That six-minute monologue makes this film worth watching

Orland 2022-08-20 08:23:40

He and Steven are described in the film as the only choice for this type of film, and they have reached the point of grabbing each other's jobs! The difficulty of life is evident. It’s ridiculous. It’s conceivable that Steven and JCVD ​​are in similar living conditions and are not favored by mainstream STUDIOs. They are caught in the vortex of copying themselves in the modular production of B-level combat films. Filming at the age of knowing the destiny is just to support their families. Supporting this is said to be that the films of the girls still have a certain influence in Asia. I don’t know if our chicken-and-chicken hero encounters the same scene, can his Aikido defeat the enemy with one move?

In the film, the conversation between JCVD ​​and his admirer and one of the robbers is very interesting. If this is only the Belgian's opinion of John Woo, we can say that they are narrow-minded, but what if the whole of Europe holds this kind of thinking. …Haha,
I didn’t expect JCVD ​​to have such a high status among the Belgian folks. Another famous person in this small country is Ding Ding. I think of Jacky Chen, who is also an action actor, and Chinese people seem to have always had a reputation for Hollywood. I don’t think so. Bad movies are one aspect, and they also contain other factors. Of course, Chen’s reputation in China in the past two years is also...not to be discussed.

The general feeling is that this is a film with ideas but not perfect. I don’t know what is the real intention behind the scenes and JCVD’s own use of this imitation documentary format to shoot himself? Sincerely there are, but not enough, there is always doubts about the curve to save the box office. Whether it’s a show or a true portrayal, aside from all this, the six-minute monologue of JCVD ​​really won my attention.

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JCVD quotes

  • JCVD: This movie is for me. There we are, you and me. Why did you do that? Or why did I do that? You made my dream come true. I asked for it. I promised you something in return and I haven't delivered yet. You win, I lose. Unless... the path you've set for me is full of hurdles where the answer comes before the question. Yeah, I do that. Now I know why. It's the cure, from what I've seen here. It all makes sense. It makes sense to those who understand. So... America, poverty, stealing to eat... stalking producers, actors, 'movie stars', going to clubs hoping to see a star, with my pictures, karate magazines. It's all I had. I didn't speak English. But I did 20 years of karate. 'Cause before I wasn't like that.

    [points to flexed bicep]

    JCVD: This... this is me today. I used to be small and scrawny. And I took up karate. Hence the Dojo, hence respect, thou shall believe people who say, "Oss!" It's Samurai code. It's honor, no lies. So this guy in the US, it's not the same thing. No one says "Oss" to you. Sometimes people in show business say, "We're gonna fuck em". I believed in people, in the Dojo. I was blessed and had a lot of 'wives'. I always believed in love. It's hard for a woman with three kids to say, "Which one do I love more?" A mother... If you have 5, 6, 7, or 10 wives in a lifetime, they've all got something special, but no one cares about that in the so-called media. What about drugs? When you got it all, you travel the world. When you've been in all the hotels, you're the prima donna of the penthouse. And in all hotels the world over, traveling, you want something more. And because of a woman... well, because of love, I tried something and I got hooked. Van-Damme, the beast, the tiger in a cage, the "Bloodsport" man got hooked. I was wasted mentally and physically. To the point that I got out of it. I got out of it. But... it's all there. It's all there. It was really tough. I saw people worse off than me. I went from poor to rich and thought, why aren't we all like me, why all the privileges? I'm just a regular guy. It makes me sick to see people... who don't have what I've got. Knowing that they have qualities, too. Much more than I do! It's not my fault if I was cut out to be a star. I asked for it. I asked for it, really believed in it. When you're 13, you believe in your dream. Well it came true for me. But I still ask myself today what I've done on this Earth. Nothing! I've done nothing! And I might just die in this post office, hoping to start all over here in Belgium, in my country, where my roots are. Start all over with my parents and get my health back, pick up again. So I really hope... nobody's gonna pull a trigger in this post office... It's so stupid to kill people. They're so beautiful! So, today, I pray to God. I truly believe it's not a movie. It's real life. Real life. I've seen so many things. I was born in Belgium, but I'm a citizen of the world. I've travelled a lot. It's hard for me to judge people and it's hard for them... not to judge me. Easier to blame me. Yeah, something like that.

  • Policier: Central to Unit 27. Jean-Claude Van Damme's robbing a post office. I need back-up.