December 15 is shaping up to be one hell of a day.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens, Beyond Skyline opens, and now Amazon is going to drop Jean-Claude Van Johnson, the meta action-comedy series that imagines Jean-ClaudeVan Damme’s entire acting career as a cover for his true calling, international
assassin. To celebrate, there’s a new trailer. Yeah, the pilot’s great, this
trailer’s great, I have high hopes.
As you can probably tell, I’m quite pumped for
Jean-Claude Van Johnson, the Jean-Claude Van Damme-starring
pilot on Amazon where the Muscles from Brussels plays a version of himself who
also happens to moonlight as an international assassin. I haven’t had the
chance to watch the show yet—that’s a treat for later today—but this trailer is
damn near perfect. Hopefully it will tide you over until you can check it out
for yourself.
This week, Jean-Claude Van Damme teams up with Amazon do
deliver what is sure to be your favorite new show, Jean-Claude Van Johnson. Starring JCVD poking fun at himself, produced by Ridley Scott, and with a delightfully ridiculous premise, I’m 100% game, and taking a
look at a new collection of photos ups my excitement level even more.
I have a deep, undying love for Jean-Claude Van Damme, but
even I can admit that many of his most recent DTV action endeavors are not all
that great (I have hope for Kickboxer: Vengeance though). His best role of the last few years was as a version of himself in
the fantastic and underrated Belgian crime flick JCVD, and
he’s going to play an offshoot of himself again in a bonkers sounding series.
Needless to say, I’m all in.
