JCVD (film)

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JCVD is a 2008 satirical black comedy crime drama film directed by Mabrouk el Mechri from a script he wrote with Frédéric Bénudis and Christophe Turpin. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as a fictionalized version of himself: a down and out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. The film was screened on 4 June 2008 in Belgium and France, at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and at the Adelaide Film Festival on 20 February 2009. It was distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment from Toronto and opened in New York and select cities on 7 November 2008. The film was Van Damme's first movie to receive a wide theatrical release since Universal Soldier: The Return (1999). Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film received positive reviews; Van Damme's performance received critical acclaim.

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