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Double Impact
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6.2Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Alex / Chad Wagner
- Geoffrey Lewis as Frank Avery
- Alonna Shaw as Danielle Wilde
- Bolo Yeung as Moon
- Cory Everson as Kara
- Philip Chan Yan-Kin as Raymond Zhang
Themes
- martial arts
- war veteran
- fight
- loss of loved one
- fighter
- villainess
- karate
- revenge
- organized crime
- hong kong
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sheldon Lettich
- Screenplay by
- Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Story by
- Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steve Meerson , Peter Krikes
- Produced by
- Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ashok Amritraj
- Starring
- Jean-Claude Van Damme Geoffrey Lewis Alan Scarfe
- Cinematography
- Richard H. Kline
- Edited by
- Mark Conte
- Music by
- Arthur Kempel
- Production companies
- Stone Group Pictures, Vision International
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release date
- August 9, 1991 ( 1991-08-09 )
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Cantonese
- Budget
- $15 million to $16 million
- Box office
- $30.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 263029
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- publication date
- 1992-01-16
- title
- Double Impact
- capital cost
- 15000000
- box office
- 80500000
- review score
- 40/100
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Double Impact is a 1991 American action film written and directed by Sheldon Lettich, and written, produced by and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chad and Alex Wagner. The film marks Van Damme's third collaboration with director Sheldon Lettich (who wrote Bloodsport and directed Lionheart) and second collaboration with Bolo Yeung (the first being Bloodsport in 1988). Double Impact was released in the United States on August 9, 1991.
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