# JCVD (2008)

> A troubled action star playing himself becomes entangled in a Brussels hostage crisis that exposes the person behind the movie-star image.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7954

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Comedy, Crime
- Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
- Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff, Anne Paulicevich, John Flanders, Janine Horsburgh
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130988/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: self reflexive, darkly comic, tense, arthouse movie night, action film marathon

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