Trailer for Van Damme’s ‘The Eagle Path’

A new trailer for Jean-Claude Van Damme’s THE EAGLE PATH (formerly FULL LOVE) is out, as well as a Cannes poster. The action drama sees Van Damme behind the camera as writer and director for the first time since 1996 when his oft-maligned martial arts tournament film THE QUEST was released. He also produced the film, something he hasn’t done since INFERNO (1999).

A military veteran and former mercenary, Frenchy (Van Damme) works as a taxi driver, hiding somewhere in East Asia, haunted by his past. After his driving shifts he often frequents the Eagle’s Nest, a seedy bar that houses a caged eagle. In the midst of the chaotic Asian traffic Frenchy picks up a beautiful female passenger who will change him forever.

Driven by dark memories of his childhood, he becomes determined to improve her life and, without her approval, he embarks on a journey which proves to be more dangerous and complicated then he expected. After encountering a series of harrowing obstacles he calls in favors from his special ops friends who immediately join him. His military team engages in the biggest fight of their lives. War is hell, but nothing they’ve done could have prepared them for this.

It’s an adrenaline-fueled, full-on, maximum firepower thriller, filled with the intense psychological conflict that Van Damme fans love the world over.

The film doesn’t have a distributor but I’m sure that Van Damme will be at Cannes to present it to potential buyers.

Aside from THE EAGLE PATH, Van Damme is also starring in UNIVERAL SOLDIERS: THE NEXT GENERATION which will be put out by Sony Pictures later this year. IMDb also lists Van Damme as starring in KARATE under the direction of NINJA and UNDISPUTED 3 cinematographer Ross W. Clarkson. That film is scheduled for release in 2010.

Tags: Jean-Claude Van Damme, The Eagle Path (2009), upcoming