Yes van damme is the star here naturally, but enter dennis rodman, one of the chicago bulls top players from a superstar team that was at the time virtually unbeatable. With jeanclaude van damme, natasha henstridge, jeanhugues anglade, zach grenier. Rodman went on to star in 1999s simon sez, which was an even bigger bomb than double team, but was still a better film than space jam. Van pelt asked kerr what the public will be surprised to learn. Double team, starring jeanclaude van damme, with the assist from dennis rodman, is a real slamdunk of an action picture. And when the two find themselves in the roman coliseum with a shirtless, muscle bound rourke, van dammes infant baby, a bunch of land mines and a tiger thrown into the mix, you know youre seeing a quality film. With jeanclaude van damme, powers boothe, raymond j. In antwerp, van damme meets yaz rodman in an omnisexual club in. The peculiar delight of jcvd and dennis rodman in double team. Jeanclaude van damme, natsha henstridge, jeanhughes anglade. Van damme plays counterterrorist agent jack quinn, who is assigned to. Official explosive mediakoch media germany bluray of the film double team 1997, directed by tsui hark and starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman and mickey rourke. Jeanclaude van damme is walker, a top cop who cant be stopped until actually, he cant be stopped.
I think just how shy and quiet dennis was, kerr said. Apr 04, 2020 rodman went on to star in 1999s simon sez, which was an even bigger bomb than double team, but was still a better film than space jam. Spend the weekend exploring these 90s scifi action films. Dennis rodman and jean claude van damme star in double. It is as if hark crafted a versus film between van damme and rourke, and than decided to tack on a buddy element at the last minute and wedge it into the plot however possible. International action star jeanclaude van damme and basketballmedia sensation dennis rodman star as an unlikely team in this highoctane actionespionage thriller directed by hark tsui knock off. Double team by tsui hark jeanclaude van damme, dennis. Jeanclaude van damme double team trailer 1997 youtube. Don jakoby story, don jakoby screenplay, paul mones screenplay director. The ludicrous dialogue and the scenes van damme and rodman end up in are enough to make the audience howl. Mickey rourke sinks it from downtown with his portrayal of the main villain, stavros, a mercenaryterrorist hellbent on putting van damme on the. An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.
Van damme vs mickey rourke double team 1997 hd final. Apr 25, 2020 starring jeanclaude van damme bloodsport, kickboxer, dennis rodman 3rd rock from the sun, baywatch, and mickey rourke sin city, harley davidson and the marlboro man release date 1997 rating 2. Kritikai es kereskedelmi kudarcok utan a film elnyert harom arany malna dijat a legrosszabb mellekszereplo rodman, a legrosszabb uj sztar rodman es a legrosszabb paros rodman es van damme kategoriakban. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. Mickey rourke sinks it from downtown with his portrayal of the main villain, stavros, a mercenaryterrorist hellbent on putting van damme on. Mar 02, 2019 the final costume also required van damme to walk on stilts, which made it almost impossible for him to perform the crazy stunts the film required. Double teamreleased april97stars jean claude van damme as a secret counter terrorist expert jack quinn, dennis rodman as an antwerp arms dealer called yaz,and mickey rourke as their nemesis,a terrorist named stavros. International action star jeanclaude van damme and basketballmedia sensation dennis rodman star as an unlikely team in this highoctane actionespionage thriller directed by hark tsui knock off, black mask. Double team 1997 full movie hd 1080p video dailymotion. Van damme s first box office bomb since he became a star was double team 1997, a buddy film with nba superstar dennis rodman. Tsui hark puts on a clinic on how to make a kinetic, energetic american action film that posterizes most american directors. However i gave the movie three stars because it delivered the action like it was supposed to.
Van damme plays counterterrorist agent jack quinn, who is assigned to bring an elusive terrorist known as stavros to justice. Rodman has plenty of charisma, but needs someone to weed out those inferior scripts. To be honest i wasnt expecting much with double team but i enjoyed the movie. I was sceptic at first thinking what now, is this a terrible version of double impact. Even though the films poster, trailer, and title advertise it as a buddy picture between van damme and dennis rodman, double team is anything but.
If you are a van damme fan and like action, check it out. I cant stress enough that the acting in this film actually makes it comical and more fun to watch. With jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman, mickey rourke, paul freeman. Dennis rodman and jean claude van damme star in double team. A copflic discovers that he had a twin who just got murdered in nice, france. May 04, 2015 double team is a 1997 american action comedy film directed by tsui hark in his american directorial debut and starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman and mickey rourke. He makes 3 friends and they watch each others backs. It was hong kongs director tsui hark american debut for columbia and his first collaboration. For this film, hark also had the privilege of guiding basketball star dennis rodman through his first dramatic role.
Bob sirott, chicago bulls, dennis rodman, fox thing, jean claude van damme, marianne murciano, sirott and murciano, wls. Double team publicity still of jeanclaude van damme. Rodman makes film debut in double team bulls star, van damme team up for action flick april 4, 1997 web posted at. Double teamreleased april97stars jean claude van damme as a secret counter terrorist expert jack quinn,dennis rodman as an antwerp arms dealer called yaz,and mickey rourke as their nemesis,a terrorist named stavros. Even though this was a year before his starmaking film bloodsport would open in 1988, van damme told silver about the issues. Advertisement it says something that an untethered rourke performance, during a period somewhere close to the absolute low point of his career, doesnt rank close to the most. International action superstar jeanclaude van damme joins forces with nba champion media sensation dennis rodman in this detonating. When he doesnt take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split.
