Author: Stewart Smith

Any film that came in the wake of Hard Target was always going to have an uphill battle in terms of surpassing what still stands…

Chris Hemsworth headlines Stew's dream cast.

Hard Target is a special movie. Detractors may snark at Van Damme's mullet or the scenery chewing of the film's central villain or the fact…

Not every great story has yet been turned into a TV series or movie. Adapt This Now is a series where we highlight some of our favorite…

A movie like Nowhere to Run tests the dedication one has to a venture such as The Van Dammage Report, at least in terms of…

After cruising along for several years on his unique charisma and limber limbs, it was time for Van Damme to prove himself worthy of something…

Now this is more like it. Cyborg's garishness aside, the majority of Van Damme's films thus far have been low-key affairs, largely focused on his…

Your eyes do not deceive you. That's JCVD.

A dour and joyless entry in the Van Damme canon.

By now we're starting to get a very good idea of the recurring themes that Van Damme is drawn to and will populate his films…

When the lights go down and Furious 6 roars to life in theaters this weekend, audiences will be watching a franchise that now only tangentially…

In the intro to part one of this retrospective, I stated that the Fast & Furious franchise is bizarre. The series' third entry is why…

Stew re-examines the first two Fast & Furious movies.

Van Damme finds his stride in this action classic.

If Bloodsport is the kind of movie that can make a career, Cyborg is the kind of movie that can break one. It was always…

Mention the name Jean-Claude Van Damme and chances are most minds will immediately snap to the title of one film: Bloodsport. No matter which way…

McTiernan returns to the series, and Stew is happy.

Slicing and dicing demons has never been more fun.

Stew's ready to do some hacking and slashing.