Jean-Claude Van Damme has fought a lot of bad guys in his career. Evil terrorists, guys named Bison, hardasses, time travelers, etc. Now he an add alien invaders from outer space to his credit of asses kicked.
The Muscles from Brussels has joined the cast of Dominic Burns’ “UFO”. Unfortunately Van Damme will only be playing a small role as a former military man who comes to the rescue. The film itself goes something like this:
Five friends wake on a seemingly normal morning to find the power’s out, there’s no mobile phone reception and the radio can tune nothing but static… None of the neighbors know anything about what could have caused these occurrences and news soon arrives that it may in fact spread across half of the UK, maybe further. But with no way of discovering any information and no advice on what to do, the atmosphere quickly turns edgy.
Two nights later they are awoken in the dead of night by what seems like a violent earthquake, strange lights are spotted shining down from high above outside, something is flying over the house, not just the house, the entire neighborhood, something huge. A city size UFO, finally settles, hovering in the distance above the nearest city.
What now? Are they going to attack? Have they already attacked? Are the power cuts an accidental side effect the UFO isn’t aware of? How quickly will society deteriorate and turn into survival of the fittest? What would you do to survive, to ensure the survival of those you love?
Whatever happens… Try to remain calm.
The film co-stars Van Damme’s daughter, Bianca Bree (below) and Sean Brosnan, son of Pierce. Look for it in UK theaters sometime in 2012. Not sure about International releases, but you’re probably looking at a DVD import here, folks.
