One of Van Damme's best movies ever.
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02/14/01
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
Director: Tsui Hark
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Reviews for Knock Off
Top CriticSomething of a kaleidoscopic mess of a movie, but it has its moments.
01/01/00
Top CriticAction-packed, cheesy, and not worthy of the Academy’s attention, but, for those so inclined, it is worth the rental price.
01/01/00
Far too hard to follow for a beat-up movie.
01/01/00
Unwatchable.
01/01/00
The special effects and outrageous camera angles rule Knock Off to the point where the audience doesn't have a clue as to what's happening any more.
01/01/00
An amusement park special, screaming from start to finish with no brakes, no plot and no acting to speak of.
01/01/00
Most of the crowd simply walked out briskly, shaking their heads and loudly discussing how amazingly bad the film was. These people renewed my faith in humanity.
01/01/00
Ultimately, all this dross just adds up to a film that's plain dull.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticMuch of Steven E. De Souza's script sounds like it was run through one of those erratic language translation programs... 'If he knew it was a nanobomb, he wouldn't be carrying it around like a cough drop' is one of the more memorable lines of dialogue.
01/01/00
So ludicrously over-the-top that it's hard to take seriously, even if you're a Van Damme devotee.
01/01/00
Was a film ever more appropriately titled than Knock Off?
01/01/00
Jean Claude Van Damme's recent string of films haven't been too inspiring, and Knock Off doesn't do anything to change the trend.
01/01/00
Tsui's visual razzle-dazzle borders on overkill, coming off as desperate attempts to shield the inanity of the entire enterprise.
01/01/00
You've never seen so many pointlessly contrived optical effects shots in your life.
01/01/00
Maybe those of us who are always whining about the need for more originality in the action movie genre should pay a little more heed to the old be-careful-what-you-wish-for principle.
01/01/00
Bumbles and fumbles its way through a messy plot, advancing from each dreary subplot to the next with no hint of a coherent storyboard.
01/01/00
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