Jean-Claude Van Damme 8-Movie Collection [DVD]

Three-disc set includes: Street Fighter (1994)Video game fans, get ready for the biggest explosion of live-action excitement to ever hit the screen, as Colonel Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads his Allied Nation band of warriors in an assault on the forces of dictatorial General M. Bison (Raul Julia, in his final film role) to free kidnapped relief workers. Great fight scenes and special effects make this a winner. 102 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 Maximum Risk (1996)Jean-Claude Van Damme is Alain Moreau, a French cop investigating the mysterious death of his long-lost brother in New York City's Russian enclave of Little Odessa. After discovering his sibling had worked for the Russian mob and had a secret file on illegal activities, Moreau becomes a target of the FBI and mobsters. Natasha Henstridge co-stars; directed by Ringo Lam ("City on Fire"). 101 min. C/Rtg: R The Quest (1996)Making his directorial debut with this period actioner, Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a small-time thief in '20s New York who is shanghaied by gunrunners, sold into slavery, and forced to take part in a brutal martial arts competition with the world's toughest fighters. Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn also star. 95 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 Double Team (1997)And what a team it is when hard-kicking Jean-Claude Van Damme join forces with NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman in this stunt-filled tale. When government anti-terrorist agent Jack Quinn's (Van Damme) family is targeted by mercenary leader Stavros (Mickey Rourke), he turns to off-the-wall weapons master Yaz (Rodman) for help in bringing down the bad guys. Paul Freeman, Natacha Lindinger co-star; directed by Hong Kong action master Tsui Hark. 93 min. C/Rtg: R Knock Off (1998)Marcus Ray (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a jeans manufacturer working in Hong Kong shortly before the 1997 Chinese takeover. When it's learned that the pants contain parts for an international weapons-smuggling ring, Ray and CIA agent Tommy Hendricks (Rob Schneider) team up to shut down the operation. Lela Rochon, Paul Sorvino co-star. 91 min. C/Rtg: R Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)This theatrical sequel to the 1992 actioner features Jean-Claude Van Damme as the former "unisol" who must take on a rogue government supercomputer named S.E.T.H. that is leading the cybernetically enhanced killing machines on a path of destruction. Michael Jai White, Heidi Schanz, and pro wrestling star Bill Goldberg also star. 89 min. C/Rtg: R Second In Command (2006)When the president of an unstable Eastern European country flees to the American Embassy in a last-ditch attempt to survive a coup by heavily armed insurgents, the U.S. ambassador is murdered and the besieged leader has only one hope: second-in-command Sam Keenan (Jean-Claude Van Damme). "The Muscles from Brussels" oils up his formidable pecs and joins a squad of Marines to guarantee peace through superior firepower. Julie Cox, William Tapley, and Razaaq Adoti also star. 92 min. C/Rtg: R The Hard Corps (2006)After serving three years in Afghanistan and Iraq, combat vet Philippe Sauvage (Jean-Claude Van Damme) takes a job providing security for a former boxing champ who thinks his family is in danger from a sleazy hip-hop mogul. But Sauvage may find himself clashing with his employer when he falls for the pug's sister. Vivica A. Fox co-stars in this thrilling actioner. 110 min. C/Rtg: R Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English.

This two-movie collection brings together two period romantic comedies starring Gwyneth Paltrow. In Emma, socialite Emma Woodhouse plays matchmaker for those around her, with disastrous consequences for her chance at love and happiness. In Shakespeare in Love, William Shakespeare finds a new muse in the form a beautiful female aristocrat, but her ambition to act in one of his plays threatens to disrupt their already-forbidden love.