Knock Off (1998)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Hark Tsui

Writer (WGA):

Steven E. de Souza (written by)

Release Date:

4 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

There is no substitute.

Plot:

Action star Jean Claude Van Damme plays a fashion designer who must join forces with a C.I.A. agent to combat terrorism.

Plot Keywords:

Hong Kong | CIA | Terrorism | Product Placement | English Subtitles In Original

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Marcus Ray
Rob Schneider	...	Tommy Hendricks
Lela Rochon	...	Karen Lee
Paul Sorvino	...	Harry Johanson
Carman Lee	...	Detective Ling Ho (as Carmen Lee)
Wyman Wong	...	Eddie Wang
Glen Chin	...	Skinny
Michael Wong	...	Han (as Michael Fitzgerald Wong)
Moses Chan	...	Officer Fong
Lynne Langdon	...	V-Six Secretary (as Lynne Frances Wachendorfer)
Ray Nicholas	...	Karl (as Raymond Leslie Nicholas)
Jeff Wolfe	...	Skaar (as Jeff Joseph Wolfe)
Michael Miller	...	Tickler
Steve Brettingham	...	Hawkeye
Mark Houghton	...	Bear (as Mark Haughton)

MPAA:

Rated R for continuous violence and brief language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Aruba | Hong Kong | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Brazil:14 (original rating) | Brazil:16 (TV rating) | USA:R (certificate #35768) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 (TV version) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | France:U | Germany:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Knock Films A.V.V.

Trivia:

A lot of quality fight choreography by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo was cut from the films final release. This included the drastic shortening of both Jeff Wolfe and Michael Miller's fights against Jean-Claude Van Damme in the finale. In the UK DVD Making Of, a glimpse of Jeff Wolfe's extended fight can be seen

Quotes:

Tommy Hendricks: You're the king of knock offs!
Marcus Ray: I was. But you're still a fake.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dans la peau de Jean-Claude Van Damme (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Dandy

Genuine Hong Kong action from Hollywood!

Sure it's bad. If you aren't expecting a bad film, then you really don't like HK action films, do you? Tsui Hark is the only HK action director I've seen to get a Hollywood cast to perform action sequences with a real HK sensibility! John Woo's Hollywood films are trying too hard to be good, and the action suffers. With Knock Off, Tsui Hark delivers just the sort of dizzying, senseless, impeccably-timed, and frenetically-paced action we've come to expect from Hong Kong directors.