The Bouncer

The Bouncer (Lukas, 2018) is a Belgian-French action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme — watch online on iFILM. Director Julien Leclercq co-wrote the film and cast Sami Bouajila and Sveva Alviti opposite Van Damme.

Lukas is a middle-aged doorman at a Brussels nightclub, raising his eight-year-old daughter on his own. After an incident at work spills into legal trouble, he's given a choice: work undercover for the authorities and infiltrate a trafficking ring, or lose custody of his child. The job requires him to get close to people he cannot afford to trust — and take hits he can no longer fully absorb.

Leclercq pushes Van Damme away from spectacle toward something quieter: a man running out of options, not out of moves. The action is there, but the film earns it through stakes rather than set pieces. Stream The Bouncer (2018) online on iFILM.