you can predict everything that's going to happen
what JCVD, or indeed, action movie in general, is this not the case for, tho? I guess it depends on what you're judging
by the standards of low-budget 80s action -
Road Warrior ripoff subdivision - it's pretty good
there's some level of thought gone into the overall look and even kind of a plot, which is more than you can say for most such things
compared to actually good or innovative films, sure it's laughably bad. the haircuts alone are insane.
"surprisingly unpleasant" I can see. there's a nastiness jarringly at odds with the lighthearted touches, like everyone being named after guitars.
the guy who plays the villain is a surfer the director randomly saw surfing and thought he looked the part, which you'd have to say he does.
he went to memorably play the leader of the first gang in
Point Break that Keanu + Busey raid mistakenly
"back off Warchild, seriously"