Sep 30, 2001 09:31 PM
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Jean Claude Van Damne, aka ''The Muscles From Brussels'' can never be considered to be one of Hollywood's most brightly shining stars no matter which way you look at it. He does however churn out a worryingly large amount of rather naff cheapo B-movie action movies which are just perfect for no-braining on a friday evening. Here is another one for you to veg-out to...you lucky people.
If you like VD(hehehe) then you are in for a treat here because you get two of him. Confused? Well you see he plays a good twin and a bad twin who come together to avenge the murder of their parents ome years before. You see, they were split up as babys and one twin stayed in the US and became a pink polo-shirted, knee-socked sandle wearing goody goody with a priviledged life and the other a leather jacketed, greased back haired wheeler and dody-dealer in the far east. Stereotypes? You betcha! Well the basic plot is that these two go after the bad guys who did this nasty thing with predictable results...ok there is no plot and the twin thing was thrown in to make it look as if there was.
This isn't the worst VD movie out there but its not one of the best either. I would recommend Time Cop as a better one, but if yo have to have you no-braining thrills then this is an ok place to start. The action is very much in the A-Team style of action, lots of machine guns and bright flashy explosions. Stereotypes aplenty here as well, and the usual choppy/kicky martial arts business which VD does so lamely -> Bad guy runs up, stands very still so that VD can measure his still punch or kick and then flies backwards as if he has been hit with a wrecking ball. Hmmm. Oh well, its a bad movie, but its an average movie for this kind of thing hence the 3/5 rating.
