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Van Damme, Vinnie Jones butt heads in ‘Weapon’
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... Mulcahy (Resident Evil: Extinction). As if the thought of Van Damme and Jones working together wasn’t exciting enough, I find Mulcahy to be a great choice for such a project. He’s best known for directing ‘Highlander’ and ‘Highlander 2: The Quickening’ which happen to be the two best in the franchise and makes Mulcahy one of the very short list of directors who have been able to pull a decent performance out of Christopher Lambert.
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Jean Claude Van Damme Fights Vinnie Jones
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Jean Claude Van Damme Fights Vinnie Jones Jean Claude Van Damme is still working on that comeback. This time hes getting help from director Russell Mulcahy. THR says JCVD will face off against Vinnie Jones in a Mulcahy movie called Weapon . In it, theyll play rival assassins. The films plot description seems to boil down mostly to their choice of killing instrument. Vinnie is a master sharpshooter and Van Damme is particularly fond of using a knife. Mulcahy used to know a thing or two about mano a mano action movies. Hes probably best known for directing Highlander ...
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... Stellar Adler-method-trained thespians Jean Claude Van Damme and Vinnie Jones will star alongside each other in "Weapon," a film about rival assassins. Remember JCVD turned down Stallone for "The Expendables," so he could take on... more challenging work? [THR] ...
Jean-Claude Van Damme And Vinnie Jones To Share The Screen In ‘Weapon’
MTV Movies Blog —
... Everybody’s favorite Belgian kickboxer, Jean-Claude Van Damme, is being teamed with Vinnie Jones, our modern-day model for the strong, silent type, for Flagship Studios’ upcoming “Weapon.” The Hollywood Reporter brings the word that the duo will play rival assassins who are forced to cooperate in their efforts to bring down a drug cartel. Jones’ character is handy with guns of all sorts while the Muscles From Brussels is a master of blades. Russell Mulcahy will direct the film for Flagship, with a Vancouver-based shoot currently set to ...
Van Damme And Vinnie Jones Team Up for ‘Weapon’
Screen Rant —
... two leads there is potential for it to be quite entertaining indeed. I never would have thought of teaming up Van Damme and Jones, but now that it has been announced it sort of makes sense.
Are you looking forward to the teaming up of Jean Claude Van Damme and Vinnie Jones? What other “action men” would you like to see team up?
Weapon is aimed to start production this August, but no official release date has been set.
Source: THR
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