Double Team (film)

Double Team
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tsui Hark
Written by	Don Jakoby Paul Mones
Produced by	Moshe Diamant David Rodgers
Starring	Jean-Claude Van Damme Dennis Rodman Paul Freeman Mickey Rourke
Cinematography	Peter Pau
Edited by	Bill Pankow
Music by	Gary Chang
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Mandalay Entertainment Film Workshop
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	April 4, 1997 (1997-04-04)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$48.1 million[1]

Double Team is a 1997 action comedy film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark in his American directorial debut, and written by Don Jakoby and Paul Mones. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as counter-terrorist agent Jack Quinn, who is assigned to bring an elusive terrorist known as Stavros (Mickey Rourke) to justice. Things become personal when Stavros kidnaps Quinn's pregnant wife after his own lover and child were killed in an assassination attempt gone awry. Aiding Quinn in his rescue is his flamboyant weapons dealer Yaz (Dennis Rodman). It received negative reviews and was nominated for and received three Golden Raspberry Awards: Worst Supporting Actor (Rodman), Worst New Star (Rodman) and Worst Screen Couple (Rodman and Van Damme).