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Double Team
1997
This special collector's box set celebrates the talents of action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgium's most muscular export. Included are 1993's NOWHERE TO RUN, 1998's KNOCK OFF, 1999's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 2, 1991's DOUBLE IMPACT, 1998's LEGIONAIRE and 1997's DOUBLE TEAM. Read more
| Starring | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Denis Rodman, Mickey Rourke |
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| Director | Tsui Hark |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Double Team
This special collector's box set celebrates the talents of action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgium's most muscular export. Included are 1993's NOWHERE TO RUN, 1998's KNOCK OFF, 1999's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 2, 1991's DOUBLE IMPACT, 1998's LEGIONAIRE and 1997's DOUBLE TEAM.
| Starring | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Denis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman |
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| Director | Tsui Hark |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 08 Mar 2004 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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Jean-Claude Van Damme continues to work with Hong Kong's finest directors (Hard Target and Maximum Risk were the Hollywood debuts of compatriots John Woo and Ringo Lam) to very little effect. Here Tsui Hark, probably best-known as the producer of the A Better Tomorrow series, supplies a hyper-realistic surface sheen and loads of slow-motion violence, but gets no closer to drawing out a convincing performance from the Belgian star. To make matters worse, Tsui also has to cope with another non-actor, in the shape of basketball legend Dennis Rodman. His ludicrous hair and clothes do at least deflect attention from his unfunny performance as a mysterious gun-runner who helps Van Damme track down master criminal Mickey Rourke.
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More than just another action director, Tsui Hark is one of world cinema's great fantasists, with The Butterfly Murders... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
TOP MOVIE !!!
Like John Woo and Ringo Lam before him, noted Hong Kong action director Tsui Hark made his American filmmaking debut with a thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. For this film, Hark also had the privilege of guiding basketball star Dennis Rodman through his first dramatic role. American anti-terrorist agent Jack Quinn (Van Damme) has retired from duty, content to stay with his pregnant wife at his seaside hideaway. However, the CIA lure him back into duty for one last mission: wiping out crazed international terrorist Stavros (Mickey Rourke). Quinn flies to Antwerp to ambush Stavros, but his plan fails; Quinn is captured and imprisoned in 'The Colony,' a prison camp for spies 'too valuable to kill and too dangerous to set free.' To further torture Quinn, Stavros kidnaps Quinn's wife; after she gives birth to their son, Stavros keeps him captive, surrounded by land mines and wild animals. Quinn escapes and makes plans to rescue his wife and child, but he can't do it alone, so he seeks the help of Yaz (Rodman), a top-level underground arms merchant with a tendency towards flamboyant body modification. Rodman also appears with R&B vocalist Crystal Waters on the song 'Just a Freak' which appears on the film's soundtrack.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Well done Van Damme
In my opinion, this film is pretty good, but not Van Dammes best.
However, the action genre is well represented in this title. Personally, I enjoyed watching this film but do think that more could of been done with what seemed to be an excellent story line.
Dennis Rodmans' acting skills leave little to be desired. -
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Double Team
This special collector's box set celebrates the talents of action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgium's most muscular export. Included are 1993's NOWHERE TO RUN, 1998's KNOCK OFF, 1999's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 2, 1991's DOUBLE IMPACT, 1998's LEGIONAIRE and 1997's DOUBLE TEAM....
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