Knock Off (1998) (Closed Caption)

Great Action, Terrible Acting

By jet_li_fan15  Feb 3, 2002

Whenever someone goes off to see a Jean Claude Van Damme action movie, they know that it wont have award winning acting but it will always have top notch action sequences. In Knock Off, the acting is extremely terrible, but director Tsui Hark doesnt ...let the viewer be permanently scarred by this. The plot is simple but clever, Marcus Ray (Van Damme) is a jeans salesman, but is also involved with the Hong Kong black market selling knock offs of every merchandise anyone can imagine. His partner Tommy Hendricks (Rob Schneider) has absolutely no clue of Ray's dealings, but what Ray doesnt know is that the black market is tied in with the Russian Mafia, who intend to place little micro-bombs in all the knock off merchandise. When the action starts, it doesnt let up (with a few very gory deaths) and Van Damme's martial arts prowess never fails to impress. This is nothing out of the ordinary, so if you're in the mood for some silly fun, grab the popcorn and settle in. Read more Less