Simon Phoenix + Frank Dux = Instant Classic

So, I'm catching up on movie news and I find this little gem on joblo.com. It speaks for itself:

"I don't know what the heck went wrong with Wesley Snipes, but he was pretty much the top African-American movie draw, in my eyes, back in the early 90s, but according to many people and reports, the dude is just full of himself, and people just don't like working with him. The result? Well, other than the BLADE franchise, he's been starring in plenty of cheesy flicks since then, including a bunch of straight-to-video crap-- which brings me to this latest news item. Snipes has apparently signed on to co-star with none other than the Muscles from Brussels himself, Jean-Claude Van Damme, in his latest flick entitled THE HARD CORPS, written and to be directed by Van Damme regular, Sheldon Lettich (BLOODSPORT, DOUBLE IMPACT, LIONHEART).

Van Damme will be playing a battle-hardened combat vet who's just spent 3 years fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq (how timely), and who's hired to be a bodyguard to a former World Heavyweight Boxing champion. The boxer has run afoul of a dangerous rap music mogul (is there any other kind?), which is why he needs the extra protection. I assume that Snipes would be playing either the rap mogul or the boxer. Claudius decides to put together a team of combat vets to help him protect the pimp-daddy -- The Hard Corps -- but complications arise when the boxer suspects that his sister may be falling in love with the bodyguard. The film is set to start shooting in B.C., Canada on November 1st, and then move to Romania. Not sure if it will be released on the big screen or not, but either way...my ass is there!!

Oh, and for those of you looking for yet another nutty Van Dammage video clip in which he's coked up, speaking French and acting goofy, CLICK HERE. BTW, he's talking about how much chocolate to give to dogs. Fascinating man! "