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Jean-Claude Van Johnson

★ 7.5 11K votes 2016–2017 1 season · 6 episodes Canceled Prime Video
Ironic & metaSelf-aware humor that knows it's a TV show.This show: 9/10CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 8/10ParodyA sustained send-up of other genres or works.This show: 7/10EspionageSpies, intelligence agencies and double lives.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jean-Claude Van DammeKat FosterMoises AriasBar PalyTim PeperPhylicia Rashad
Written by
Dave Callaham
Starring
Jean-Claude Van DammeKat FosterMoises AriasBar PalyTim PeperPhylicia Rashad
Written by
Dave Callaham
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About

"An action legend spoofs himself with surprising heart"

Jean-Claude Van Johnson stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as a fictionalized version of himself: a washed-up action star who has secretly been a deep-cover operative all along, using his movie shoots as spy missions. The show is a strange, likable mix of genuine espionage plotting, deadpan meta-comedy about fame and aging, and surprisingly earnest romance. It leans slower and more melancholy than a typical action-comedy, riding almost entirely on Van Damme's willingness to send up his own legend with real vulnerability. Tonally it wobbles, but its oddball sincerity makes it more memorable than its short run suggests.

Watch it for

Van Damme's fearless, oddly moving self-parody of his own action-hero mythology.

Maybe skip if

you want fast, straightforward action comedy rather than a slow, melancholic meta-drama.

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All Seasons

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Season 12016
7.87K63h
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot8.0
5K30 min
▶2What Year Do You Think This Is?7.4
59129 min
▶3A Little Conversation About Trust7.6
52227 min
▶4If You're Lucky7.4
49832 min
▶5Run To Nowhere7.3
46429 min
▶6The World Needs Its Hero7.4
47033 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme Jean-Claude Van Damme, Filip
Kat Foster Vanessa
Moises Arias Luis
Bar Paly Krisztina
Tim Peper Gunnar
Phylicia Rashad Jane
Massi Furlan Undetermined Role
Carlo Rota Dragan
Deren Tadlock Victor
Winston James Francis Meni Mano

Crew

Dave Callaham

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