SummaryJean-Claude Van Damme unretires and works as a private contract killer under the name Jean-Claude Van Johnson after he runs into his ex (Kat Foster) in this comedy written by David Callaham.
Created By:Dave Callaham
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Season 1 Premiere:
Aug 19, 2016
Metascore
Mixed or Average
60
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
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Dec 14, 2017
80
In celebrating who Van Damme was at the peak of his career and who he is after his long fall from grace, about which the actor has been brutally honest, Callaham and Van Damme grant this series a balance of absurdity and gentle earnestness, even allowing it to end on a warm existential note.
Dec 13, 2017
80
The series has something of a “True Lies” feel, with its plot winking at itself. There is plenty of action and suspense and even a “Timecop” twist. J-C, though, is a different sort of action-figure, filled with more self-doubt and regret then you usually see in the movies. But even with that, the series smartly never takes itself too seriously.
Dec 14, 2017
63
Van Damme--older, wiser and slower, also wrinkled, hunched and melancholy--salvages an otherwise fascinating, uneven mess.
Dec 15, 2017
50
The full series, run by Dave Callaham and directed by Peter Atencio, is a weird ride, living in an uneasy space of parody, satire, homage, and straight-ahead drama.
Dec 15, 2017
50
The whole international-spy thing gets repetitive fast. Kat Foster is awfully appealing as her own sort of intelligence agent whose cover is that she’s Van Damme’s hairdresser--it’s easy to see why the action hero still pines for her. That on-again, off-again romance isn’t very sustaining, however. The show is likable--no more, no less.
Dec 14, 2017
50
The six-episode season gets increasingly outlandish, eventually including time travel, doppelgangers and a machine that controls the weather. It’s not quite enough to transcend the mediocre comedy, thin characters and rote fight scenes, but at least it’s more entertaining than another assembly-line D-level action movie.
Dec 14, 2017
40
Though clearly inspired, the overlapping cartoonish approach to this promising "return" proves to come from creativity that is clearly limited, instead of liberated.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
67% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
21% Mixed
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Mar 29, 2020
10
You either die a legend, or you live long enough to make fun of yourself and become an even grater legend. I won't lie to you, the story may seem weird viewed by the POV of someone that don't know JC's movies, but to me that know most of it the jokes and references are perfect, I find myself laughing many times needing to pause it so I can focus back in the story. Easy to watch, funny, love Vanessa and JC outstanding performance being, uh, himself? Whatever, it's a must watch series.
Feb 13, 2020
10
This was so fun, i wish they renewed it. In one scene he plays Tom Sawyer doing kung fu in a corny movie that doubles as cover for spy work. it is hilarious and exciting and well made. Good photography, an absolute must see.
Awards
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
