JCVD
Jun 04, 2008 | IMDB 6.6
96 min Watch NowDrama, Action, Comedy, Crime
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! This fictionalized version of Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States, but inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Heat
Dog Day Afternoon
Clairevoyant
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Panic Room
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Under Siege
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Point Break
Escape from New York
Bis zum Ellenbogen
The Wonderful Crook
Road to Perdition
The Nasty Girl
Der Hammermörder
Ransom
Swindle
The Heist
Ein todsicherer Plan
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IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1940
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IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 1995
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IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 1975
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IMDB 5.4 | Jun , 2021
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IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2002
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IMDB 4 | Mar , 1989
One day, Carmen Müller realizes that her husband Werner has been unemployed for months and has accumulated debts of 80,000 DM in their bank account. She comes up with a plan to rob her bank. When the branch manager and neighbor Lothar Fuchs, whom Carmen has always envied for his beauty and wealth, recognizes her, she takes him hostage. In their hideout in the Allgäu, the banker falls in love with the housewife, just as Werner and Fuchs' mistress Gabriele grow closer. The quartet form an alliance and defraud the bank together. Having come into money so suddenly, the Müllers don't feel comfortable either and secretly distribute their fortune around the neighborhood.Under Siege
IMDB 4.8 | Aug , 1980
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IMDB 7.1 | May , 1981
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IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 1975
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IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2002
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IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 1990
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IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1996
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