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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Knock Off (1998)

Directed by Tsui Hark

Action | Crime | Comedy

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Overview

A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.

Rated R | Length 91 minutes

Actors

Jean-Claude Van Damme | Rob Schneider | Lela Rochon | Paul Sorvino | Michael Wong | Carman Lee | Wyman Wong Wai-Man | Glen Chin | Moses Chan | Lynne Langdon | Mark Houghton | Ray Nicholas | Jeff Wolfe | Michael Miller | Steve Brettingham | Kim Maree Penn | Dennis Chan | Jude Poyer | Mars | Duane Davis | Peter Nelson | Joe Chu Kai-Sang | Johnny Cheung Wa | Chan Sek | Rocky Lai | Ernst Mausser | Ted John Michael Lundell | Kam Loi-Kwan

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Was my oldest logged Tsui Hark film, back when I did my Muscles from Brussels project. Picked up the BD during the recent 88 Films sale since I only had it on DVD. It was a good revisit since I only recalled a few things, like the pedicab race and Paul Sorvino. It’s like Hark binge watched Raimi’s movies right before this. So many zooms and Extreme Close-ups. It’s like too much Raimi. haha

Forgot how explosion-y this is! and Wow Jean Claude is very obviously on drugs during most of his scenes. Ofc I like him a lot in this. The opposite for Rob Schneider, who I’ve disliked even before his maga turn.

Interesting movie, too, because it captures the hand-off in a different way, which is neat to see.

Update: just read my notes from 2013 and yeah I was totally wrong in my assessment back then. Hahahahaha
I love when that happens!

Next up is DOUBLE TEAM which I also got in the 88 sale. Can’t wait to see how that goes and read my previous notes. lol

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