Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Lionheart with a variation here and there, are the same film. He’d been known predominantly for high kicking fight to the finish tournament films at that point. In 1991, Vane Damme released Double Impact. Why have just one Van Damme per film, when you can have two? As fans we wanted bang for buck and Van Damme also had another angle… Seagal had that gritty quality which made his action look the most like it might actually happen in a down and dirty bar room brawl. Stallone was ‘the actor’ and was shredded like a steel cable (and did the underdog thing well). Arnold had the most insane physique combined with quips. Van Damme of course had the balletic kicks. I was the weird kid that liked Dolph Lundgren.Įach titan had certain trademarks and something that gave them a distinct calling card.
There was also the Jean-Claude Van Damme vs Steven Seagal rivalry too. Maybe you were secretly both, but on the playground you had to pick a side. You could be an Arnold Schwarzenegger kid or a Sylvester Stallone kid. Occasionally there were rivalries and camps. Who doesn’t love an action star? Oi, put your hands down now! Still, for us that do, we all have our favourites.
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Jean-Claude Van Damme’s dual role films…
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