Nick Diaz in a Jean-Claude Van Damme motion movie feels like one thing we positively need to see
Whether or not or not Nick Diaz shall be again within the UFC octagon this 12 months remains up in the air, however what is thought about his future is that he’ll quickly be in a film – with the legend of “Bloodsport” himself, Jean-Claude Van Damme!
On Tuesday, Matt Staudt, a enterprise accomplice of each Nick and Nate Diaz, revealed that Nick wrapped up filming to be featured within the upcoming Van Damme motion movie, “Darkness of Man,” which additionally stars Eric Roberts (“The Darkish Knight”) and Shannon Doherty (“Beverly Hills 90210”).
“Prepare for a brand new, gritty and darkish crime story set in LA starring (Jean-Claude VanDamme) and options (Nick Diaz) who killed it,” Staudt wrote in an Instagram publish (h/t MMA Mania). “Nick additionally has a badass combat scene within the movie. When it acquired to rehearsing the combat he took over and naturally had higher concepts than the movie’s stunt coordinator which is what ended up being filmed and regarded superior.”
So what’s all of it about? Right here’s a abstract for “Darkness of Man” – which has been described as a “neo-noir L.A. motion movie” – listed on its IMDb page:
Russell Hatch (performed by Jean-Claude Van Damme), an Interpol operative who takes on the function of father determine to Jayden, the son of an informant killed in a routine raid gone flawed. Years later, Hatch finds himself defending Jayden and his grandfather from a bunch of cruel gangs in an all-out turf struggle, stopping at nothing to guard Jayden and combat anybody getting in his method.
How large of a job Diaz performs in all that isn’t precisely recognized, however for what it’s price he’s listed close to the underside of the complete forged web page on IMDb. Regardless, it’s Nick freaking Diaz and JCDV on display screen collectively, and he might have choreographed his personal combat scene?
Signal us up!
We patiently await the discharge of “Darkness of Man,” hopefully earlier than later.
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