Review of Double Team (1997) by Max A — 21 Sep 2007

Have no idea why this movie gets such a bad rating. The purpose of movies is to entertain the viewers. In a movie like this with little star power, you can't be expecting The Godfather like quality out of Dennis Rodman.

The plot of the movie is a CIA agent named Jack Quinn is on the prowl for a nasty terrorist named Stavros. After getting cold feet on a sniping mission, he tracks Stavros down in a hospital but Stav gets the upper hand and Jack is knocked out. This is where the plot gets kinda weird. Jack wakes up and is now in a colony home for the aleged "dead" agents of the past, led by Mickey Rourke. I won't get into it but the kicker is his pregnant wife was kidnapped by Stavros and has to team up with a mercenary playboy named Yaz (Rodman) to get his wife back.

I really don't see why this film got lower ratings than other Van Damne movies like Replicant, Derailed, Knockoff, etc. It wasn't that great and Rodman was something new to movies. The action scenes were fine, especially Rodman turning in aggression not seen since the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals. What more could be wanted other than a marginally good effort from the performers? 2 out of 5 for originality alone.