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- Consider “Double Impact,” the new Van Damme production. It has a budget and production values worthy of a lesser James Bond movie, is shot on location in Hong Kong, and includes a villain (Bolo Yeung) who is much cherished by martial arts fans.
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Aug 9, 1991 · Consider “Double Impact,” the new Van Damme production. It has a budget and production values worthy of a lesser James Bond movie, is shot on location in Hong Kong, and includes a villain (Bolo Yeung) who is much cherished by martial arts fans.
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- Van Damme + Van Damme
- The Hong Kong Setting
- One Snake, Two Heads
- Lots of Comedy
- The Mighty Bolo
- Slow-Mo
- Imaginative Action Scenes
- Specialty Henchmen
- Mucho Bravado
- Unapologetic Low-Brow Action
Van Damme’s charisma was not in question back in the day. Women loved him, and men wanted to hit the gym in order to become him. Not satisfied with his previous line of hits, Van Damme decided to tackle not one, but two roles in the same film. Van Damme's dual portrayal of identical twins Chad and Alex is one of the best parts of Double Impact, as ...
Hong Kong martial arts movies helped influence an entire generation of action filmmakers, and it remains one of the best backdrops for a kung fu flick. Director Sheldon Lettich did a masterful job of utilizing the gritty Hong Kong slums and streets to create an altogether plausible action narrative. The city has a charm all its own, which helps sel...
Usually, a martial arts action movie tends to fixate on one bad guy for the hero to take down. Double Impactfeatures two. First, the aristocratic Griffith who set up the brother’s parents so many years before, and Zhang, a Triad boss. It’s nice to have two villains pushing the story along, to give Chad and Alex more than one target to deal with. No...
Yes, Double Impactis a hot-headed, hyper-masculine action extravaganza, but it never passes up an opportunity to get a good laugh in. Most of the comedy comes in the form of Chad and Alex, and how they get on each other’s nerves. If it isn’t Alex scoffing at Chad’s black silk underwear, it’s Chad cracking a joke that scores with Alex’s girlfriend D...
Bolo Yeung is a nice guy who you would probably cross the street to avoid. He looks tough, mean and deadly, and he plays it to great effect in Double Impactas Moon, a Triad enforcer with some serious fighting skills. With his deep facial scar and milky eye, Yeung looks even more terrifying than before, and he backs it up with brutality. His pitched...
You’ve got to love high framerate recording! Double Impact spares no expense when it comes to ultra-stylistic slow-motion action sequences! Whether it’s run n’ gun shootouts, dodges and flips, or Van Damme’ssignature leaping reverse kick, slow motion really brings out the finesse of each move. This isn’t bullet time, either. This is simply good old...
Double Impact has more going for its action sequencesthan one might think. These are some of the most unique and varied scenes ever put to film, which is great for those who’ve never seen the movie before. A battle on board a cargo boat carrying stolen vehicles soon leads into a shootout in a restaurant, a foot chase through the Hong Kong vegetable...
Bolo Yeung’s Moon is a great henchman unto himself, but there’s a few more of note to round out the fighting scenes. Kara is a muscled, leather pants-wearing female assassin with more than enough strength to give the guys a run for their money, and Peter Malota plays a boot-wearing killer with razor-tipped spurs that give his kicks an extra level o...
Action movies have changed over the years, and they don’t quite feel likeDouble Impactanymore. This was the height of the early 1990s action fare, with Hollywood still straddling the line between American and Asian martial arts flicks. RELATED: 10 High-Octane British Action Movies To Watch If You Liked The Gentlemen Double Impact is loaded with tou...
Double Impactmakes no apologies for its straight-up mixture of muscles, bullets, and blood. The script, while unique, isn’t going to win any awards, nor does it have anything poignant to say. It’s one part revenge story and one part about the bonding between two brothers. Everything in between is just a sandwich filler to prep for the next cool act...
Nearly 25 years after seeing his father killed by Hong Kong crime boss Raymond Zhang (Philip Chan Yan Kin), Chad Wagner (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is living in Los Angeles as a flourishing yet...
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- Sheldon Lettich
- R
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
Aug 9, 2021 · Double Impact is a good one. The Alex/Chad fight is so much more effective than modern equivalents where they can cgi the face on a double. Having Van Damme perform both sides moving in and out of shadow works.
Aug 9, 1991 · Double Impact: Directed by Sheldon Lettich. With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alonna Shaw, Corinna Everson. Twin brothers are separated when their parents are murdered but 25 years later they re-unite in order to avenge their parents' death.
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- Action, Crime
- Sheldon Lettich
Jun 8, 2019 · But they’re both played by peak Jean-Claude Van Damme, on the same screen, at the same time, so therefore Double Impact is a good movie. Twin brothers separated at birth when their parents are betrayed and murdered by some shady Hong Kong businessmen, Chad and Alex are different animals who have no idea the other exists until a screenplay ...
Aug 9, 1991 · Double Impact offers two Jean-Claude Van Dammes for the price of one, and for fans of the Belgian-born martial arts star, it delivers the goods. It’s a solid, fast-moving action-adventure set largely in Hong Kong, which is dynamically photographed by Richard Kline.
