The many references to past JCVD triumphs like Kickboxer, Timecop and, most garishly, Bloodsport don’t help.
The savvy, sometimes meta comedy introduces Richard in a classic Van Damme pose to get the fans cheering (later, Richard walks into a room with a “Bloodsport” poster on the wall and comments that its star — one Jean-Claude Van Damme — is a “real man”).