The film was van damme s first big box office bomb, and his 1998. Comentando a coloniadouble team van damme movie with mickey rourke e dennis rodman 1997. He does a splendid job of playing a character who seems in every respect to be dennis rodman. Though hes the nations top counterterrorist, jack quinn van damme wants to get out of the spy game. Dennis keith rodman yaz jeanclaude van damme jack quinn tag. Chicago bulls bad boy dennis rodman turns action movie starat least for one film in 1997 with jean claude van damme. International action star jeanclaude van damme and basketballmedia sensation dennis rodman star as an unlikely team in this highoctane. Jcvd went on to make about 400 dtv action films, and rodman went on to broker world peace as the worlds most wellspoken ambassador between america and north korea, because of course he did. A former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the vice president and others hostage during the seventh game of the nhl stanley cup finals.
American antiterrorist agent jack quinn van damme has retired from duty, content to stay with his pregnant wife at his seaside hideaway. It has action, comedy and something different to other van damme movies made at the time. American antiterrorist agent jack quinn van damme has retired from duty. It has an 11% rating on rotten tomatoes, and rodman won three razzie awards. Dennis rodman in double team 1997 jeanclaude van damme in double. Van damme was better in such earlier films as timecop and sudden death because he had more to do. The image measures 2200 1468 pixels and was added on 9 april 16. Double team is one of the most preposterous action films ever made. He joins the foreign legion and is sent to morocco. This is a good film if you like martial arts films of the old school. Dennis rodman and jean claude van damme double team.
Jeanclaude van damme was originally set to play the predator alien in the 1987 science fiction action classic with arnold schwarzenegger, but he was fired during production van damme finally cleared the air surrounding his mysterious exit, revealing he confronted producer joel silver about how hard it would be to perform in the cumbersome costume. Dennis keith rodman born may, 1961 is an american retired professional basketball player. Double team is a 1997 american action comedy film directed by tsui hark in his american directorial debut and starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman, and mickey rourke. In order to find out who did it, he takes his place including the cute girlfriend in little odessa, nyc.
Counterterrorist jack quinn misses his target, stavros. Behind the scenes, dennis rodman was quiet, shy on. The action comes with personality in this entertaining film starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman and mickey rourke. Except for an unintentionally humorous ending, the only surprise is dennis rodman as van dammes partner in exploitation. He plays an eccentric arms dealer coerced by an avenging van damme into tracking down the evil and sadistically weird character played by a. Van damme and rodman have one thing in common and that is a lack of acting skills. Starring jeanclaude van damme bloodsport, kickboxer, dennis rodman 3rd rock from the sun, baywatch, and mickey rourke sin city, harley davidson and the marlboro man release date 1997 rating 2. Van dammes first box office bomb since he became a star was double team 1997, a buddy film with nba superstar dennis rodman. Quinn segitsegere van a fegyverdiler, yaz dennis rodman. Double team is a 1997 american action comedy film directed by tsui hark in his american directorial debut and starring jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman and mickey rourke. Comentando a coloniadouble teamvan damme movie with. Jean claude van damme net worth celebrity net worth. Rodman was the one colourful member of the chicago bulls threestar unbeatable scoring line,along with scotty pippen and the legendary michael jordan.
Why jeanclaude van damme was really fired from predator. The film was van dammes first big box office bomb, and his 1998. Jeanclaude van damme, dennis rodman, mickey rourke, paul freeman writer. With jeanclaude van damme, adewale akinnuoyeagbaje, steven berkoff, nicholas farrell. Dennis rodman does surprisingly well as van damme s partner in action. Two rival soldiers who were killed in vietnam are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors. In double team, which was directed by hong kong director tsui hark, van damme costarred alongside nba star dennis rodman. Jun 01, 2017 chicago bulls bad boy dennis rodman turns action movie starat least for one film in 1997 with jean claude van damme.
This bluray is coded region free and is compatible with players in the usa and worldwide. Dennis rodman makes the movie interesting and funny at times. Next weekend, rodman will be featured in the documentary. And when the two find themselves in the roman coliseum with a shirtless, muscle bound rourke, van damme s infant baby, a bunch of land mines and a tiger thrown into the mix, you know youre seeing a quality film. Dennis rodman does surprisingly well as van dammes partner in action. The film was critically panned and his performance earned him three golden raspberry awards. Apr 26, 2020 it has an 11% rating on rotten tomatoes, and rodman won three razzie awards. He was nicknamed the worm and is famous for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities. Jeanclaude van damme and dennis rodman team up as a worldclass counterterrorist and his flamboyant but deadly weapons dealer in this explosive actionadventure thriller. But on the eve of his final mission, he misses his targetthe dangerous.
1086 759 668 861 285 974 406 482 1164 1491 1441 1490 252 573 919 375 373 1189 1232 1504 1440 278 278 1033 671 342 217 1092 717 382 441 481 549 47 461 482 432 1466 557 659