Knock Off (1998)
Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 39
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 36
Muddled plot; stiff acting.
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 9
Muddled plot; stiff acting.
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Average Rating: 2.6/5
User Ratings: 10,306
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Hong Kong action genre craftsman Tsui Hark directed this martial arts tale, his second collaboration with actor Jean-Claude Van Damme after Double Team (1997). Van Damme stars as Marcus Ray, a Hong Kong fashion designer who specializes in "knock-offs," cheaply produced jeans and sneakers meant to look like major-label merchandise. With his new partner Tommy Hendricks (Rob Schneider), Marcus hopes to go legit and put his shady past behind him, but Tommy is really an undercover CIA agent
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Cast
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
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Rob Schneider
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Lela Rochon
Karen -
Paul Sorvino
Johansson -
Carman Lee
Ling Ho -
Wyman Wong
Eddie -
Glen Chin
Skinny -
Michael Wong
Han -
Moses Chan
Officer Fong -
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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (36) | DVD (2)
Though the jokey lines seem out of place, the somber tone of this 1998 action movie makes the political subtext more sincere and less grandiose than usual.
Top CriticThe last blast of the summer is an exuberantly cheesy action opus featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider as an improbable pair of gung-ho heroes.
For hardcore Van Damme and Sparks fans only.
The plot is as incomprehensible as the dubbing, and many of the special effects are neither special nor effective.
One of Van Damme's best movies ever.
Almost worth attending for the experience of seeing how low film makers can sink in their never-ending quest to bilk the action picture audience out of a few hard-earned dollars.
Suffice it to say that it plays exceptionally badly in English.
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider star. If you need more of a review than that, go ahead and give it a rental.
Only for Van Damme's die-hard fans
The fact that hardly anything makes sense in the film didn't discourage Tsui Hark.
The immediate reaction after seeing this movie aims to match it with a more appropriate title modeled from the direction and acting: Jack Off.
Knock Off could not be much worse if it tried to be.
Alternately the best and the worst action movie ever made, and it ends up being one big uneven mess.
Audience Reviews for Knock Off
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"Knock Off" definitely proved that Van Damme is a better fighter than ever and that he can still make exciting movies. This movie has the best special effects, action sequences, and even the best fighting out of all of Van Damme's movies so far, and that's saying a lot because Van Damme has made many great fighting and action movies such as "Hard Target," "Bloodsport," "Sudden Death," and many others. I didn't like the movie's plot or story that much, but the action and fighting sequences are GREAT! If you like exciting fighting movies and if you like some of the other Van Damme movies, I recommend getting "Knock Off." NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001.
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