Great video Viking Samurai! Steven Lambert said some very interesting stuff here👌. And about Stefanos Miltsakakis not fighting JCVD on ''The Quest'' and being angry about it, I suspect that he probably had a conversation with Jean-Claude about that and that he might have offer him the part as that villain in ''Maximum Risk'' as a compensation.💪👍
with regards to roger moore, he believed in an old saying and that was if you dont have anything nice to say about somebody then say nothing at all. he was asked about his time with vandame on a talk show and that was his reply. he also didnt like grace jones on a view to a kill either and so kept quiet about her,
Van Damme wanted Roger Moore in the Quest because he was one of his action hero growing up. Roger Moore is a very smart british gentleman and he never trashes anyone in his memoirs but he brings out his opinion in such a funny way. You have to read between the lines. I love these two!!!
It´s correct what Lambert said. Hire a good director and a great script is essential because Seagal´s best movies were "Under Siege" and "Above the Law" and both were directed by Andrew Davis. Chuck Norris´best film according to the critics was "Code of Silence". Andrew Davis also directed that movie. Of course, Davis directed the great Harrison Ford movie "The Fugitive".
About Seagal and his future fims.Ma be he will shoot something in Russia,because he told about it.But now he doesn't want to make a movies.He lives in Russia,opened his school,he is Head Instructor of Aikido Russian Federation,he travels around the country with seminars,stars in commercials, has a big house. April 10, he will be 69.th-cam.com/video/bMAB5RWK9GU/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/W6R44w6nlZQ/w-d-xo.html
The only one who made it beyond the 80's and 90's is Sylvester Stallone. But he directs his own movies. Right while i was writing this you guys started talking about Him.
He almost made it. I'd say. He made many great movies back in the days. Great actor. But his last movies not so great. Glass was mediocre. I just saw his last movie Breach a weeks back. Horrible. I stopped after about 30 min. But Stallone still managed to pull Expendables and Creed. Pretty good movies. Mel Gibson was pretty much Blacklisted by Hollywood. Can't say anything about him.
@1.0mk2 Mel Gibson in "Edge of Darkness" from 2010 was amazing... almost too dark and depressing for my tastes, but a perfect blend of old school action, thriller, and modern film-making. I've always got time for Mel Gibson no matter how much the mainstream tries to boycott him... great actor ever since the first Mad Max film.
I just found your channel last week and have been sharing all of the content with my dad, especially all of the Steven Lambert content. Lo and behold today he surprised me with a great gift, a copy of his book. Love the channel and look forward to seeing what you have in store for the future.
What Roger Moore says in his book is that in all his years acting, he got along with everyone he met, except two people - Van Damme and Van Dammes agent, who he called a loathsome man.
Says Sir Roger Moore this really ? I heard that Roger Moore took/stole the Oscar from Marlon Brando. Marlon wasn’t, or wouldn’t be present by the Day. Not noble from the son of a police man.👀😂😂😂 Love Roger Moore, but at the end of the day, we are only human. Otherwise he can are right about that.
@@nostradamus522 Roger Moore seems like a great guy. A real gentleman. If I remember correctly it was the way Van Damme and his manager treated others that Moore didn't like, though he was always pleasant to him. Don't forget, this was Van Dammes directorial debut so maybe he was a tyrant. Maybe that's part of the reason his career tanked afterwards.
@@theflyingninja1 You hear stories about the rise to stardom, about many well-known stars. Many read similarly (similarly bad) ! Many pull out all the stops, both legal and illegal, from a moral point of view. I'm a Bruce Lee fan and the next one from a cinematic point of view was J.C.V.D. with Karate Tiger and Bloodsport. He was young and handsome and seemed like the great white hope in martial arts Films 🥋. Abraham Lincoln knew that wealth corrupts character: Give a person power and you will see his true character! Many are egotists and eccentrics. At J.C.V.D. it seems so. Nonetheless, he has achieved cult status that Scott Adkins can no archived. He was next to Stallone and Schwarzenegger during the golden age of the Actions Stars ! His character or weakness of character, drug addiction screwed up his higher exit ! But even in this way he has come a lot further than some character actors, he was never one of them. 😂 He has achieved Star Kult. Hollywood is a shark tank because you cannot survive as a herbivore. With Roger Moore you get the impression that he was far too introverted, where it is an advantage to be extroverted, nonetheless, what remote diagnosis allows, he was a fine gentleman that everyone loved.
Stefanos Miltsakakis was in 5 Van Damme movies. Before and after the Quest. So I don't know if he really had an issue with Van Damme. He made Maximum risk, right after the Quest, with Van Damme.
Another person that was all of Vaddam's films was Bolo Yeung; he and Vaddam were really good friends. In his TV series you can see Bolo sitting across the dinner table with Vaddam where Vaddam mentions how Bolo is a good guy and he loves him. Bolo was awesome bad guy in Vaddam's movies and final fight scene were truly epic.
After Under Siege, Seagal's downfall was "On Deadly Ground"!!! He directed it and Warner Bros gave him a lot of money to make it. I still think Exit Wounds (2001) was his last good film.
Seagal films when he was younger was really good,when he started getting older and fat was just ridiculous,plus the fact when you actually start doing martial arts yourself realise lot of its bollocks,
I literally just got done watching Maximum Risk on Netflix and jump on TH-cam and you just posted this video. I've read over the years Roger was not a fan of Van Damme. I would love to see another tournament type movie set hundreds of years ago.
Not "hundreds" (just over 100, maybe pushing 200 years) but if you haven't seen "Fearless" with Jet-Li you've gotta watch that. Based on a true story too.
You need to watch Zatoichi films like Lambert said man. Those films had a huge influence in kung fu Movies and Martial arts movies in general. Bruce Lee was a big fan and he copied some stuff from them and from another chanbara Film series called Sleepy Eyes Of Death with Raizo Ichikawa as the protagonist. Chanbara Films are very important if you want to understand the genre. Seven Samurai is a masterpiece, Yojimbo, Sword Of Doom, Japan did a lot of great stuff that was and still is very influential.
Viking Samurai: Maybe you can ask Steven Lambert what he thinks about the "oldschool" tough movie guys of the 70´s: Bronson, Reynolds, Eastwood or Steve McQueen. I heard for example that Bronson was also in real life a tough guy and that lots of people were scared of him because he could intimate people quite easy because of his personality.
About a good script; Seagal once delayed production on a film because he was in his trailer reading a script. Seagal came out of his trailer with tears in his eyes '''I just read the greatest script I've ever read in my life"; when asked who wrote it, he responded: ''I did''.
This is a topic that I have thought over from time to time. I saw Van Damme come onto the scene and KILLED IT 88-95. Then, I went to see The Quest in the theater, liking both Van Damme and Roger Moore, and remember being VERY disappointed in the overall movie. I never saw Van Damme in a real production since. I'm still scratching my head. I heard about the drugs, but I don't know.
