SimonLustenberger
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The Trailer looks pretty good
Van Damme's Upcoming Movies.
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latinojazz
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Martin01;183755 said:
Yeah, but the three Stage 6 flics I watched(Pistol Whipped, The Shepperd:Border Patrol and Missionary Man) looks like the 80´s formula: A lot of fights, how a kind of deal.. of way to make these kind of B-movies.
And I like it.Are the best DTV movies of Seagal, Van Damme and Lundgren
Maybe it´s a coincidence, but I think that´s the way Stage 6 works producing or just like a distributor, they required that kind of 80´s action the DTV action movies really need.
Iike Sony as a distributor, but in terms of making the movies, I think Stage 6 films all have the same liberties taken, in that they just don't have the time and care spent on them that they should have. PW and MM for example, were both shot on Super 16 to save money, but also the shooting schedules were very short, leaving little time for coverage (and again without eough cameras to get coverage). It then leaves you little option in editing, and is also a reason why Seagal has a stand in (and also doesn't actually feature WITH Lance Henrikson- the'yre in the same scene but clearly filmed it different days). I just think that Reine and Dolph as directors had to make too many sacrifices, and in fairness, both did very well to deliver good action flicks. Though it's also good to see those two filmed in the states, the trouble there is, crews are more expensive and thus smaller. MM had a tiny crew- Dolph had to make a hell of a lot of cuts to be able to deliver enough action in the flick, and also couldn't afford a stunt double.
This is where NU Image are a better company. Director Of Photography Ross Clarkson (Undisputed 2, The Mechanik) says Nu Image let him have any equiptment he wants. They also film in Eastern Europe meaning bigger, cheaper crews, longer days, longer shoots. Dolph had a proper stunt team in the Mechanik for example, that he didn't have in MM. Pistol Whipped of course had less holding it back, simply because the budget was 10 million, while MM was 2 million. For me Nu Image make better action films than Sony do at the moment, because they have a better ethos, and don't have people like Andrew Stevens working with them.
This is where NU Image are a better company. Director Of Photography Ross Clarkson (Undisputed 2, The Mechanik) says Nu Image let him have any equiptment he wants. They also film in Eastern Europe meaning bigger, cheaper crews, longer days, longer shoots. Dolph had a proper stunt team in the Mechanik for example, that he didn't have in MM. Pistol Whipped of course had less holding it back, simply because the budget was 10 million, while MM was 2 million. For me Nu Image make better action films than Sony do at the moment, because they have a better ethos, and don't have people like Andrew Stevens working with them.
bellyofb
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this "trailer" of shepherd looks really awesome http://youtube.com/watch?v=LQpsw-2YQbs
I liked the JCVD video , it was humourous, , liked the quips "Muscles from Brussels."
also liked it when JCVD said "it's quite hard to get a good script these days!" also "Van Damme with no money!" liked his laid back way of sitting quietly listening to journos critising him, "I'm 47 years old and it's getting harder!" Great video fur sure!
Halkush
also liked it when JCVD said "it's quite hard to get a good script these days!" also "Van Damme with no money!" liked his laid back way of sitting quietly listening to journos critising him, "I'm 47 years old and it's getting harder!" Great video fur sure!
Halkush
latinojazz
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Martin01;184468 said:
It´s not so crap, Martin.Van Damme backs to his spectacular leg-kicks and the movie enjoy.
Undisputed 2 is very different.... ok, really better movie that The Shepperd and of course than Undisputed 1, the fights are tough and have a well-done sentimental touch, but Michael Jay White is not a classic action-martial arts icon hero indeed, and I only can really enjoy this kind of B-flics if the star is a classic guy: Seagal, Van Damme, Norris...even Lundgren.
What i like about Van damme is that he is a really authentic muscle busting kick a...se
action kung fu man. Really comes across as genuine, some of his past movies have been too much of the same genre thing, all too much alike,but like so many genuine muscle men in action on film they don't come across as genuine lovers , they are stilted and it all looks so forced and put on in the love department on screen.but i have all his movies and follow news about him with interest.
halkush
action kung fu man. Really comes across as genuine, some of his past movies have been too much of the same genre thing, all too much alike,but like so many genuine muscle men in action on film they don't come across as genuine lovers , they are stilted and it all looks so forced and put on in the love department on screen.but i have all his movies and follow news about him with interest.
halkush