Knock Off

19981998
RR
1h 31min

Jean-Claude Van Damme in Knock Off (1998)

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Action Crime Thriller

A fashion designer must join forces with a C.I.A. agent to combat terrorism.A fashion designer must join forces with a C.I.A. agent to combat terrorism.A fashion designer must join forces with a C.I.A. agent to combat terrorism.

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Knock Off

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Lele Rochon co-stars as Karen

Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Marcus Ray

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Rob Schneider co-stars as Tommy Hendricks

Tommy & Karen

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider in Knock Off (1998)

Rob Schneider in Knock Off (1998)

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A Hong Kong fashion designer (Jean Claude Van Damme, if you can believe that billing) who had previously been involved in knock offs of major label merchandise, such as "Pumma" running shoes, attempts to go straight with the help of his new partner (Rob Schneider), who is secretly an undercover CIA agent involved in an investigation of the black market. Their main product, jeans, is involved in the knock offs, which brings a representative (Lela Rochon) of the American company to investigate. Paul Sorvino also appears as the head of the CIA operation in Hong Kong. However, just as Schneider is not as he initially seems, everyone in the film switches roles by film's end. —John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

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Taglines
- There is no substitute.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for continuous violence and brief language
Parents guide

Trivia
Hong Kong superstar and director Sammo Hung served as the film's 2nd unit director. The release print of "Knock Off" suffers from the removal of a lot of the martial arts action shot for the film, with a couple of sequences being very heavily edited. The final battle between Jean-Claude Van Damme's character and Australian actor/stuntman Michael Miller is less than half of the action shot for their fight, and upon careful viewing you can pick up the fact that the fight has raged across several different sections on the boat, while the fight between Jeff Wolfe's character Scar and Jean-Claude's is the most heavily edited with more of the action being shown in the "Making Of" featured on several of the DVD editions than in the finished film.

Goofs
(at around 47 mins) The camera for Rob Schneider's scene is visible on the building at the top left of the screen.

Quotes
Tommy Hendricks: What? There are knock-off artists? In Hong Kong? I'm shocked!

Connections
Featured in Dans la peau de Jean-Claude Van Damme (2003)

Soundtracks
Its a Knock-Off
(main title)
Performed by Ron Mael and Russell Mael

Top review

Instant Classic !

Wow ! What a movie! Van Damme is at his utmost best and gives one of the finest performances of his career playing a down and out "knock off" jeans designer. This film has it all: action, danger, intrigue, comedy etc. The best of it's kind. It ranks up there with Cyborg and Street Fighter ! The Triple Crown of Van Damme films. IT's a must see !!

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Release date
- September 4, 1998 (United States)
Countries of origin
Official site
- Sony
Language
- English
Also known as
- Підривник
Filming locations
- Hong Kong, China
Production companies
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Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $10,319,915
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,516,231
- Sep 7, 1998
Gross worldwide
- $10,319,915

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Runtime
- 1h 31min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- SDDS
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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