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.
Knock Off (1998)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:3
Rotten:34
Average Rating:2.9/10
Consensus: Muddled plot; stiff acting.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Van Damme is a shady clothing manufacturer, the king of knock-offs, who understandably gets involved in a Russian Mafia plot. It's his ability to discern the real from the fake that will save him!
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon, Michael Wong
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon, Michael Wong, Carman Lee, Paul Sorvino
Director: Tsui Hark
Director: Tsui Hark
Composer: VaRouje
Screenwriter: Steven E. De Souza
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Reviews for Knock Off
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.
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider star. If you need more of a review than that, go ahead and give it a rental.
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.
Alternately the best and the worst action movie ever made, and it ends up being one big uneven mess.
The plot is as incomprehensible as the dubbing, and many of the special effects are neither special nor effective.
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