Today is my birthday and sure enough my mother in law bought me Stevens book. I’m loving the larger text..oh you weren’t wrong on it being a gigantic read...can not wait...especially for the Seagal portions.
@@alfredodelacruz1864 he did not even say if he saw the remake with denzel washington next he will say he never saw heart break ridge with clint eastwood lol
I thought this kid had something here with all his props in the background...What a disappointment!! At least we got to listen to Steve Lambert. I’m out...
Where Eagles Dare is one of my favorite war movies...maybe because It was more focused on the intrigue rather than only the massive explosions. Very well done movie, i watch it at least once a year.
The description of Roger Moore on set reminded me of when they asked John Carpenter if he was angry about Halloween being remade and he said, "No. The check cleared."
Van Damme actually cared of the story of all his movie's, look at the Quest. Van damme actually turned down staring in Expendables 1, and he chose to star in 2. I actually prefer 2&3 then 1
Van Damme was filming his passion project Full Love (Eagle path, Frenchy...) so he turned down the first expendables. Anyways, Viking talks about Full Love in a video.
Think the reason was he wouldn’t lose against Jet Li, according to them what I heard/read about that. In the second movie he fought against Stallone, that represented more his ranking in Hollywood that he more preferred to play. Think J.C.V.D. was right about that he was closer to the Hollywood Olymp of action Stars then Jet Li and other lead role players. Stallone gave in tactical ways the roles to reached better China/Asian, Great Britain 🇬🇧 and all Populations, to earn more money 💴. Van Damme was superb in part 2, think that part was the best from the 3 Parts. Mel Gibson is my favorite Character actor in his movies, but Van Damme was better as a Bad guy, thin his skills in martial arts-helped a lot.😂 Scot Adkins was - not worth to remember that he was in. ( it’s my opinion about that... )
dam your channel is on fire, that's keeping you more busier then anything you have NO free time lol also videos are very long i need extra time on those but jeez i can't wait until it's over until you do your own topics on your own videos
Just my opinion, but ii seemed to me that guys like Van Damme, Seagal, Jim Kelly, kind of self-destructed in various ways. Van Damme had substance abuse issues that contributed to him being difficult to work with, Seagal had personal issues like the dealings with/association with the mob you've mentioned as well as letting himself go to the point where his image got progressively worse, his ego did him harm (when he got the chance/demanded the opportunity to direct himself, the result was a movie that didn't make as much money as movies like Marked For Death or Under Siege), he got heavier from film to film, Jim Kelly just didn't seem to care about the quality of his work, he seemed to only be in it for the money, started out with a 3 picture deal with a huge studio, Warner Bros., but blew that huge opportunity by not caring about the scripts (Bruce Lee may've been a little difficult for WB to work with, but he definitely cared about the quality of his movie with them, Enter The Dragon). Even Chuck Norris movie career definitely went down hill in terms of quality & box office success I think primarily because he was stuck with low budget, B grade (at best) movie producers at Cannon Films, also insisting his brother Aaron be allowed to direct his films didn't elevate the quality of his work, Chuck got really lucky with CBS & his Walker: Texas Ranger TV series, he kind of got to go out on a high point with a popular TV series that ran, what, 8 or 9 seasons? Seagal had his little TV series, too, but even there his lack of self-discipline, huge ego matched only by his ballooning waist, laziness (can't remember the name of that last little action/drama series Steve produced & starred in, but I did watch a few episodes, it looked like he wouldn't even show up to work with the rest of the cast, from the editing & camera angles you could tell much of Seagals work was filmed at different times & locations from the other actors, just lazy), he fully earned the demise of his career, when was his last starring role in a theatrical release?
He does not want make movies.I told that he lives in Russia,has a big house,his own business, he conducts a lot of seminars on aikido, starred in commercials, he has a lot of billionaire friends, so the question of the movie budget is not a problem.he is a co-owner of the mma promotion heat fight, there have already been a couple of events in Moscow, one of which was Sergei Kharitonov.he recorded his song with Grigory Leps, so everything is ok,For exammple his song:th-cam.com/video/4gg4W_nHopQ/w-d-xo.html
I love Van Damme. My Mind was totally blown back in 91/92 when i saw Kickboxer on VHS. But i don't doubt for a second that he was a total Jerk around the time. I can't remember any Movie Out of that period, that didn't had negative Buzz about his behaviour on Set, so this isn't surprising at all. It's more of a testament to how bad things were if a Sweet Talker like Roger feels the need to write a still pretty tame remark about it in his book. It's easy to sympathise with todays grounded & humbled Jean Claude. It was way harder to do that with the Jean Claude Van Coke of the 90's who had grown a Moon Sized Ego after his couple of hits.
I hope you’ve seen the Seven Samurai by now. Excellent movie! You don’t have to be simply a fan of Asian action to enjoy this movie, a fan of good cinema alone is enough to appreciate the excellence of this film.
29k subs!!!! Amazing, absolutely amazing! I knew the humans would support you. I've been watching you for a long time and you have so many great videos, I almost lost count. I love Martial Arts films and action movies, which I've been watching since I was a kid. Earth is not a good planet, but it sure has some awesome films. It's cool you and Steven Lambert talk about James Bond and Van Damme in the same video. Just look at that thumbnail. Had to stop the video for now, because humans interrupted me, but I shall return, to finish this video.🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍 TERRANCE OUT
In all the martial arts competitions I've been to or watched, I always noticed how women are always more aggressive than men, it often is so because they get more involved emotionally in a fight than men do. this isn't a sexist comment, it's just the way it is.
People may think that Van Damme was humble guy back then, wrong he wasn't, he also had a ego like Seagal did, he was a womanizer, drug addiction, he accidentally injures a stuntman's eyes but he didn't visit him in the hospital, Roger Moore didn't like him shooting this film for Moore, Van Damme played too cocky and also he uses drugs while filming (idk if the rumors were true) what I loved Van Damme today is that he changed and he stop his old bad habits like taking drugs and stop his ego, Seagal should have change his narcissistic personality
Viking - I watched this video and will now comment on it. - Lambert's story about that horse fight scene - I never knew about that, it's disappointing that they cut that scene out and/or didn't add it, to the deleted scenes section on The Quest DVD. - Roger Moore was a phenomenal actor, he was spot on with his performance on The Quest. I wonder how it was working with Janet Gunn, James Remar and Jack McGee... - Speaking of MMA - I am really annoyed that Dana White DID NOT put GSP on the UFC's Mount Rushmore!!!! WTF IS UP WITH THAT!?!?!?
Yo Viking. Tell Steven the book is AMAZING. I'm so glad I bought this. Would u be open to doing a book-list recommendation video? So far I own Sly Moves by Stallone and now I got Steven's book. Both are great reads. Also I posted a question in the last vid. Please share it with Steven. Basically I asked what might Steven done differently with the fight choreography had he remained involved with Dragon Bruce Lee Story film. I actually liked the fights but whatever shortcomings the fights may have had, Jason made up for that and made the fights exciting with the intensity of his acting and his physical performance & presence which ofcourse Steven is responsible for. For example, the brief stretching scene in the film before the challenge fight with Johnny Sun is super cool. Also, I'm sad but not surprised to know that Lauren Holly is really a witch in real life. All these years I wanted to believe that she's like the character she plays in the film.
