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Name: Double Impact
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Genre: action, crime, drama, thriller
Released: 1991
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 5.6

Double Impact has an iRankMovies score of 47.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Double Impact (1991)

One packs a punch. One packs a piece. Together they deliver...

Release:1991

Runtime:1h 50m

Country:United States

Director:Sheldon Lettich

Language:English

Genre

ActionCrimeDrama

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Keywords

Martial ArtsWar VeteranFightLoss Of Loved OneFighterVillainessKaraterevenge

iRank48

Double Impact rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.6/10· 46K votes

Rotten Tomatoes33%

Metacritic40%

TMDb6.213/10· 1K votes

With 33% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.6/10 on IMDb and 40/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Double Impact

Jean 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 of Double Impact

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
Alan Scarfe
as Nigel Griffith
Andy Armstrong
as Paul Wagner
Woo Fung
as Chinese Nurse
Kamel Krifa
as Mahjong Manager
Peter Malota
as Body Guard With Spurs
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Sarah-Jane Varley
as Katherine Wagner

Double Impact facts

Budget: $15M
Box office: $30.1M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Action hero fight choreography and karate sequences deliver genre entertainment value
•Hong Kong setting and fighter-centric plot provide authentic martial arts credibility
•Dual-role premise offers interesting character dynamics in action thriller framework