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Knock Off (1998)

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Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 39
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 36

Muddled plot; stiff acting.

Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 8

Muddled plot; stiff acting.

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Movie Info

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

R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Art House & International, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Hark Tsui , Tsui Hark

Written By: Steven E. de Souza

In Theaters: Sep 4, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Dec 29, 1998

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Marcus Ray
Rob Schneider
Tommy Hendricks
Lela Rochon
Karen
Paul Sorvino
Johansson
Carman Lee
Ling Ho
Wyman Wong
Eddie
Glen Chin
Skinny
Michael Wong
Han
Moses Chan
Officer Fong
Carmen Lee
Lynne Langdon
Ray Nicholas

Critic Reviews for Knock Off

All Critics (40) | Top Critics (10) | 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.

July 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The 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.

March 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Top Critic

The plot is as incomprehensible as the dubbing, and many of the special effects are neither special nor effective.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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John Haslett Cuff

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

One of Van Damme's best movies ever.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Something of a kaleidoscopic mess of a movie, but it has its moments.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Bob Graham

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Suffice it to say that it plays exceptionally badly in English.

June 18, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

For hardcore Van Damme and Sparks fans only.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider star. If you need more of a review than that, go ahead and give it a rental.

April 3, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Only for Van Damme's die-hard fans

December 17, 2004 Comment

Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

The fact that hardly anything makes sense in the film didn't discourage Tsui Hark.

May 13, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

rec.arts.movies.reviews

The immediate reaction after seeing this movie aims to match it with a more appropriate title modeled from the direction and acting: Jack Off.

July 11, 2003 Comment

Greg Muskewitz

eFilmCritic.com

Knock Off could not be much worse if it tried to be.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online

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John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

Alternately the best and the worst action movie ever made, and it ends up being one big uneven mess.

September 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal

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Kevin N. Laforest

Montreal Film Journal

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Tsui Hark's Knock Off is an action film that isn't as bad as it seems.Unsurprisingly, the story is straightforward, easy to follow, and to be honest, quite stupid. The setting takes place in Hong Kong, and with Tsui Hark as a director the film feels less like a Hollywood film. In this case, this is a good thing.Tsui

February 10, 2010

Justin Y

Super Reviewer

"Knock Off" is set in Hong Kong and Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as a fashion designer who is unwillingly selling knock off clothes which easily tear. Van Damme and his sidekick (Rob Schneider) are up against enemy marketeers who are trying to cause a worldwide catastrophe by using tiny explosive devices in items such

September 10, 2009

Jason Owens

Super Reviewer

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