Knock Off

Knock Off

Infobox Film
name = Knock Off


caption =
amg_id = 1:173485
imdb_id = 0120724
writer = Steven E. de Souza
starring = Jean-Claude Van Damme Lela Rochon Rob Schneider
director = Tsui Hark
producer = Nansun Shi
distributor = Tri-Star Pictures
released = September 4, 1998
runtime =
editor = Marco Mak
music = Ron Mael Russell Mael
cinematography = Arthur Wong
editing = Marco Mak
language = English
budget = 33,000,000:"For knock-off (counterfeit) products see Counterfeit""Knock Off" is a 1998 American action film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lela Rochon and Rob Schneider.

Plot

Marcus Ray (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a sales representative for "V SIX" jeans, and his partner, Tommy Hendricks (Rob Schneider), are about to be busted for selling "knock off" jeans (a low-quality imitation of well-known products). Their American contact, Karan Leigh (Lela Rochon), who by the way is not only their employer but a CIA agent sent to find the mole in their operation, is threatening them with a jail term if they do not prove their innocence.

Meanwhile, Ray and Hendricks meet up with Harry Johannson (Paul Sorvino), who is a CIA agent that just happens to be a double agent for the Russian Mafia and a ringleader to the terrorists. He tells Ray that Hendricks is really a CIA agent and that they need Ray's support. Ray and Hendricks then learn that Skinny Wang (Glen Chin) is involved with the knock off jeans and they seek him out; which results in the death of Wang and the pursuit of angry terrorists, who are loyal to Wang. Ray and Hendricks then learn that these knock off jeans are laden with microbombs, which were developed by former KGB operatives who are in league with international terrorists that are utilizing a Russian Mafia's scheme to bring this deadly technology to the black market and extort $100,000,000.00 in monthly revenue from the world super powers. This particular order is to be shipped to the U.S.

Furthermore, we discover that the CIA headquarters, in Hong Kong, is located on Lantau Island inside a huge Buddha statue. At least when they finally blow it up, it is spectacular! In the end, Hong Kong is safe and so is the rest of the world.

Reception

"Knock Off" opened in the United States on September 4th, 1998 to critical scorn and box office indifference. It took the 4th spot with an okay $5,516,2311 at 1800 theaters, with a $3,064 average for the weekend. From there it plummeted and topped out with just $10,300,000 in US ticket sales. Overseas it did little better, bringing the movies world total up to $30,000,000.

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