The brothers had no idea that Legionnaire (1998) would be the war time epic melodrama that both of them needed. This subtle slow burn masterpiece was directed Peter MacDonald one of the first directors to really trust Van Damme's acting abilities. It is a thoughtful exploration of various intersections of masculinity and addresses the nuances of the toxicity within all on the back drop of the devastation of imperialism and war. Very thought provoking film. With some amazing casting and great performances. The brothers cannot speak of it highly enough!

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Knock Off is a total diamond in the rough. Our second Van Damme pairing with Hong Kong director Tsui Hark. Also our second comically odd Van Damme coupling this time with Happy Madison alum Rob Schneider. This film fires on all cylinders! With wild action, kooky comedy and one of the best theme songs ever written for a movie. The outlandish performance given by Van Damme is enough to make this movie and T4M episode the stuff of legend! While officially the end of Silver Era Van Damme Aleks makes the argument for this to be included in Pantheon Van Damme. Did we mention the theme song?

Double Team is one of those weird late 90s anomalies. Is it a comedy? Is it sci-fi? Is it action? Is it basketball? Also North Korea's most famous ambassador: Dennis Rodman gives a solid debut performance despite what critics and razzie awards say. Ultimately this movie doesn't know what it wants to be and flounders around a bit, but how can you argue with a Mickey Rourke villain performance? You can't that's how. The bros dissect every element and get into the nitty gritty here. Much love from the brothers

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Two brothers? Secret twins? A mystery? A cross continental adventure? Russian mobsters? Maximum Risk has it all and more in this 1996 action packed fight fest. The American debut of Hong Kong director Ringo Lam. Does this film have strange parallels to Total Recall? Does it elicit interesting intersectional discussion from the brothers? You'll have to listen to find out!

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The Quest (1996) is Van Damme's directorial debut! It has all the classic JCVD staples: A journey of self discovery, a blonde woman who is given no character development at all and a Kumite style tournament. This one had some cool stuff going for it though...like James Bond and Abdell Qissi also the idea came from disgraced liar Frank Dux. Also its a period piece. Surprisingly great conversation with the bros on this one!

Sudden Death sees the second pairing of JCVD with director Peter Hyams! An action packed romp seeing nice guy down on his luck fireman dad JCVD trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his kids. He takes them to the final game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs but is caught in the middle of some political intrigue he hadn't anticipated. With an unbelievable villainous performance the enigmatic Powers Booth, Sudden Death goes into overtime with some interesting nuanced power dynamics. A fun romp! This movie is definitely JCVD's Die Hard. This week the brothers are joined by Toronto performance artist Dylan Berry. List as they rejoice at the excellent performances and nonstop action of this gem in the Van Damme Pantheon.

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This week the brothers are joined by Toronto royalty. From the House of Filth legendary drag queen: Allysin Chaynes guests on the pod to talk about drag and the wonderful camp that is Street Fighter (1994). This conversation ranges from condemnation of Van Dammes' behaviour on set to blind worship of both Raul Julia and Kylie Minogue. Also lots of hilarious tangents including a truly horrifying drag story, personal introspective conversations about modern life and some MINDBLOWING riffing while impersonating Phillip Seymour Hoffman (RIP)! Definitely an episode for the history books! Not one to be missed!

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Timecop (1994) is a really strange "what if" story. It centres around a reality in which time travel existed in 1994 and how policy and wealth distribution might look in dystopian 2004 future where these ripples in time are most strongly felt. This film adopts a "No Fate" or "future hasn't been written yet" reality where one can only go into the past and change the present. The future cannot be reached because it hasn't happened yet! For a movie with kind of a zany time travel premise it was surprisingly accurate at predicting some things and is accompanied by a FANTASTIC JCVD performance! Join the brothers as they welcome the return of beloved guest Ana for this really intimate and fun family discussion of this surprisingly prescient movie.

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Hard Target, legendary filmmaker John Woo's first American film starring JCVD's sweaty mullet. This is the kind of film that has both has elegant dove symbolism and motorcycle standing. High octane, but also nuanced class commentary. Set in a pre-Katrina New Orleans. Is Lance Henriksen JVCD's Cohagen? Join the bros and deep friend of the show Kays on this landmark 60th episode to find out!

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The 90s were a bit of confused era where a movie could exist in a weird space between zany child's film, drama social commentary and mindless action. 1993's Nowhere To Run scratches all those itches. From queer childhood awakening, to American style "cucking" this movie has everything and the brothers talk about all of this and more all while getting so self referential it will make your head spin! Hilarious episode! Not one to be missed!

Please involve yourselves in BLM initiatives. Here are some links to resources to help you get started:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1loo_jm5t2jiMDVQOccuFMaP6G1UYyeGLkxwcCDIIwLY/edit?fbclid=IwAR3IeY2btoDZSjdh8QKRg7mEMGV1uGztTcXWTM2aNN5TUdG-of11gO2NW0o

https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

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