Double Impact

Double Impact
Double Impact movie poster
Directed by	Sheldon Lettich
Produced by	Jean-Claude Van Damme Paul Michael Glaser Ashok Amritraj
Screenplay by	Sheldon Lettich Jean-Claude Van Damme
Story by	Sheldon Lettich Jean-Claude Van Damme Steve Meerson Peter Krikes
Starring	Jean-Claude Van Damme Ara Gelici Geoffrey Lewis Andy Armstrong Bolo Yeung Philip Chan Alan Scarfe Alonna Shaw
Music by	Arthur Kempel
Cinematography	Richard H. Kline
Editing by	Mark Conte
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (USA) 20th Century Fox (non-USA)
Release date(s)	August 9, 1991
Running time	107 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$16,000,000 (U. S.)[1]
Box office	Domestic: $ 30,102,717 Foreign: $ 49,937,198 Worldwide: $ 80,039,915

Double Impact is a 1991 American action film written and directed by Sheldon Lettich and also written, produced by and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as double roles Chad and Alex Wagner.^[2]

Plot

The story begins 25 years ago with the opening of the Hong Kong Victoria Harbour tunnel by business partners Paul Wagner and Nigel Griffith (Alan Scarfe). Paul attends with his twin baby sons, Chad and Alex. However, after the celebrations, the family is followed home by a Triad hit squad on orders from Griffith and crime lord Raymond Zhang (Philip Chan). A shootout ensues, in which Paul and his wife are killed by the bodyguard Moon (Bolo Yeung). Chad is rescued by the family bodyguard, Frank Avery (Geoffrey Lewis), and raised abroad. Alex is dropped off on the doorstep of a Hong Kong orphanage.

In the present day, Chad (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Frank are running a successful martial arts business in Los Angeles when Frank reveals a new "business" for the two of them in Hong Kong. They then take a Philippine Airlines flight to Hong Kong. Soon after arrival, they find Alex (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Frank explain their shared past. It is revealed that Alex is immersed in the Hong Kong crime world ruled by Zhang and has a girlfriend who works for Griffith’s company, Danielle Wilde (Alonna Shaw).during which their first mission Alex accepts Chad as a partner more than a brother after escaping the Hong Kong Marine Police afer trying to sell foreign cars with electronics inside,during which Submerges them in the water and blows them up,in the after math chad(mistaken for Alex) is taken in by the triads to discuss what happened,this led to Chad knowing about the drug lab in Causeway bay,Alex and chad arranged to destroy the lab by planting C4 in the complex in stealth,but Chad fials the stealth part and a massive gunfight takes place,the lab is destroyed at the cost of losing Alex's respect.Danielle and Alex talk on a ferry and discuss that Zhang is attending a Night club with other bosses in Hong Kong.Alex,Chad and Frank endure their third mission to take down Zhang using Cognac boxes with C4 incased in them,during such time Chad is aimed at by the guards and frank detonates the first bomb. Zhang discover that both Chad and Alex are not only twins but the twins from 25 years ago.Danielle locates the document that she had been sent to recover but is stopped by Kara(Cory everson) Griffins assassin and begins to search Danielle in ways she thought were strange since Kara is bisexual and hits on her as well,Chad heads to the Hideout in a bar where Alex has a base,chad has rescue Danielle after fleeing from the triads,this infuriates Alex and begins to hate Chad even more to the point where Chad leaves the building.Alex reveals that he has no brother on the grounds that he was raised in the streets alone and had no one to help him. after a massive hangover Alex looks at the building as it is being raided by Armed soldiers working for griffin and zhang,after locating Frank and Danielle theyre taken hostage on the Golden Glory ship's furnace room where they are being tortured,Alex and Chad have joined forces as the infultrate the ship and begin killing off soldiers. Despite ongoing tension between the twins, Chad and Alex eventually team up to start dismantling Zhang’s criminal empire. Towards the end of the movie, Zhang and Griffith kidnap Frank and Danielle to lure the twins into a trap. Chad and Alex fight their way through most of the henchmen sent to kill them and finally pursue and kill Zhang and Griffith. Chad and Alex decide to put aside their differences and become brothers once more.

Cast

• Jean-Claude Van Damme — Chad Wagner / Alex Wagner
• Geoffrey Lewis — Frank Avery
• Alonna Shaw — Danielle Wilde
• Bolo Yeung — Moon
• Alicia Stevenson — Baby Chad
• Alan Scarfe — Nigel Griffith
• Philip Chan — Raymond Zhang
• Corrina Everson — Kara
• Julie Strain — a student
• Wu Fong Lung — Chinese nurse

Critical and box office reception

Double Impact opened on August 9, 1991 to mixed critical response where most critics cited it as yet another mindless action movie that only had the gimmick of two Jean-Claude Van Dammes.^{[3] [4]} Roger Ebert gave the film recognition for slick production values.^[5] The movie debuted at No.2. at the US box office.^[6]

Soundtrack

Double Impact (Original Soundtrack Recordings)
Film score by Arthur Kempel
Released	1993
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	40:32
Label	Silva Screen Records Ltd

The score by Kempel was released as the Double Impact Original Soundtrack Recordings on 1993 by Silva America. The soundtrack was released on CD contained twelve tracks with a runtime of 40 minutes.^[7]

All music composed by Arthur Kempel.

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture"	01:16
2.	"Dead Ringers"	01:24
3.	"The Brother's Revenge"	03:38
4.	"I Miss You"	00:55
5.	"Battle at Sea"	05:47
6.	"Causeway Bay"	07:19
7.	"The Other Side of the World"	01:15
8.	"Hong Kong Pursuit"	04:14
9.	"Zang's Offer"	06:45
10.	"The Brother's Reunion"	02:23
11.	"End Title"	02:50
12.	"Feel the Impact"	02:46
Total length:		40:32

References

1. ^ "Hollywood's New Action Toys". The New York Magazine. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=black+rain+stallone&source=bl&ots=JXWH-Y_9ht&sig=rEnWSutby9XF0sZctKTOKsBGyYc&hl=en&ei=v0LbTK2ZD4O0hAew4MnSAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=black%20rain%20stallone&f=false. Retrieved 2010-12-21. 
2. ^ "Making an impact Van Damme's career profits from getting a kick start". Chicago Tribune. 1991-08-16. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-08-16/features/9103290206_1_double-impact-karate-hong-kong. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
3. ^ Thomas, Kevin (1991-08-09). "Van Damme Doubles the 'Impact'". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1991-08-09/entertainment/ca-50_1_van-damme. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 
4. ^ James, Caryn (1991-08-09). "Review/Film; With Double the Violence, Van Damme Plays Twins". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/09/movies/review-film-with-double-the-violence-van-damme-plays-twins.html?src=pm. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
5. ^ "Double Impact". Chicago Sun Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910809/REVIEWS/108090302/1023. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
6. ^ Fox, David J. (1991-08-13). "In the Wake of 'Terminator 2,' a Slow Season : Box office: With three weeks to go in the summer, it appears there will be no records set. But it may yet prove to be the third-best summer on record.". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1991-08-13/entertainment/ca-909_1_box-office/2. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
7. ^ http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/6629/Double+Impact

External links

• Double Impact at the Internet Movie Database
• Double Impact at AllRovi