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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} [[File:jcvd-6sm_1476.jpg\|frame\|Van-Damme, the beast, the tiger in a cage]] ~~{{quote box\|Van-Damme, the beast, the tiger in a cage}}~~ A [[Dramedy]] starring [[~~Jean Claude Van Damme\|~~Jean-Claude Van Damme]] as [[As Himself\|Jean-Claude Van Damme]]. A tired, washed-out failure, struggling for work and (subsequently) money, the film starts with JCVD returning to his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. When one day going to the local Post Office to receive a wire transfer, he suddenly finds himself smack-bang in the middle of a robbery, held at gun point and marched into the back with the [[Hostage Situation\|other customers and staff]], where he's forced to juggle their expectations of "the Muscles from Brussels" with the fact he's a 48 year old man who ''really'' doesn't want to get shot. His day does not improve from there. Line 9 ⟶ 8: Quite probably the finest film Jean Claude Van Damme has starred in for years (possibly ever), and immediately recognized as such when it was released. It gets a lot of mileage out of both the public's perception of him, and the current state of his career. {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ ~~=== This movie provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Actor Allusion]] - there are several discussions about Jean-Claude's famous movies / TV appearance. * [[Anachronic Order]] * [[Ascended Fanboy]]: one of the robber is a huge fan of Jean-Claude Van Damme, and his hero just come in the post office he is working in. The two boys in the video club also count. * [[As Himself]] * [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler\|JCVD is in prison, but he can meet his daughter}} * [[Boring but Practical]]: At the end, in his [[Imagine Spot]], Jean-Claude first pictures {{spoiler\|taking out the gunman holding him hostage with a flashy high kick}}, but when it comes to the act itself {{spoiler\|just goes with a straight elbow-shot to the guy's gut, which works just as well}}. * [[Character Title]]: and also some kind of [[Mononymous Biopic Title]], but it is not a Biopic of Jean-Claude van Damme. * [[Deconstruction]] * [[Die Hard Onon an X\|Die Hard In A Bank]]: A very clever deconstruction of this trope. * [[Fake Action Prologue]]: the opening scene is a [[Show Within a Show]] * [[Hey, ~~Its~~It's That Guy!]]: François Damiens (the police officer) is well known in Belgium for his role: ''François l'embrouille'' * [[Hostage Situation]] * [[Imagine Spot]]: Jean-Claude imagines himself {{spoiler\|taking out the final robber single-handedly, and the crowd cheering him on. He does manage to elbow the man in the gut before the police finish the job for him}} Line 35 ⟶ 33: {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 2000s]] [[Category:~~JCVD~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Film]]