Double Team (1997)

Director:

Hark Tsui

Writers (WGA):

Don Jakoby (story)
Don Jakoby (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

4 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

He's a one-man arsenal... with enough voltage to rock the free world.

Plot:

Counter-terrorist Jack Quinn misses his target, Stavros, on the eve of his final mission. From there...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Box Office Flop | Antwerp Belgium | Infant Nudity | Rome Italy

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Jack Quinn
Dennis Rodman	...	Yaz
Mickey Rourke	...	Stavros
Paul Freeman	...	Goldsmythe
Natacha Lindinger	...	Kathryn Quinn
Valeria Cavalli	...	Dr. Maria Trifioli
Jay Benedict	...	Brandon
Joëlle Devaux-Vullion	...	Stavros' Girlfriend
Bruno Bilotta	...	Kofi
Mario Opinato	...	James
Grant Russell	...	Carney
William Dunn	...	Roger
Asher Tzarfati	...	Moishe
Rob Diem	...	Dieter Staal
Ken Samuels	...	Stevenson

Also Known As:

The Colony

MPAA:

Rated R for some nudity and brief strong language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #35076) | South Korea:15 | UK:18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo was brought in as Special Action Choreographer to help with the fight scenes.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Stavros steps on the mine with his right foot but steps off with his left.

Quotes:

Yaz: Oops. Air ball.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999)

Soundtrack:

Margherita

Okay action, but huge logical gaps.

Double Team is the third movie that Van Damme has done for a former HONG-KONG action-movie director. He has done "Hard Target" for John Woo and "Maximum Risk" for Ringo Lam. Double Team is directed by Tsui Hark. Hark is excellent at directing action-scenes and Double Team is a good way for him to start in Hollywood. Van Damme plays agent Jack Quinn, and is sent out to kill super-terrorist Stavros, who is played by Mickey Rourke. Quinn fails and is therefore sent sent to a place called "The Colony". "The Colony" is a place where the world's most dangerous terrorists/agents are sent. These agents/terrorists are too dangerous to go free on the street and too valuable to kill. Quinn escapes from the colony and goes after Stavroes for revenge. Quinn is helped by Yaz, who is played by the basket-star Dennis Rodmann. Double Team is full of well made action and martial-art scenes. However, it`s far from perfect. The whole plot is very silly, there are huge logical gaps and holes in the story and Mickey Rourke is far from convincing as a villain. Double Team isn`t a film for everybody. Van Damme seems like he is out of shape. But it`s definetly worth to rent it for an action-fan. But I must say that "Knock Off" is better. I give this movie 7 out of 10.