Jean Claude Van Johnson premieres Friday on Amazon's Prime Video service, delivering a welcome kick to its original programming lineup. The six-episode series follows a fictionalized version of Jean Claude Van Damme (played by Van Damme, of course) as he struggles to maintain a sense of purpose and relevance within his line of work. The big twist here places the down-on-his-luck actor smack-dab in a world of espionage and intrigue, revealing Van Damme is really Van Johnson — a deep cover spy working for the American government.
Jean Claude Van Damme is well known throughout the world as a big-screen action star. But with Jean Claude Van Johnson, the martial artist makes the risky jump to the world of television entertainment. During a time of movie-to-TV reboots, where action hits like Lethal Weapon and Taken have struggled to find audiences on the small-screen, Jean Claude Van Johnson is an outlier. Instead of rebooting a movie, the Van Damme series offers a reboot of the man himself — picking apart action cliches and Hollywood tropes, along the way.
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Jean Claude Van Damme is well known throughout the world as a big-screen action star. But with Jean Claude Van Johnson, the martial artist makes the risky jump to the world of television entertainment. During a time of movie-to-TV reboots, where action hits like Lethal Weapon and Taken have struggled to find audiences on the small-screen, Jean Claude Van Johnson is an outlier. Instead of rebooting a movie, the Van Damme series offers a reboot of the man himself — picking apart action cliches and Hollywood tropes, along the way.
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