Today we’ll talk about the double hit movie. Actors and roles will be presented later. This is an action movie shot by Sheldon Lettich. It is based on a script co-authored by Peter Craix, Steve Mearson and Van Damme.
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First, we discuss the plot of the film “Double Strike”. The actors are presented below. The picture shows how Paul Wagner is a businessman, Catherine - his wife, as well as Alex and Chad - their six-month-old twins in Hong Kong are watching the parade. When the event ends, the head of the family and Nigel Griffith, his business partner, head to the podium, and then open an underwater tunnel that connects Hong Kong Island and the mainland. That same night, Paul and Katherine and the twins head home, and the hero notices the persecution - someone is constantly following them.
The hero reports on the radio to a friend of Frank Avery, a retired military man. They missed the last car a few minutes ago. Katherine and Paul drive up to the house. They see that they are ambushed. They are awaiting a group of Chinese gangsters led by the brutal killer Moon. The latter with his assistants kill Katherine and Paul. Then the criminals want to destroy the twins, but Frank suddenly appears and enters the shootout with the gangsters. He is injured, but manages to kill several bandits and injure Moon.
Frank sees that Katherine and Paul are dead. He orders the Chinese maid Paul to pick up one baby and run away. Frank himself takes the other child and is hiding. After passing through the thicket, he is surprised to notice Nigel Griffith and Raymond Zang - the local drug lord. They are impatiently expecting something.
Key actors
Wagner and Frank are the main characters in the movie Double Blow. Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jeffrey Lewis embodied these images on the screen. Alan Scarf played the role of Nigel Griffith.
Other heroes
- Raymond Zang and Moon are also featured in the plot of Double Blow.
- Actors Philip Chan and Bolo Yen embodied these images on the screen.
- Corey Everson played Kara.
- Alonne Shaw appears on the screen as Daniel.
- The actors of the film “Double Strike” Andy Armstrong and Sarah-Jane Varley played Paul and Katherine Wagner.
- Peter Malota embodied the image of a bodyguard with spurs.
- Kamel Krief plays a manager in a mahjong club.
- Ivan Lurie embodied the image of the club bouncer.
- Julie Strain played a student in a sports school.
- John Sham played the role of a marine police officer.
Interesting Facts
Now we give a few interesting facts about the film “Double Strike”. Actors were presented above. The author of the musical accompaniment was Arthur Kempel, an American composer. The soundtrack lasting more than 40 minutes contains 12 tracks. In 2010, Jean-Claude Van Damme spoke about plans to create a sequel, in which Bolo Yen is likely to take part as a positive character. Sheldon Lettic confirmed this information, emphasizing that this project will be difficult to implement, since before proceeding with the filming, the issue related to the purchase of copyright should be resolved.
In 2011, it was announced that the solution to this problem was approximated. But back to the first part. In this film, Van Damme, in addition to acting and screenwriting, was involved as a director of battle scenes. He also first appeared as a producer. Michael Douglas took part in the project. He along with Lettich acted as a co-producer. The shooting took place in Los Angeles and Hong Kong for 8 weeks in November - December 1990. For his work in the film, Van Damme was awarded the MTV Movie Awards as "The most coveted man."
The tape was Lettich's most successful work. At the box office, the picture was successful - its budget is $ 15 million, and the fees in world cinemas reached 80.5 million. The tape is the third joint work of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sheldon Lettich, they also worked on the Bloody Sport and AWOL projects ".