10 CRAZY Facts About Van Damme’s Early Movies

Our latest episode looks at the messy early run of Jean-Claude Van Damme movies, and the strange behind-the-scenes stories that came with them. What you’ve got here is a run of films that helped build Van Damme into a proper action star, while the productions around him were dealing with rough fights, broken plans, dodgy edits, and decisions that somehow made it onto the screen. From No Retreat, No Surrender and Bloodsport to Cyborg, Death Warrant, Kickboxer, and Lionheart, these are the weird stories behind the films, where stuntmen got clattered, scenes got cut, studios panicked, and Van Damme still came out looking like the next big name in action. All visual content is the © copyright of their respective owners. All clips are used under FAIR USE Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, documentary and research. DoubleReelTV:    / @doublereeltv   DoubleReel:    / @doublereelmedia   DoubleReel:   / doublereelmedia   DoubleReel:    / @doublereelgr