I may do a book list video in the future, have some interesting ones I'm reading now that may actually warrant an actual review lol As far as your question about the fight choreography, that's likely going to be a very long answer, so I'll have to ask him in a future Zoom meeting, it'll be good to get all the details and hear it from Steven himself.
@@VikingSamurai Yup that would be a long answer. If there's time please give him an ask. by the way congrats to you. You seem to be getting popular on TH-cam. Keep it up.
@@VikingSamurai can you ask Steven Lambert about Oleg Taktarov,and his words that Lebell knowedge in judo very small,He had some training with Lebell.And second question:first karate world championship was in 1970from 10-13 october.First full contact champ was in 1975 november 12.So,what championships Chuck Norris won 6 times from 1968 to 1974?
Have you not seen Seven Samurai 1954... the movie that so many others have been inspired by. Like Star Wars. The Magnificent Seven 1960 is also such a great classic.
The Quest stories get more interesting every time. I gotta say the Mongolian dude was very agile for a big guy, one of the better fights of Vandammes career. Allot of production shots really show allot of fight scenes were cut out, so Bizaare that the fights were short, takwaondeo guy not throwing a kick, russian fighter just standing there being kicked, scottish guy getting nuts cracked, turkish fighter charging into sumo (what weird strategy ).. I have to say Roger really stole the show , that guy had class.. RIP..
Great video as always sir. He ain't kidding about the magnificent seven and seven samurai (although 3 live.) Also if you're interested Last man standing is a remake of Eastwood's fist full of dollars which is a remake of another samurai classic called Yojimbo. All three are essentially the same film but it's fun to see the protagonist and antagonist go from kitana vs naginata to peacemaker vs Winchester to 1911 vs the tommy gun.
Wow, he mentioned one of my favs and mentors, Joe Lewis. I miss that old man! Those where the days, Joe, The Jet, Bill Wallace, hell, even Jeff Smith (although I don't think he acted. unless we question his undercard in Thrilla in Manila. )
When it comes to Seagals movie career... I can only speak for myself of course, but if I had to guess on behalf of others, I think people just grew tired of the "nothing will ever hurt me and no one will ever beat me" persona he was constantly putting on and for me personally, if the hero doesn't take a loss or if he doesn't take a beating every once in a while, I cant root or sympathize for the hero, I can't tell him to get back up, keep fighting and that's why I think people grew tired of Steven Seagal, myself included. I honestly don't care about him as a person, I just think he comes up with a bull story every once in a while. But other than that, I can't say I care. I mean, FFS even Bruce Lee took a hit and was knocked on his ass once in a while. But truth be told, I don't really believe anyone do watch under siege because of Steven Seagal. I know I don't.
I agree, one thing I hated about Steven Segal's movies is he was never hurt. It is okay when you fighting low level guys e.g thugs, gang members, bar fights, etc those guys you should not be able to hurt you; but if you are fighting the second in command or the boss, both fighter should take damage. I remember watching Steven Segal's fight films and reaching the boss fight and being really frustrated that it was pretty much one sided in Segal's favour. In some case you can literally see the boss training hard in whatever fighting style he was given and being a master in his own right but when it came to fighting Segal it was pretty much one sided. In Executive Decisions the film he pretty much held up the set when they told him that his character was going to die on screen; it was only after they reminded him that he was under contracted and that he would be sued if he did complete the film that he agreed to complete the film; and even then he only agreed to do this if his character's death would not be shown on screen but would be left to audience to decide if he died. In the final scenes of the film you see someone ejecting out of the plane right before it explodes, it is implied it was Steven Segal..
I know I've asked before but do my fellow subscribers and Mr. Samurai if he wants to answer but would you guys think of a remake of the quest but with real fighters from that era? Like Demosey from the US, Arthur Saxon from Germany, George Hackenschmidt from Russia, The great Gamma from India etc?
When are you gonna ask him about MR OKAY USA from Bloodsport? Did anyone laugh on set? How many takes it did take for the guy to get it right? Guy deserves best supporting actor of the year 1988.
It would be difficult for someone to dislike Van Damme while working with him,unlike Seagal. Bolo Yeung is a Van Damme friend and fan in real life,Stallone is friendly with him too and lots of others. He has friends in the MMA. Maybe some women didn't like him,there are stories of that series Friends with Jennifer Aniston complainning about him being unprofessional while kissing but who knows? I think Van Damme is a nice person few people can dislike hehehehe.
viking how can you be a big action movie fan when you dont even know of the magnificent seven ? thats crazy one of the greatest action movies ever made and with genuine legends such as steve mccqueen, charles bronson. thats crazy buddy
Here's an old Graham Norton interview with Roger Moore where they briefly bring up Van Damme/The Quest (starts at 1:36). It's proof that the stuff about JCVD wanting top billing at Sir Rog's expense is the source of Mr. Bond's disdain: th-cam.com/video/bcuh60AslgI/w-d-xo.html
Hi, can you please ask Steven if a scene in Under Siege 2, featuring Seagal and an army guy having a fight in a kitchen on a train, was speeded up during a 'flip'. Seagal flips the guy over and it looks like the scene was speeded up for the move to happen. If this is the case, then why was this done?
Steven wouldn't know, he could only speculate on that as he wasn't involved with the film, you'd have to ask the editor or possibly cinematographer if they shot it at a different frame rate. They'd likely do that to make the flip more impactful.
Yeah I am with you viking. you have to be a true fan to keep following these guys. as a kid in the 90's I followed all these guys and watched most of their stuff if not all from each (even those guys that no one else knew of with their straight-to-video stuff) hahaha... of course they had their not so good ones but we still respected all of what they did. dolph (lundgren) was always my special favorite of the B movie guys especially... some of these guys kept it going rather well into the later 90's but even stallone and arnold couldn't keep the younger audiences coming up interested (at least until their come backs years later) when your vin diesels and jason stathams came along to over shadow them. mel even died out... he was too "old hat" and "raw" even for the younger audiences to relate to with his intense, emotional action. people want all the softies now... it is that simple. they don't know what real action guys are like we do.
People now didn’t grow up with action heroes that did their own action and stunts or even write their own stuff of direct. They’ve been raised on super hero movies
@@axelstone3131 that's right. bruce, ,sly, arnold van damme as much as we know he had his bad period(s) with health so used doubles... they all gave it their best and what we saw was basically what was filmed. can remember watching the behind the scenes of "speed 2" years ago even of all movies and how much jason patric gave it to do most his own stuff and the effort he put in with the action scenery. apparently he was pretty gifted more than one would have thought. I don't watch modern crap (mostly). I can count just about how many times I have been to the movies post 2010. its made for girls and young boys.
