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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasDouble Impact offers two Jean-Claude Van Dammes for the price of one, and for fans of the Belgian-born martial arts star, it delivers the goods. It’s a solid, fast-moving action-adventure set largely in Hong Kong, which is dynamically photographed by Richard Kline.
- 63The Associated PressThe Associated PressLawrence of Arabia it ain't. But who cares? The fighting is great, the action nonstop and this guy has killer legs from hell that can drop a 500-pound ninja before he can say Bruce Lee.
- 63Washington PostRichard HarringtonWashington PostRichard HarringtonThe story is silly but entertaining, the fisti/footsycuffs are generally exciting and the laughs are common. Summer fare, basically.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhat makes Double Impact, for all its dull-witted theatrics, an energizing experience is the picture’s astonishing level of ballistic mayhem.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie has slick production values and a few clever lines, and is an invaluable illustration of the Principle of Evil Marksmanship. This principle, you will recall from my Glossary of Movie Terms, teaches us that in the movies the bad guys can never hit anything with a gun, and the good guys can hardly miss.
- 40The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesAs it turns out, two Jean-Claude Van Dammes are pretty much the same as one. Fans who like their action unadulterated by story, character or acting know where to find it.
- 25Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThere's one thing worse than a movie with two Jean-Claudes: A movie with two Jean-Claudes and bad fighting.
- 0Austin ChronicleKathleen MaherAustin ChronicleKathleen MaherOne brother grows up to be a dashing smuggler, the other is a dork and it's a tribute to Van Damme's acting ability that it's frequently impossible to tell which one is which. I could go on, I'm having a pretty good time at this, but I think I'll save my usual rants about homophobia, racism, and generally insensitive stupidity for a movie that attracts an audience that reads film reviews.