Knock Off

Year:

1998

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

IMDB rate:

4.7

Director:

Hark Tsui

Details

Country: Aruba

Release Date: 1998-09-04

Filming Locations: Hong Kong, China

Earnings

Budget: $35,000,000

Opening Weekend: $5,516,000 (USA) (6 September 1998)

Gross: $10,076,136 (USA) (1 November 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Knock Off

Rob Schneider

Tommy Hendricks

Lela Rochon

Karen Lee

Paul Sorvino

Harry Johanson

Carman Lee

Detective Ling Ho

Wyman Wong

Eddie Wang

Glen Chin

Skinny

Michael Wong

Han (as Michael Fitzegerald Wong)

Moses Chan

Officer Fong

Lynne Langdon

V-Six Secretary

Ray Nicholas

Karl (as Raymond Leslie Nicholas)

Jeff Wolfe

Skaar (as Jeff Joseph Wolfe)

Michael Miller

Tickler

Steve Brettingham

Hawkeye

Mark Houghton

Bear

Peter Nelson

Biff

Kim Penn

Chip (as Kim Maree Penn)

Thomas Hudak

Kyle

Steve Nation

Kip

Rose Librizzi

Buddha CIA

Noel Rands

Racemaster

Dennis Chan

Choy / Eddie Kid

William Chow

Papa Wang

Stuart Kavanagh

Colonel Carrington

Noorie Razack

Fruit Market Old Man

Hoi Heung

Fruit Market Accountant

Yuk-San Cheung

Supermarket Kid (as Cheung Simon)

Leslie Cheung

Young Worker (Skinny Freight)

Matt Grant

Tarzan

Nyree Hansen

Jane

Kent Osborne

Pachy

Cordelia Choy

Mel

Mathew Tang

Han's Assistant

Roks Chik

Han's Assistant

Yui Sang Wong

Han's Assistant

Wai Yin Tse

Han's Assistant

Man Cheong Chan

Han's Assistant

Irene Luk

Han's Assistant

Yiu Hay Leung

Han's Assistant

Kerrie Jordan

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Amena Lee Schlaikjer

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Bethany Wetjen

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Helen Praetorius

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Dominique

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Leta Chung

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Eniko Mayer

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Belinka Polakova

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Anika Yuen

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Ginna Ping

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Ana Kattoor

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Simone Lee

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Hanna Josesina Chaplain

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Irena Budayova

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Karin Holm

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Marilka Aling

V-Six Model / Cheerleader

Nina Mackenzie

V-Six Office Girl

Trudy Jane Mansfield

V-Six Office Girl

Maria Butler

V-Six Office Girl

Dennis Cauprie

Skinny Bodyguard (as Dennis Couprie)

Duane Davis

Skinny Bodyguard

William Chan

Skinny Bodyguard

Brad Warren

Russian Mafia

David John Saunders

Russian Mafia (as David Saunders)

Tony Trimble

Russian Mafia

Ian Bruton

Russian Mafia

John Whitney

Russian Mafia

Phillip Duffy

Russian Mafia

Max G.

Russian Mafia

Stuart Lee Markham

Russian Mafia

Mike Lambert

Russian Mafia (as Michael Lambert)

Jude Poyer

Russian Mafia

David Fiddes

Russian Mafia

Jake Seal

Russian Mafia (as Jake Sear Jacob)

Jason Todd Hancock

Russian Mafia

Peter Kramer

Russian Mafia

Pascale Harris

CIA Staff

Alex Maziga

CIA Staff

Robert Baynton Eke

CIA Staff

Martyn A. Minns

Rickshaw Racer

Mélanie Page

Rickshaw Racer

Ian Clarke

Rickshaw Racer

Phil John Greatches

Rickshaw Racer

Cesar Liesa

Rickshaw Racer

Ted John Michael Lundell

Rickshaw Racer

Kevin Butler

Rickshaw Racer

Albert Dedeu

Rickshaw Racer

Garry Beckhurst

Rickshaw Passenger

Paolo Mario Moscardini

Rickshaw Passenger

Steve Syson

Rickshaw Passenger

Barry Wensueen

Rickshaw Passenger

Ean Tang

Rickshaw Passenger

Aaron Richardson

Rickshaw Passenger

David Rolls

Rickshaw Passenger

Man Leong Au

Rickshaw Passenger

Leon C. Somera Jr.

Rickshaw Passenger

Shiu Chung Yiu

Rickshaw Passenger

Tau Chu

Thug (uncredited)

Maria Cordero

Madame (uncredited)

Mars

Thug (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

A lot of quality fight choreography by Sammo Kam-Bo Hung was cut from the films final release. This included the drastic shortening of both Jeff Wolfe and Michael Miller's fights against Jean-Claude Van Damme in the finale. In the UK DVD Making Of, a glimpse of Jeff Wolfe's extended fight can be seen

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Hong Kong superstar and director Sammo Hung served as the film's 2nd unit director. The release print of "Knock Off" suffers from the removal of a lot of the martial arts action shot for the film, with a couple of sequences being very heavily edited. The final battle between Jean-Claude Van Damme's character and Australian actor/stuntman Michael Miller is less than half of the action shot for their fight, and upon careful viewing you can pick up the fact that the fight has raged across several different sections on the boat, while the fight between Jeff Wolfe's character Scar and Jean-Claude's is the most heavily edited with more of the action being shown in the "Making Of" featured on several of the DVD editions than in the finished film.

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Jet Li was supposed to play the role of "Inspector Han" but he turned it down last minute to do Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) instead.

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Goofs

(at around 18 mins) Jean-Claude Van Damme tries to stop a black van by hooking his rickshaw onto the side mirrors of a van whose driver is a Caucasian. In the next shot (15:25), the driver turns into a Chinese stunt double.

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At the beginning, the dead guy that flew out of the boat,uses his own hand to push himself over as he is being kicked to turn over.

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(at around 47 mins) The camera for Rob Schneider's scene is visible on the building at the top left of the screen.

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Quotes

Harry Johanson: Once we have our little baby bombs all over the U.S., they'll be a monthly satellite bill that would make HBO green with envy. A hundred million dollars a month. And if they don't pay, we send the detonation signal... and good-bye, yellow brick road.