Dude for real, your name is Viking Samurai and you haven't seen The Seven Samurai? I won't hold it against you but get on that shit bro it's classic you'll love it. Sergio Leone's inspiration for Spaghetti Westerns was Akira Kurosawa's samurai movies like Seven Samurai and Rashomon. I wouldn't guess I'm that much older than you, I usually don't like older movies past a certain point but Akira Kurosawa is classic cinema still well worth a watch.
Well but saying to saying JCVD was i think best action star, the gyms,karate dojo, oll those places we get to full and JC.. is a human been...so my point was great inspiración, to Many peoples likes was Charles bronson, Bruce lee, Steve mcqueen,Kirk Douglas,
You never saw Seven Samurai or The Magnificent Seven??? Such a shame. Remakes aren't always great, but The Magnificent Seven is an awesome remake. Both movies are great. You should check them out
I think martial arts actors/films, are similar to comedy actors. Their shelf lives aren't that long. If it's all they do for years, they get too old for it and people lose interest. The genre of martial arts films have died out too. Same with good horror films. Comedy seems to be a dying genre too now
Hey David you should do a video on the Downfall of Seagal and Van Damme once they Directed they're first movie. On Deadly Ground for Warner Bros and The Quest for Universal.
I just got the book and I'm having a great time reading it, im not very far in but I'm looking forward to seeing what comes up next. I'd love to be in some movie fights, I've wrestled and done mma but I'm a big guy and can't do flashy jump kicks, I wonder if there is any place for someone like me to get involved, plus it doesn't help I'm in ohio lol
@@VikingSamurai haha yes I'd be glad to have a few jump kicks laid on me, if I were in cali I'd definitely do it because I've been a huge fan of all these movies since I was a kid.
@Great White hey there! Yes it is, I started wrestling when I was 10, even got second in state once, then got into mma after college for awhile, these days I keep fit and don't beat myself up quite as much, my wife would drop dead if I still did that stuff, at least the actual fight parts lol
Roger Moore was a real actor...he carried the Bond series,not an ego maniac like Damne. Damnes claim to fame is rather limited.The Quest is a fun movie on cinemax on a friday night But it’s not that big a deal.It’s sad that you’re not better rounded movie wise,you’d understand.
Surprised a little that Lambert likes MMA, for some reason I would have put being a boxing guy. Anyway some nice thoughts and I can actually believe that Roger Moore would have disliked JCVD. He was a gentleman, but probably thought that JCVD wasn’t as a good showman as he was. Whether it was the Saint tv series and the bond films, he was the main guy in his head in all films. Did a good one with the original Norman Bates but can’t remember what it was called.
You have youtube channel where you discuss movies and you have never seen the Magnificent Seven? Have you seen Seven Samurai or The Wild Bunch? These are classics by which most of the B-rated stuff you talk about owes their existence too.
@@VikingSamurai No disrespect intended. It’s just sad that most people arent aware of some of the truly great movies that exited. When you get a chance watch these classics all the way through.I think you’ll enjoy them.
This embarrassing: You have a channel called viking SAMURAI. and u have never seen 7 samurai. You need to watch: 7 samurai Yojimbo Lone wolf and cub movie series U r welcome.
Viking buddy, you did it again. Great video. And it was a great question about how possible it would be for Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude to become once again the action stars they were. I'm not sure any script or the director could save them I'm afraid. And the reason is simple, they lost their credibility long ago. I love Steven and Jean-Claude movies, but to be honest I lost Jean-Claude after The Quest and Universal Soldier, and I lost Steven Seagal somewhere after The Patriot. Especially if you compare them with Sylvester Stallone. Hell, if you see Expendables even Harrison Ford has more credibility. Dolph Lundgren lost it also if you ask me long time ago. Like I said, it's a great question, and I would love to see it happening, but I'm really afraid it's impossible.
I am going to miss Adam so much, his insight into this craft I love and do is beyond priceless. RIP Master Lambert.
This interview series is better than most movies out today....i can't stop watching it
Roger Moore was fantastic in that role
Roger Moore was a beloved figure in the uk. On a personal note my favourite Bond🤔
He stole the show
He was the movie! He was clearly the stability the movie needed
Great video Viking Samurai! Steven Lambert said some very interesting stuff here👌. And about Stefanos Miltsakakis not fighting JCVD on ''The Quest'' and being angry about it, I suspect that he probably had a conversation with Jean-Claude about that and that he might have offer him the part as that villain in ''Maximum Risk'' as a compensation.💪👍
with regards to roger moore, he believed in an old saying and that was if you dont have anything nice to say about somebody then say nothing at all. he was asked about his time with vandame on a talk show and that was his reply. he also didnt like grace jones on a view to a kill either and so kept quiet about her,
Van Damme wanted Roger Moore in the Quest because he was one of his action hero growing up. Roger Moore is a very smart british gentleman and he never trashes anyone in his memoirs but he brings out his opinion in such a funny way. You have to read between the lines. I love these two!!!
I could believe that I seen in interviews and watched his bond films and he seems like a nice guy and a good actor
It´s correct what Lambert said. Hire a good director and a great script is essential because Seagal´s best movies were "Under Siege" and "Above the Law" and both were directed by Andrew Davis. Chuck Norris´best film according to the critics was "Code of Silence". Andrew Davis also directed that movie. Of course, Davis directed the great Harrison Ford movie "The Fugitive".
About Seagal and his future fims.Ma be he will shoot something in Russia,because he told about it.But now he doesn't want to make a movies.He lives in Russia,opened his school,he is Head Instructor of Aikido Russian Federation,he travels around the country with seminars,stars in commercials, has a big house. April 10, he will be 69.th-cam.com/video/bMAB5RWK9GU/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/W6R44w6nlZQ/w-d-xo.html
@@zverev85 Seagal´s career is over. I don´t care for his movies since "Exit Wounds". It´s over since 2002.
A good director is everything in a movie.
@@illegalewahrheiten2911 Yeah just look at Arnold and James Camerons journey together.
Love this channel. I bought the book because of these interviews and it’s got some great stories
The only one who made it beyond the 80's and 90's is Sylvester Stallone. But he directs his own movies. Right while i was writing this you guys started talking about Him.
He almost made it. I'd say. He made many great movies back in the days. Great actor. But his last movies not so great. Glass was mediocre. I just saw his last movie Breach a weeks back. Horrible. I stopped after about 30 min. But Stallone still managed to pull Expendables and Creed. Pretty good movies. Mel Gibson was pretty much Blacklisted by Hollywood. Can't say anything about him.
@1.0mk2 True. Die hard 4 was in 2007 And Unbreakable was in 2000. It was a good movie. I guess what i really meant was until today.
@1.0mk2 Mel Gibson in "Edge of Darkness" from 2010 was amazing... almost too dark and depressing for my tastes, but a perfect blend of old school action, thriller, and modern film-making. I've always got time for Mel Gibson no matter how much the mainstream tries to boycott him... great actor ever since the first Mad Max film.
@1.0mk2 Bruce Willis isn’t in the same league as Stallone. None of them are. Especially now.
