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- 1998
- R
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
- 1998
- R
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in an explosive thriller set in Hong Kong's shady manufacturing scene during the 1997 handover to China. (Sony)
Directed By: Hark Tsui
Written By: Steven E. de Souza
- 1998
- R
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
- 1998
- R
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- 1 h 31 m
Knock Off
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5.3
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Summary Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in an explosive thriller set in Hong Kong's shady manufacturing scene during the 1997 handover to China. (Sony)
Directed By: Hark Tsui
Written By: Steven E. de Souza
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
37
31% Positive
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23% Mixed
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46% Negative
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6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
37
31% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
23% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
46% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
It's fast, light and funny and not top-heavy with special effects and epic-scale destruction.
Though the jokey lines seem out of place, the somber tone of this 1998 action movie makes the political subtext -- nearly obscured by the expected double crosses, extravagant destruction, and incongruous-buddies shtick -- more sincere and less grandiose than usual.
User Score
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5.3
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User Score
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Based on 20 User Ratings
5.3
30% Positive
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Van Damme and his cronies (including Lela Rochon, Paul Sorvino, and, for no immediately graspable reason, Rob Schneider as Van Damme's rabbity sidekick) race, speed, shoot, chop, and zip through scenes of such festive mayhem, plot is a clunky afterthought, like a lopsided fake Prada label on a cheap nylon knapsack.
In essence, the whole Knock Off experience can be summed up neatly in four words: loud, stupid, blurry, frenetic.
An amusement park special, screaming from start to finish with no brakes, no plot and no acting to speak of.
A stunningly lethargic, uninvolving piece of crap.
The plot is as incomprehensible as the dubbing and many of the special effects are neither special nor effective.
