Double Team | |
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Directed by | Tsui Hark |
Written by | Don Jakoby Paul Mones |
Produced by | Moshe Diamant David Rodgers |
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Cinematography | Peter Pau |
Edited by | Bill Pankow |
Music by | Gary Chang |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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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).