Bow before Jean-Claude Van Damme's martial-arts masterpiece.
(by Adam K. Raymond maxim.com 2-27-18)
The year was 1988. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a little known martial artist trying to make the transition to acting, and after bit parts in B-movies, a starring role finally landed in his lap.
It was in the corny-yet-compelling action flick Bloodsport, which was made on a $2 million budget and went on to make more than $50 million at the worldwide box office before becoming a bona fide VHS hit.
Thirty years later, Bloodspot is still a part of the pop culture zeitgeist, and not just because it launched Van Damme into stardom. Bloodsport also gave us the fight tournament subgenre of action movies and mades millions of American boys learn to do the splits.
But you already knew all that. Here are 10 things you might not have known.
https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/10-bloodsport-facts-30th-anniversary-2018-2