@1.0mk2 having said that though I love die hard 4. Hated die hard 5.
I just found your channel last week and have been sharing all of the content with my dad, especially all of the Steven Lambert content. Lo and behold today he surprised me with a great gift, a copy of his book. Love the channel and look forward to seeing what you have in store for the future.
What Roger Moore says in his book is that in all his years acting, he got along with everyone he met, except two people - Van Damme and Van Dammes agent, who he called a loathsome man.
Says Sir Roger Moore this really ?
I heard that Roger Moore took/stole the Oscar from Marlon Brando. Marlon wasn’t, or wouldn’t be present by the Day.
Not noble from the son of a police man.👀😂😂😂
Love Roger Moore, but at the end of the day, we are only human.
Otherwise he can are right about that.
@@nostradamus522 Roger Moore seems like a great guy. A real gentleman. If I remember correctly it was the way Van Damme and his manager treated others that Moore didn't like, though he was always pleasant to him.
Don't forget, this was Van Dammes directorial debut so maybe he was a tyrant. Maybe that's part of the reason his career tanked afterwards.
@@theflyingninja1
You hear stories about the rise to stardom, about many well-known stars.
Many read similarly (similarly bad) !
Many pull out all the stops, both legal and illegal, from a moral point of view.
I'm a Bruce Lee fan and the next one from a cinematic point of view was J.C.V.D. with Karate Tiger and Bloodsport.
He was young and handsome and seemed like the great white hope in martial arts Films 🥋.
Abraham Lincoln knew that wealth corrupts character:
Give a person power and you will see his true character!
Many are egotists and eccentrics.
At J.C.V.D. it seems so.
Nonetheless, he has achieved cult status that Scott Adkins can no archived.
He was next to Stallone and Schwarzenegger during the golden age of the Actions Stars !
His character or weakness of character, drug addiction screwed up his higher exit ! But even in this way he has come a lot further than some character actors, he was never one of them. 😂
He has achieved Star Kult.
Hollywood is a shark tank because you cannot survive as a herbivore.
With Roger Moore you get the impression that he was far too introverted, where it is an advantage to be extroverted, nonetheless, what remote diagnosis allows, he was a fine gentleman that everyone loved.
Stefanos Miltsakakis was in 5 Van Damme movies. Before and after the Quest. So I don't know if he really had an issue with Van Damme. He made Maximum risk, right after the Quest, with Van Damme.
Even JC was sorrow after SM death
R. I.P Stefanos, he was an absolute beast!
Another person that was all of Vaddam's films was Bolo Yeung; he and Vaddam were really good friends. In his TV series you can see Bolo sitting across the dinner table with Vaddam where Vaddam mentions how Bolo is a good guy and he loves him. Bolo was awesome bad guy in Vaddam's movies and final fight scene were truly epic.
Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Lone wolf & cub & the Zatoichi series are classics
Thanks again for asking my questions. Loving this series of q & a from a top Hollywood stuntman coordinator of the 80's/90's. A must watch😁👍
Tonight's drinking game involves taking a shot every time Steven says 'you know'...
Just wanted to say , I've just ordered Steven's book 📚. Really appreciate and enjoy this interview series. Keep up the great work.
After Under Siege, Seagal's downfall was "On Deadly Ground"!!! He directed it and Warner Bros gave him a lot of money to make it. I still think Exit Wounds (2001) was his last good film.
It was pretty ok but not because of Segal but all the co-stars.
Warner Bros gave him money to direct Under siege 2 but Seagal ask them he will do a movie first before Under Siege 2
@@itachi-kun7736 Geoff Murphy Directed Under Siege 2.
Seagal films when he was younger was really good,when he started getting older and fat was just ridiculous,plus the fact when you actually start doing martial arts yourself realise lot of its bollocks,
He liked the paycheck!
I literally just got done watching Maximum Risk on Netflix and jump on TH-cam and you just posted this video. I've read over the years Roger was not a fan of Van Damme. I would love to see another tournament type movie set hundreds of years ago.
Not "hundreds" (just over 100, maybe pushing 200 years) but if you haven't seen "Fearless" with Jet-Li you've gotta watch that. Based on a true story too.
@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE yeah that was great that one from him.
@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE I own it. Great movie!
You need to watch Zatoichi films like Lambert said man. Those films had a huge influence in kung fu Movies and Martial arts movies in general. Bruce Lee was a big fan and he copied some stuff from them and from another chanbara Film series called Sleepy Eyes Of Death with Raizo Ichikawa as the protagonist.
Chanbara Films are very important if you want to understand the genre. Seven Samurai is a masterpiece, Yojimbo, Sword Of Doom, Japan did a lot of great stuff that was and still is very influential.
Viking Samurai: Maybe you can ask Steven Lambert what he thinks about the "oldschool" tough movie guys of the 70´s: Bronson, Reynolds, Eastwood or Steve McQueen. I heard for example that Bronson was also in real life a tough guy and that lots of people were scared of him because he could intimate people quite easy because of his personality.
I'd be scared of a guy that could "intimate people quite easy" too :P
About a good script; Seagal once delayed production on a film because he was in his trailer reading a script. Seagal came out of his trailer with tears in his eyes '''I just read the greatest script I've ever read in my life"; when asked who wrote it, he responded: ''I did''.
This is a topic that I have thought over from time to time. I saw Van Damme come onto the scene and KILLED IT 88-95. Then, I went to see The Quest in the theater, liking both Van Damme and Roger Moore, and remember being VERY disappointed in the overall movie. I never saw Van Damme in a real production since. I'm still scratching my head. I heard about the drugs, but I don't know.
Today is my birthday and sure enough my mother in law bought me Stevens book. I’m loving the larger text..oh you weren’t wrong on it being a gigantic read...can not wait...especially for the Seagal portions.
Happy Birthday!
You got to see '13 Assassins' and 'Blade of the Immortal'... as long as you don't mind Japanese subtitles you will be blown away!
and the night comes for us
You've never seen Magnificent Seven or Seven Samurai? .....If you reveal you've never seen Where Eagles Dare, I gonna cry
His name is Viking Samurai and he hasn't seen the Seven Samurai and magnificent seven wtf blasphemy say it ain't so
@@alfredodelacruz1864 he did not even say if he saw the remake with denzel washington next he will say he never saw heart break ridge with clint eastwood lol
I thought this kid had something here with all his props in the background...What a disappointment!! At least we got to listen to Steve Lambert. I’m out...
Where Eagles Dare is one of my favorite war movies...maybe because It was more focused on the intrigue rather than only the massive explosions. Very well done movie, i watch it at least once a year.
@@alessandrodeangelis9029 I saw it in the 90s as a teenager. The first thing that came to mind was ," This is where they came up with Wolfenstein"
This is gold content. You're asking all the questions that I've always wondered about when I was younger
The description of Roger Moore on set reminded me of when they asked John Carpenter if he was angry about Halloween being remade and he said, "No. The check cleared."
yeah but there is a LOT of bad blood between Carpenter and RZ now
Just received the book in the mail today. Can’t wait to start reading it. Thanks again
Thanks for asking that question. love the channel
I will be getting a copy of the book thanks to these interviews.
