Knock Off

Van Damme movies have been getting better over the years however this one is a set back. This movie had all the attributes of a cheap Hong Kong movie. Stay away from this movie.

At 4.9/10 stars, you get what you pay for. Among the many highlights are one of the greatest chase scenes since "French Connection", in the form of a high stakes illegal street race through the busy streets of 1980s Kowloon, except instead of driving cars, they are pulling rickshaws. The action scenes will meet the rigorous demands of Van Damme enthusiasts, including a scene where he slides around like a SEAL (to clarify, not a Navy SEAL, an actual SEAL like from the ocean) methodically shooting down numerous opponents. Like a fake Dior handbag, this movie stands the test the time.

Knock Off was the most boring movie I've ever seen. I am disappointed in Jon Claude Van Damme for even considering a movie like this. There was not a plot. It jumped from one air head scene to another. The movie was not well filmed, it looked like amateurs filmed it because of the jerky camera movements and fast forward speed in some of the scenes. Then there were scenes where there was "picture in a picture" to let the audience see what was being looked at. This movie is terrible. It is a poor excuse for a movie.. a waste of time and effort on anyone who sees it. I see many movies on preview night the day movies are released for the first time.. I wish I hadn't seen this one at all........

I found a 4-movie DVD of Van Damme movies at my public library. This is one of them. This is truly a pretty bad movie. I believe the best part was the silly rickshaw race in the streets of Hong Kong. Jean-Claude Van Damme is designer Marcus Ray and his sidekick is Rob Schneider as Tommy Hendricks. Lots of chases, lots of fight, a few explosions. This might do for light mindless entertainment but really, it isn't a very good movie. Its IMDb average rating is about right, maybe even a little high.

Ohhh boy. I saw this on opening night with high hopes. I see most of Van-Damme's movies in the theater because, I'll admit, I like him. After '97s Double Team I left the theater and said "good, he'll never make a movie THAT bad again". I hate it when I'm wrong. This was terrible. I didn't even laugh at Schneider! who, I think is very funny. Van-Damme really is a guilty pleasure for me. With Hard Target being at the top of my list and this garbage on the bottom.

Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Marcus Ray "The King of knock offs" who tries to go straight but must first fight off a group of terrorists sneaking tiny micro-bombs in jeans in this outrageous yet strangely entertaining actioner. This one is full of unintentional comedy, cool actionscenes, horrible comic relief, laughable special effects, cool yet misused camera angles, that add up to an experience that will sure to leave you thinking, "What the Hell?".

Well its a rip off if you paid to see this movie. Easily one of the worst Van damme movies. Poor Action Scenes. poor jokes a Pathetic ending all add up to a true Turkey.please dont waste your time on this.1 out of 10

Now before I start panning this film, let me clarify that I am a fan of Jean-Claude. I don't even think he's a bad actor. I mean Hard Target, Universal Soldier, and Double Team, which was made by the same director of this mess, were good action movies. Now with that said, let me say that this is one of his worst to date. The filmmakers must have been high as a kite when they were filming. Those thousands of critics who unfairly panned "Armageddon" for being too frenetic in its editing should take a look at this. Plus, what is Paul Sorvino thinking? Here we have an extremely talented actor who was so memorable in such films as "GoodFellas" and "Money Talks", and now he ends up in worthless films like this and "Most Wanted". This film requires that he play a very cheesy villain who lets out one of the lamest screams in history when he gets it in the end. God, MST3K where are you?????

No offense to Jeane-Claude, but he needs to judge better next time he picks a script. It's written poorly and the plot itself is so predictable. The fighting sequences are horrible (What happened with the Quest? He did an excellent job there). Plus, all the double crossing and pointless twists are ineffective. If this is his come-back film, I am extremely disappointed.

I was hoping to see a good action flick, but the acting, film editing, and the special effects kept getting in the way. There is a scene where our hero is sliding across the floor shooting at someone, and you can see the cable which is pulling him. Even though everyone is speaking english, it looks like it was a badly dubbed foreign film. I definitely cannot recommend this film to anyone.