]

In Hell gets my vote. For sure not one of his hits and one of my favorites

 

[mb23100]

also, sudden death is great considering it's not martial arts heavy

partly b/c Powers boothe kills it as the villain, but that's a genuinely exciting, well paced suspense movie

I remember when that movie came out. My two favorite things as a kid were hockey and VamDamme movies. I absolutley loved it and bought it on vhs.

 

[RetiredSlave]

I cant remember the plot anymore, but I liked the aesthetic of Cyborg as a kid.

 

[Broken arrow]

Came for the dancing gif.... I am not impressed

 

[Skarr]

Hard Target is, by some distance, his finest hour.

this was always my favorite movie of his too

of the not hit list, Wake of Death really surprised me and I enjoyed it alot

 

[dc007]

No Retreat, No Surrender is amazingly bad. I love it.