Poster: TMDB
Double Impact (1991)
- Year
- 1991
- Art
- KarateKickboxing
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Sheldon Lettich
- Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bolo Yeung, Geoffrey Lewis, Philip Chan, Pjetër Malota
- Running time
- 110 min
Synopsis
Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.
Synopsis: TMDB
Why it matters
“Double Impact” is a 1991 film directed by Sheldon Lettich (United States). Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bolo Yeung and Geoffrey Lewis. It puts karate at the centre of the story: the training, discipline and fighting of this art born in Okinawa. It shows kickboxing, the mix of punches and kicks that became popular in 1980s and 1990s action cinema. To learn about the art itself, see our Karate page.
Official trailer
Official channel: Amazon MGM Studios · YouTube (youtube-nocookie)
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Sources
- Wikidata: Q847545 (CC0)
- TMDB: 9594 — Poster: TMDB, Synopsis: TMDB
- Official trailer: Amazon MGM Studios
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