Mission accomplished!
Almost 30k haha thanks for the shout out I know weird name auto generated 😂👌
Van Damme actually cared of the story of all his movie's, look at the Quest. Van damme actually turned down staring in Expendables 1, and he chose to star in 2. I actually prefer 2&3 then 1
He actually turned that down coz Stallone couldn’t tell him what he’s roll was yet. But did Kung fu panda instead 🤦♂️.
Van Damme was filming his passion project Full Love (Eagle path, Frenchy...) so he turned down the first expendables. Anyways, Viking talks about Full Love in a video.
Think the reason was he wouldn’t lose against Jet Li, according to them what I heard/read about that.
In the second movie he fought against Stallone, that represented more his ranking in Hollywood that he more preferred to play.
Think J.C.V.D. was right about that he was closer to the Hollywood Olymp of action Stars then Jet Li and other lead role players.
Stallone gave in tactical ways the roles to reached better China/Asian, Great Britain 🇬🇧 and all Populations, to earn more money 💴.
Van Damme was superb in part 2, think that part was the best from the 3 Parts.
Mel Gibson is my favorite Character actor in his movies, but Van Damme was better as a Bad guy, thin his skills in martial arts-helped a lot.😂
Scot Adkins was - not worth to remember that he was in.
( it’s my opinion about that... )
Loving your videos it’s great to go back and get all the goss congrats on your channel :)
dam your channel is on fire, that's keeping you more busier then anything you have NO free time lol also videos are very long i need extra time on those but jeez i can't wait until it's over until you do your own topics on your own videos
The Quest is a good movie..the cinematography made it look like a Disney movie. Roger Moore was very cool and he had my attention!
Watch "The Man From Nowhere".... Great action film.
My wife hadn't seen any classic James Bond films. Only the Daniel Craig trilogy. We started with the best OO7 movie last night. The Spy Who Loved Me
The best bond films are the ones that Roger Moore and Sean Connery are in 👍🏻😎
Well Done! I have autographs from Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Daniel Craig in my James Bond collection at home.
Just my opinion, but ii seemed to me that guys like Van Damme, Seagal, Jim Kelly, kind of self-destructed in various ways. Van Damme had substance abuse issues that contributed to him being difficult to work with, Seagal had personal issues like the dealings with/association with the mob you've mentioned as well as letting himself go to the point where his image got progressively worse, his ego did him harm (when he got the chance/demanded the opportunity to direct himself, the result was a movie that didn't make as much money as movies like Marked For Death or Under Siege), he got heavier from film to film, Jim Kelly just didn't seem to care about the quality of his work, he seemed to only be in it for the money, started out with a 3 picture deal with a huge studio, Warner Bros., but blew that huge opportunity by not caring about the scripts (Bruce Lee may've been a little difficult for WB to work with, but he definitely cared about the quality of his movie with them, Enter The Dragon). Even Chuck Norris movie career definitely went down hill in terms of quality & box office success I think primarily because he was stuck with low budget, B grade (at best) movie producers at Cannon Films, also insisting his brother Aaron be allowed to direct his films didn't elevate the quality of his work, Chuck got really lucky with CBS & his Walker: Texas Ranger TV series, he kind of got to go out on a high point with a popular TV series that ran, what, 8 or 9 seasons? Seagal had his little TV series, too, but even there his lack of self-discipline, huge ego matched only by his ballooning waist, laziness (can't remember the name of that last little action/drama series Steve produced & starred in, but I did watch a few episodes, it looked like he wouldn't even show up to work with the rest of the cast, from the editing & camera angles you could tell much of Seagals work was filmed at different times & locations from the other actors, just lazy), he fully earned the demise of his career, when was his last starring role in a theatrical release?
He does not want make movies.I told that he lives in Russia,has a big house,his own business, he conducts a lot of seminars on aikido, starred in commercials, he has a lot of billionaire friends, so the question of the movie budget is not a problem.he is a co-owner of the mma promotion heat fight, there have already been a couple of events in Moscow, one of which was Sergei Kharitonov.he recorded his song with Grigory Leps, so everything is ok,For exammple his song:th-cam.com/video/4gg4W_nHopQ/w-d-xo.html
Steven’s comeback would be him paired up with Jean and the stunt guys from Banshee, whilst QT directs.
Thanks for your videos they are fresh and interesting
amazing story again !! man i wanna hear more about the Quest !
I love Van Damme. My Mind was totally blown back in 91/92 when i saw Kickboxer on VHS. But i don't doubt for a second that he was a total Jerk around the time. I can't remember any Movie Out of that period, that didn't had negative Buzz about his behaviour on Set, so this isn't surprising at all. It's more of a testament to how bad things were if a Sweet Talker like Roger feels the need to write a still pretty tame remark about it in his book. It's easy to sympathise with todays grounded & humbled Jean Claude. It was way harder to do that with the Jean Claude Van Coke of the 90's who had grown a Moon Sized Ego after his couple of hits.
I hope you’ve seen the Seven Samurai by now. Excellent movie! You don’t have to be simply a fan of Asian action to enjoy this movie, a fan of good cinema alone is enough to appreciate the excellence of this film.
29k subs!!!! Amazing, absolutely amazing! I knew the humans would support you. I've been watching you for a long time and you have so many great videos, I almost lost count. I love Martial Arts films and action movies, which I've been watching since I was a kid. Earth is not a good planet, but it sure has some awesome films. It's cool you and Steven Lambert talk about James Bond and Van Damme in the same video. Just look at that thumbnail. Had to stop the video for now, because humans interrupted me, but I shall return, to finish this video.🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍
TERRANCE OUT
With all do respect Pound of Flesh and Wake of Death were awesome . Vandammage is still tops.
In all the martial arts competitions I've been to or watched, I always noticed how women are always more aggressive than men, it often is so because they get more involved emotionally in a fight than men do. this isn't a sexist comment, it's just the way it is.
People may think that Van Damme was humble guy back then, wrong he wasn't, he also had a ego like Seagal did, he was a womanizer, drug addiction, he accidentally injures a stuntman's eyes but he didn't visit him in the hospital, Roger Moore didn't like him shooting this film for Moore, Van Damme played too cocky and also he uses drugs while filming (idk if the rumors were true) what I loved Van Damme today is that he changed and he stop his old bad habits like taking drugs and stop his ego, Seagal should have change his narcissistic personality
Viking - I watched this video and will now comment on it.
- Lambert's story about that horse fight scene - I never knew about that, it's disappointing that they cut that scene out and/or didn't add it, to the deleted scenes section on The Quest DVD.
- Roger Moore was a phenomenal actor, he was spot on with his performance on The Quest. I wonder how it was working with Janet Gunn, James Remar and Jack McGee...
