Jean-Claude Van Damme, 66, Is Making a New Movie Where He Fights the Yakuza to Save His Daughter — Think Bloodsport Meets Taken

Jean-Claude Van Damme is 66 years old, but he’s still flexing his muscles and martial arts prowess in the action genre, with his most recent one being The Gardener, a.k.a. Le Jardinier (Rotten Tomatoes: no Tomatometer score yet) . Now, The Muscles from Brussels has an upcoming action thriller, Katana, to add to his belt. He plays a former world champion fighter who’s now a father, wanting to leave his dark past behind, only to revert to his former self after the yakuza in Japan kidnaps his daughter. Sounds like Taken, but leaning more on the martial arts side – something that Van Damme is good at. Besides, Jeremy Zag, the French writer and director of the film and creator of the hit Miraculous franchise, wants to bring his passion for Japanese anime into exploring “the samurai’s code of honor and the beauty and intensity of katana combat”, and turning Katana into “a spectacular adventure for a worldwide audience”.

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