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JCVD (2008)

JCVD
This... this is me today. I used to be small and scrawny. And I took up karate.
—JCVD
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This long take opening to JVCD sports a hyperreal sequence that smashes a few formulas while giving us a newly vintaged Van Damme; a survivalist who knows every tough guy trick in the book.

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Title sequence

  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    copyright line, main title, single take
JCVD
  • Film Director

    Mabrouk El Mechri
  • Release Date

    June 4, 2008
  • Aspect Ratio

    2.35:1
  • Studio

    Gaumont
  • Country

    Belgium
  • Languages

    French, English
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

Article

  • Writer

    Alexander Ulloa
  • Published

    November 16, 2009

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