- Speaking of MMA - I am really annoyed that Dana White DID NOT put GSP on the UFC's Mount Rushmore!!!! WTF IS UP WITH THAT!?!?!?
Moore´s beef with Van Damme had to do with not getting top billing before the credits and it only happened after he saw the finished movie
Yo Viking. Tell Steven the book is AMAZING. I'm so glad I bought this. Would u be open to doing a book-list recommendation video? So far I own Sly Moves by Stallone and now I got Steven's book. Both are great reads. Also I posted a question in the last vid. Please share it with Steven. Basically I asked what might Steven done differently with the fight choreography had he remained involved with Dragon Bruce Lee Story film. I actually liked the fights but whatever shortcomings the fights may have had, Jason made up for that and made the fights exciting with the intensity of his acting and his physical performance & presence which ofcourse Steven is responsible for. For example, the brief stretching scene in the film before the challenge fight with Johnny Sun is super cool. Also, I'm sad but not surprised to know that Lauren Holly is really a witch in real life. All these years I wanted to believe that she's like the character she plays in the film.
I may do a book list video in the future, have some interesting ones I'm reading now that may actually warrant an actual review lol As far as your question about the fight choreography, that's likely going to be a very long answer, so I'll have to ask him in a future Zoom meeting, it'll be good to get all the details and hear it from Steven himself.
@@VikingSamurai Yup that would be a long answer. If there's time please give him an ask. by the way congrats to you. You seem to be getting popular on TH-cam. Keep it up.
@@VikingSamurai can you ask Steven Lambert about Oleg Taktarov,and his words that Lebell knowedge in judo very small,He had some training with Lebell.And second question:first karate world championship was in 1970from 10-13 october.First full contact champ was in 1975 november 12.So,what championships Chuck Norris won 6 times from 1968 to 1974?
Have you not seen Seven Samurai 1954... the movie that so many others have been inspired by. Like Star Wars.
The Magnificent Seven 1960 is also such a great classic.
The Quest stories get more interesting every time. I gotta say the Mongolian dude was very agile for a big guy, one of the better fights of Vandammes career. Allot of production shots really show allot of fight scenes were cut out, so Bizaare that the fights were short, takwaondeo guy not throwing a kick, russian fighter just standing there being kicked, scottish guy getting nuts cracked, turkish fighter charging into sumo (what weird strategy ).. I have to say Roger really stole the show , that guy had class.. RIP..
Great video as always sir. He ain't kidding about the magnificent seven and seven samurai (although 3 live.)
Also if you're interested Last man standing is a remake of Eastwood's fist full of dollars which is a remake of another samurai classic called Yojimbo.
All three are essentially the same film but it's fun to see the protagonist and antagonist go from kitana vs naginata to peacemaker vs Winchester to 1911 vs the tommy gun.
Wow, he mentioned one of my favs and mentors, Joe Lewis. I miss that old man! Those where the days, Joe, The Jet, Bill Wallace, hell, even Jeff Smith (although I don't think he acted. unless we question his undercard in Thrilla in Manila. )
This is the guy you need to connect with if you want to be in the movies
Come on man, you need to see these classic Japanese films!
When it comes to Seagals movie career... I can only speak for myself of course, but if I had to guess on behalf of others, I think people just grew tired of the "nothing will ever hurt me and no one will ever beat me" persona he was constantly putting on and for me personally, if the hero doesn't take a loss or if he doesn't take a beating every once in a while, I cant root or sympathize for the hero, I can't tell him to get back up, keep fighting and that's why I think people grew tired of Steven Seagal, myself included.
I honestly don't care about him as a person, I just think he comes up with a bull story every once in a while. But other than that, I can't say I care. I mean, FFS even Bruce Lee took a hit and was knocked on his ass once in a while. But truth be told, I don't really believe anyone do watch under siege because of Steven Seagal. I know I don't.
I agree, one thing I hated about Steven Segal's movies is he was never hurt. It is okay when you fighting low level guys e.g thugs, gang members, bar fights, etc those guys you should not be able to hurt you; but if you are fighting the second in command or the boss, both fighter should take damage.
I remember watching Steven Segal's fight films and reaching the boss fight and being really frustrated that it was pretty much one sided in Segal's favour. In some case you can literally see the boss training hard in whatever fighting style he was given and being a master in his own right but when it came to fighting Segal it was pretty much one sided.
In Executive Decisions the film he pretty much held up the set when they told him that his character was going to die on screen; it was only after they reminded him that he was under contracted and that he would be sued if he did complete the film that he agreed to complete the film; and even then he only agreed to do this if his character's death would not be shown on screen but would be left to audience to decide if he died. In the final scenes of the film you see someone ejecting out of the plane right before it explodes, it is implied it was Steven Segal..
Thanks samurai this is great.🙏🙏👌👍
Great series just subscribed.
Viking Samurai didn't see Seven Samurai??? Get on that NOW!!!👍👍👍👍
The Quest was a Terrific movie !
I know I've asked before but do my fellow subscribers and Mr. Samurai if he wants to answer but would you guys think of a remake of the quest but with real fighters from that era?
Like Demosey from the US, Arthur Saxon from Germany, George Hackenschmidt from Russia, The great Gamma from India etc?
Your channels doing well maybe we will get to see Van Damme And other action stars on your channel
VK i noticed in double impact van damme shoulder butts frank. I wonder if the boat rocked or if it was intentional? Man i miss Jim Kelly.
I bet it was the boat rocking.
When are you gonna ask him about MR OKAY USA from Bloodsport? Did anyone laugh on set? How many takes it did take for the guy to get it right? Guy deserves best supporting actor of the year 1988.
It would be difficult for someone to dislike Van Damme while working with him,unlike Seagal.
Bolo Yeung is a Van Damme friend and fan in real life,Stallone is friendly with him too and lots of others.
He has friends in the MMA.
Maybe some women didn't like him,there are stories of that series Friends with Jennifer Aniston complainning about him being unprofessional while kissing but who knows?
I think Van Damme is a nice person few people can dislike hehehehe.
viking how can you be a big action movie fan when you dont even know of the magnificent seven ? thats crazy one of the greatest action movies ever made and with genuine legends such as steve mccqueen, charles bronson. thats crazy buddy
Roger Moore = Class
Segal doesn't even care enough to stay in shape.
Am I the only one who looks at Steve and sees Bob Odenkirk?
Here's an old Graham Norton interview with Roger Moore where they briefly bring up Van Damme/The Quest (starts at 1:36). It's proof that the stuff about JCVD wanting top billing at Sir Rog's expense is the source of Mr. Bond's disdain:
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Hi, can you please ask Steven if a scene in Under Siege 2, featuring Seagal and an army guy having a fight in a kitchen on a train, was speeded up during a 'flip'.
Seagal flips the guy over and it looks like the scene was speeded up for the move to happen. If this is the case, then why was this done?
Steven wouldn't know, he could only speculate on that as he wasn't involved with the film, you'd have to ask the editor or possibly cinematographer if they shot it at a different frame rate. They'd likely do that to make the flip more impactful.
