Dec 11, 2017 By Austin Trunick

Equal parts action and comedy, the upcoming Amazon series Jean-Claude Van Johnson – debuting on December 15^th – feels like a gift from Jean-Claude Van Damme to his fans. In the show, the Belgian martial arts superstar plays a version of himself, Jean-Claude Van Damme. The series supposes that the master of high kicks and wide splits was recruited by a top secret black ops unit early in his career, and that the movies he made over the last 30 years – often filmed in far-off countries – were actually a cover for dangerous, James Bond-like espionage missions. His operative name? The not-suspicious-sounding-at-all “Jean-Claude Van Johnson.” More

Aug 03, 2018 By Austin Trunick

The underrated Lionheart (a.k.a. A.W.O.L., a.k.a Wrong Bet) came at the moment when Jean-Claude Van Damme the martial arts actor was about to become JCVD the action movie superstar. More