Can you imagine being the producer of "Double Team"? Knowing that
you have three international bad boys you have to get in front of the
camera? I don't just mean they play bad boys, I mean bad boys.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is the world's biggest flirt and major
kickboxing actor. Mickey Rourke used to be an actor who now fancies
himself a boxer. This guy has trashed more hotels than the old Van
Halen. And then there is Dennis Rodman, the NBA's rebounder champ
and fashion aberration. Can you imagine trying to book these guys
into a hotel? But producer Moshe Diamant, who has worked with Van
Damme previously on "Timecop" and five other action movies, knew what
he was getting into. He pulled in Hong Kong director Tsui Hark who
has made a name for himself in action movies such as "Once Upon A
Time In China". Hark kept them all so busy jumping through the
action hoops that, as Rourke put it, "I haven't had a chance to get
bored on this movie because they're working me like a horse." And we
wouldn't want Mickey to get bored.
The end result certainly won't bore anyone either. Van Damme is a
super spy called in for one last job that lands him in Rourke's
cross-hairs and on a secluded island. Escaping from the island
prison filled with other top spies, Van Damme turns to Rodman, an
arms dealer, for help in rescuing his pregnant wife. Shot in
non-stop MTV style, "Double Team" doesn't give anyone the time to
breathe, much less reflect. Which is just as well since there isn't
much to reflect on, unless it is the visual style created by the
international crew. Trust me, this is going to make a lot of money
in the States and with a little dubbing, it will make even more
abroad. And that is what Hollywood is all about. Rated R. Columbia
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