I have no idea if they hoped for the theatrical release or not. Maybe that's why they'd taken it to Cannes in the first place? Or maybe it was all about promoting the DVD?

I did ask Joe about it in April but then he had no idea about its release (cinema or DVD only) still he was quite pleased with the finished product, so to say. "I was doing some voice over last week and the whole thing came out to be pretty good! Much better than I’d expected."

But the reviews I read weren't the best ones... well, Joe's character did get good reviews but that's about it.... the critics didn't seem to like the whole film at all. Not that we could have expected anything REALLY Oscar-like from JCVD anyway.... :)