The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 937 1990s thriller movies in this catalog score higher.
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
1,252 audience votes
Key crew
- Sheldon LettichDirector
- Sheldon LettichScreenplay
- Arthur KempelOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Claude Van DammeScreenplay
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeAlex / Chad Wagner
- Geoffrey LewisFrank Avery
- Alonna ShawDanielle Wilde
- Bolo YeungMoon
- Cory EversonKara
- Philip Chan Yan-KinRaymond Zhang
- Alan ScarfeNigel Griffith
- Andy ArmstrongPaul Wagner
- Woo FungChinese Nurse
- Kamel KrifaMahjong Manager
- Peter MalotaBody Guard With Spurs
- Sarah-Jane VarleyKatherine Wagner
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Themes
martial artswar veteranfightloss of loved onefightervillainesskaraterevengeorganized crimehong konglos angeles, californiatwins