Fully agree on this part. Had some criticism in his opening lines as well: New Elusive Target: THE SPLITTER (December 12th, 2024 - January 12th, 2025) - #287 by linux_penguin
With regards to JCVD: I am a big fan. It hurts to see him being thrown into the B-actor pool. He had a certain niche of movies, but his acting was more than decent, not to mention his obvious world-class talent in body language: martial arts, dance, acrobatics.
He lived many years in the states and improved his accent, but even in his movies you hear it’s less French sounding than what’s in-game. It’s 100% on purpose, note that they added some French words and phrases like carrotte and n’est-ce pas.
But poor directing: yes. And my guess is JCVD didn’t come cheap, so everything had to be done in one take.
In closing, maybe watch this again before showing a lack of respect:
(Disclaimer: of course you can criticize him, but I am a fanboy, can’t be helped. The fact that this legend agreed to be part of my favorite game in itself is just beyond me. It’s difficult to accept people shitting all over that. It’s a dream I didn’t know I had come true people! I’m even glad I failed the ET: JCVD got me by surprise and kicked my ass. Good!)