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The premise is simple: JCVD is in the middle of a child custody battle with the latest of his many wives. He’s out of money, his lawyers are about to drop the case, and the judge is inclined to give custody of his daughter over to his ex-wife. Even his daughter doesn’t want to live with him because she is embarrassed by her father.

His agent can’t find him a decent production, the scripts he’s working are full of holes and don’t make sense, and the untalented directors don’t respect him. He returns to his childhood home of Brussels: where he’s still considered a national icon. Local hero, Jean-Claude Van Damme, is at rock bottom.

When he goes into a post office to arrange a wire transfer to his law firm, he encounters a real-life hostage situation. Due to an unfortunate mistake, the police believe HE is responsible for the crime. As the events are played from different perspectives, we see Jean Claude in a desperate situation, acting as a hero as he tries to protect the hostages, while his fame and presumed guilt force him to take up the role of a negotiator. As media circuits pickup the story and a press circus engulfs the town, Van Damme’s parents are brought in to talk him down amidst a huge crowd of supportive fans and the hungry attention of the international community. Trapped between three unstable criminals and an over-anxious police force, Van Damme is forced to play a different kind of hero by accepting responsibility for crimes he didn’t commit and the life mistakes that he did.