Synopsis
Marcus Ray, a sales representative for "V SIX" jeans, and his partner, Tommy Hendricks, are about to be busted for selling "knock off" jeans. Their American contact, Karan Leigh, who by the way is not only their employer but a CIA agent sent to find the mole in their operation, is threatening them with a jail term if they do not prove their innocence.
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Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeMarcus Ray
- Rob SchneiderTommy Hendricks
- Lela RochonKaren Lee
- Paul SorvinoHarry Johanson
- Michael WongHan
- Carman Lee Yeuk-TungLing Ho
- Wyman Wong Wai-ManEddie Wang
- Glen ChinSkinny
- Moses ChanOfficer Fong
- Lynne LangdonV-Six Secretary
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Working from a formulaic script by Steven E. De Souza, Hark employs a variety of visual stratagems to keep the action fast and flashy. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 50
The New York Times
Knock Off runs breathlessly over land and water in familiar comic book fashion, offering more action than sense and next to nothing in the way of suspense, humor or romance. - 40
Austin Chronicle
In essence, the whole Knock Off experience can be summed up neatly in four words: loud, stupid, blurry, frenetic. - 30
TV Guide Magazine
Hong Kong action pioneer Tsui Hark is in high form here, tricking out the bare-bones story with disorienting camera angles, trick photography and virtuoso action sequences. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
The ridiculous complications might have worked if there had been an awareness of how absurd they are. - 25
San Francisco Examiner
An amusement park special, screaming from start to finish with no brakes, no plot and no acting to speak of. - 10
L.A. Weekly
A stunningly lethargic, uninvolving piece of crap.