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Roger Moore is also on record saying The Quest was the worst film of his career.
Having heard the stories about what went on behind the scenes, I am honestly not surprised.
Is there a audio version of the book
No, not at this time.
Yeah I am with you viking. you have to be a true fan to keep following these guys. as a kid in the 90's I followed all these guys and watched most of their stuff if not all from each (even those guys that no one else knew of with their straight-to-video stuff) hahaha... of course they had their not so good ones but we still respected all of what they did. dolph (lundgren) was always my special favorite of the B movie guys especially...
some of these guys kept it going rather well into the later 90's but even stallone and arnold couldn't keep the younger audiences coming up interested (at least until their come backs years later) when your vin diesels and jason stathams came along to over shadow them. mel even died out... he was too "old hat" and "raw" even for the younger audiences to relate to with his intense, emotional action. people want all the softies now... it is that simple. they don't know what real action guys are like we do.
People now didn’t grow up with action heroes that did their own action and stunts or even write their own stuff of direct. They’ve been raised on super hero movies
@@axelstone3131 that's right. bruce, ,sly, arnold van damme as much as we know he had his bad period(s) with health so used doubles... they all gave it their best and what we saw was basically what was filmed. can remember watching the behind the scenes of "speed 2" years ago even of all movies and how much jason patric gave it to do most his own stuff and the effort he put in with the action scenery. apparently he was pretty gifted more than one would have thought.
I don't watch modern crap (mostly). I can count just about how many times I have been to the movies post 2010. its made for girls and young boys.
Viking dude, you need to catch up to the classics! Anyway I enjoy your channel man !
Dude for real, your name is Viking Samurai and you haven't seen The Seven Samurai? I won't hold it against you but get on that shit bro it's classic you'll love it. Sergio Leone's inspiration for Spaghetti Westerns was Akira Kurosawa's samurai movies like Seven Samurai and Rashomon. I wouldn't guess I'm that much older than you, I usually don't like older movies past a certain point but Akira Kurosawa is classic cinema still well worth a watch.
Well but saying to saying JCVD was i think best action star, the gyms,karate dojo, oll those places we get to full and JC.. is a human been...so my point was great inspiración, to Many peoples likes was Charles bronson, Bruce lee, Steve mcqueen,Kirk Douglas,
Viking Samurai would training with explosive force with your typical bodybuilding to then use that training in martial arts work?
Ya, I definitely try to incorporate that as you want to be quick and explosive in your striking.
You never saw Seven Samurai or The Magnificent Seven??? Such a shame. Remakes aren't always great, but The Magnificent Seven is an awesome remake. Both movies are great. You should check them out
I think martial arts actors/films, are similar to comedy actors. Their shelf lives aren't that long. If it's all they do for years, they get too old for it and people lose interest.
The genre of martial arts films have died out too. Same with good horror films. Comedy seems to be a dying genre too now
Life is a dying genre.
Hey David you should do a video on the Downfall of Seagal and Van Damme once they Directed they're first movie. On Deadly Ground for Warner Bros and The Quest for Universal.
I just got the book and I'm having a great time reading it, im not very far in but I'm looking forward to seeing what comes up next. I'd love to be in some movie fights, I've wrestled and done mma but I'm a big guy and can't do flashy jump kicks, I wonder if there is any place for someone like me to get involved, plus it doesn't help I'm in ohio lol
There's definitely a market for a bigger guy, someone the smaller guys can do jump kicks on lol... Not sure about Ohio though.
@@VikingSamurai haha yes I'd be glad to have a few jump kicks laid on me, if I were in cali I'd definitely do it because I've been a huge fan of all these movies since I was a kid.
@Great White hey there! Yes it is, I started wrestling when I was 10, even got second in state once, then got into mma after college for awhile, these days I keep fit and don't beat myself up quite as much, my wife would drop dead if I still did that stuff, at least the actual fight parts lol
Off topic but some good Don Dragon Wilson dragging Frank Dux over on Don’s Facebook
Roger Moore was a real actor...he carried the Bond series,not an ego maniac like Damne.
Damnes claim to fame is rather limited.The Quest is a fun movie on cinemax on a friday night
But it’s not that big a deal.It’s sad that you’re not better rounded movie wise,you’d understand.
I actually really liked Under Siege 2.
Surprised a little that Lambert likes MMA, for some reason I would have put being a boxing guy. Anyway some nice thoughts and I can actually believe that Roger Moore would have disliked JCVD. He was a gentleman, but probably thought that JCVD wasn’t as a good showman as he was. Whether it was the Saint tv series and the bond films, he was the main guy in his head in all films. Did a good one with the original Norman Bates but can’t remember what it was called.
I cannot believe you haven't seen The Magnificent Seven or Seven Samurai!!!
Haven't seen kurusava 7 samurais 🤔
You have youtube channel where you discuss movies and you have never seen the Magnificent Seven?
Have you seen Seven Samurai or The Wild Bunch?
These are classics by which most of the B-rated stuff you talk about owes their existence too.
I'm very aware of these, but I never just sat down and watched them in their entirety.. they are on my watch list though!
@@VikingSamurai
No disrespect intended.
It’s just sad that most people arent aware of some of the truly great movies that exited.
When you get a chance watch these classics all the way through.I think you’ll enjoy them.
This embarrassing:
You have a channel called viking SAMURAI. and u have never seen 7 samurai.
You need to watch:
7 samurai
Yojimbo
Lone wolf and cub movie series
U r welcome.
Steven Lambert is cute with that hat. Never thought I'm gonna have the hots for an older guy.
With all these movies you haven't seen MAGNIFICENT 7!!!! WHAAAAAT!!!....K..ok..ok..I'm good..gotta see that movie though
Lol... It's moving higher up on my watch list!
@@VikingSamurai lol. For sure. It's a classic!
I would love seagal to have a big movie again
Viking buddy, you did it again. Great video.
And it was a great question about how possible it would be for Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude to become once again the action stars they were. I'm not sure any script or the director could save them I'm afraid. And the reason is simple, they lost their credibility long ago. I love Steven and Jean-Claude movies, but to be honest I lost Jean-Claude after The Quest and Universal Soldier, and I lost Steven Seagal somewhere after The Patriot. Especially if you compare them with Sylvester Stallone. Hell, if you see Expendables even Harrison Ford has more credibility. Dolph Lundgren lost it also if you ask me long time ago. Like I said, it's a great question, and I would love to see it happening, but I'm really afraid it's impossible.
At 70 and fatter than Buddha, I don't see Seagal making a 3rd Under Seige or any decent movie.
Hell be back.....at kfc
KFC is pretty damn good! Lol
Me personally I stopped watching Martial Arts movies because of the real big drop in production quality and the bad stories they try to tell
As him if he’ll make an audiobook version of his book.
I'll ask.
Narrated by Steven Seagal in the most dry tone imaginable :P
2 big egos clash...there will be problems...I actually liked this film