Double Impact
Double Impact (1991)

Double Impact

5/5
(38 votes)
5.6IMDb

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Goofs

One of the "oil-barrels" being flung around by Moon is made from foam rubber.

It can be clearly seen to be creased as he runs toward camera with it.

During the first shootout, Alex fires at least 60 rounds from two 10-round Berettas without reloading.

Right after Chad kicks open the side door of his brother's parlor to escape the goons, the set is clearly visible outside of the door.

During the first shootout, the same headlight of the enemy's vehicle gets shot out three different times.

When Chad comes back to the hideout to find Alex drunk, in the scenes where they are together you can see through Alex.

The chest pocket on Chad's pink shirt changes sides (the shot has obviously been horizontally flipped).

When Frank Avery is driving the red sports car back to the house to rescue the family, the shadow of the camera attached to the bonnet/hood are clearly visible on the roadside to the left.

When Chad and Danielle are chasing Griffith between the containers, Griffith's shadow is cast back and Chad and Danielle's shadow is cast forward.

When Chad hangs from a warehouse ledge, the street below is a blue screen effect, visible to the naked eye.

When Chad is fighting Moon, Moon ambushes him by rolling barrels at him, causing him to drop his gun.

Moon then rushes in and kicks the gun away and then lifts a barrel to throw at Chad.

In the next shot, not only is Chad several feet away from Moon despite backing up slowly, but he is reaching behind his back for the gun that was just kicked away a few seconds earlier.

During the "factory" shootout, the bad guy in the blue shirt has a large fake blood spot on his right chest while he is still actively firing at Chad.

When Chad blows Moon with helicopter kick in last fight, in slow motion we could see that he actually didn't hit him.

His foot was at least 12 inches far from Moon's head.

When Chad escapes with Danielle through a secret passageway, he kicks open a door to get outside but when the door opens you clearly see another room.

The movie then cuts to the supposed other side of the door which is outside.

Awards

MTV Movie + TV Awards 1992


MTV Movie Award
Most Desirable Male

Box Office

DateAreaGross
USA USD 30,102,717
13 March 1992 UK USD 3,308,528
1993 Worldwide USD 80,500,000
worldwide USD 80,500,000
Non-USA USD 50,397,283
Australia AUD 1,134,730
Spain EUR 1,221,271
DateAreaGrossScreens
11 August 1991 USA USD 7,574,703 1735
DateAreaGrossScreens
15 September 1991 USA USD 1,002,556 1175
8 September 1991 USA USD 1,552,532 1430
2 September 1991 USA USD 2,426,567 1566
25 August 1991 USA USD 2,700,332 1716
18 August 1991 USA USD 4,504,788 1747

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Reviews

Yeah, the 'Muscles From Brussels' was desperately trying to stand out from other eighties action heroes, such as Schwarzenegger and Stallone. At least he had his whole 'martial arts' thing going for him, which did make his films just a little different to every other muscleman pounding countless henchmen into submission.

"Double Impact" is the story about two babies Alex and Chad who are separated after their parents are murdered by business partners Raymond Zhange (Philip Chan) and Nigel Griffith (Alan Scarfe). Twenty-five years later, the twin babies become two sexy martial arts sensations with strong Belgian accents (both played by Jean Claude Van Damme) who vow to avenge the death of their parents.

The Muscles from Brussels takes a co-producer and co-writer credit on this routinely plotted but agreeable action picture. Van Damme plays twin boys, who were orphaned in the 1960s by thugs representing some greedy white collar criminals.

This could be argued to be one of Van Damme's best film. Not only for his amazing fight scenes, but also for his acting ability along side himself.

Watching this by-the-book crime action movie made me start thinking. We know all the action movie cliches so there is no point in reviewing them.

Two twins "good" and "neutral" fight the evil. The action is pretty cool, but storyline is kind of crap.

First off, let's round it out quickly: Im a JCVD fan. Through and through, sir.

Yet another slice of Van Damme craziness, this one glossier and more B-movie-ish than the rest. The sheer unintentional humour value offered up by the fact that Van Damme plays twins make this film unmissable - the split screen work, where Van Damme converses with himself, is a must see.

So there is a line in here that I identify with: "Never in my life would I wear black silk underwear," and that really needs to be your only take away.Because, honestly, what could be worse than Jean-Claude Van Damme's acting?

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