Double Team
Double Team

Double Team

1997Movie93 minEnglish

A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together they're a two-man arsenal... with enough voltage to rock the free world.

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IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes11%
Metacritic23/100
Google Users42%
Director: Tsui HarkGenres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Plot Summary

A former CIA agent, presumed dead, is resurrected by a clandestine organization and enhanced with cybernetic implants to battle a dangerous international terrorist. Teaming up with a flamboyant hacker, he must go rogue to stop the villain from unleashing a devastating weapon.

Critical Reception

Double Team was widely panned by critics for its nonsensical plot, over-the-top action, and poor performances. It is often cited as one of the worst films of the 1990s and a low point in the careers of its stars.

What Reviewers Say

  • Criticized for its convoluted and nonsensical plot.
  • The action sequences are deemed excessive and poorly executed.
  • Performances by the lead actors are widely considered to be wooden and uninspired.

Google audience: Audiences found the film to be an incomprehensible mess, with many expressing disappointment in the acting and plot. While some acknowledged the film's potential for campy entertainment, the overwhelming sentiment was negative.

Fun Fact

The film's plot involving a resurrected agent with cybernetic enhancements was reportedly inspired by the comic book character "The Death of Superman".

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JPV852

JPV852

The expression on Rourke's face at the end was fantastic. Everything else was utterly terrible (the confusing plot, acting and the numerous, fucking basketball puns).