Ten action films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Van-Damme plays
the feared Kung Fu bully 'Ivan the Terrible' in the martial arts
action film 'No Retreat, No Surrender' (1985). Against all the
odds, the central character Jason (Kurt McKinney) is inspired by
the ghost of Bruce Lee to get himself in shape and prepare for
victory in the fight of his life against the notorious Ivan the
Terrible. 'Street Fighter' (1994) is a live action spin-off of
the beat-'em-up computer game. Van Damme stars as Colonel William
F Guile, the man in charge of an attempt to rescue a group of
hostages held by the evil warlord General M Bison (Raul Julia, in
his last screen role). Guile's sidekicks include Officer Cammy
(Kylie Minogue), snooping TV journalist Chun-Li-Zang and a host
of characters familiar from the game. In 'Nowhere to Run' (1993),
escaped convict Sam Gillen (Van Damme) is given shelter in the
barn of beautiful farm-owning widow Clydie (Rosanna Arquette). A
merciless developer (Joss Ackland) is trying to force Clydie off
the land, in order to buy it, build there and make a fortune. Sam
helps Clydie fight off the developer and his hired killers. 'Hard
Target' (1993), the first Hollywood film by Hong Kong action
director John Woo, constructs a 'running man' thriller out of a
collection of explosions and stunts. Cajun sailor Chance
Boudreaux (Van Damme) reluctantly comes to the aid of a female
lawyer (Yancy Butler) who is searching for her missing her, a
Vietnam veteran. In the course of their search the pair encounter
a group of wealthy businessmen, who amuse themselves in the
Louisiana swamps by hunting down the homeless. In 'Double Team'
(1997), top counter-terrorist agent Jack Quinn (Van Damme) is
brought out of retirement to tackle the enigmatic Stavros (Mickey
Rourke). However, Quinn's hesitation to shoot Stavros in front of
his family results in Stavros' escape and Quinn's imprisonment on
a remote island as a punishment for his failure. When Stavros
takes Quinn's pregnant wife hostage, he breaks out of his prison
and enlists the help of arms dealer Yaz (Dennis Rodman) in
rescuing his spouse. Van Damme stars in 'Desert Heat' (1999) as
Eddie Lomax, a tortured loner who travels to an abandoned desert
highway, preparing to end his life. However, his plans are
interrupted when he is attacked by a gang of ruthless cycle
thugs, who steal his prized motorbike and leave him for dead. He
is then saved by a mysterious figure from his past and, with his
will to live now miraculously restored, sets out to take his
revenge. In 'Universal Soldier: The Return' (1999), having
survived the violence and turmoil of his previous existence, Luc
Deveraux (Van Damme) has started a family and is working as a
technical consultant on the Universal Soldier programme. The new
generation of cyborg soldiers are overseen by the S.E.T.H.
supercomputer and are even more deadly than before. Danger arises
when S.E.T.H. becomes sentient and tries to negate Deveraux by
kipping his daughter. With his family at stake, the Universal
Soldier must return into action. 'Knock Off' (1998) is set in
Hong Kong during the 1997 handover to China. Van Damme stars as
Marcus Ray, a CIA agent caught up in a Russian plot to bombard
America with thousands of tiny bombs smuggled into the country
via Hong Kong. In 'Sudden Death' (1995), Darren McCord (Van
Damme) must rescue his little girl from terrorists who have
interrupted the Stanley Cup ice hockey final. The bad guys
threaten to blow everybody up unless they get a billion dollars
from the treasury by the end of the game. McCord has his work cut
out if he's going to stop the explosion and retrieve his child
before that final buzzer. 'The Quest' (1996) is set in 1920s
Tibet. The monks of the Lost City invite fighters from around the
world to compete in the Ghang-gheng for a golden statue of a
dragon. New York thief Chris Dubois (Van Damme) is determined to
get his hands on the statue, and teams up with disreputable
pirate Lord Edgar Dobbs (Roger Moore) to obtain it. In order to
enter the competition, Dubois must first overcome the reigning
champion, Maxie Devine (Jack McGee).