Video Mood Meter

December, 1992

If the swarm of paparazzi besieging him at last spring's Cannes Film Festival is an indication, kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme is fast becoming a matinee idol for the Nineties. No surprise, then, that the movie strongman ranks adrenaline-pumping flicks high on his video hit list. "I love action films," he says, ticking off such edge-of-your-sofa classics as Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner. Van Damme occasionally lightens the lineup with "great comedies" o...