Double Take (2001)

12% of critics liked it
(77 reviews)
47% of users liked it
(15,346 ratings)

A man trying to run away from trouble finds it follows him in unexpected ways in this action-packed vehicle for comic actors Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones. Daryl Chase (Jones) is a successful investment banker who handles international accounts for a major New York firm. Chase discovers to his… More A man trying to run away from trouble finds it follows him in unexpected ways in this action-packed vehicle for comic actors Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones. Daryl Chase (Jones) is a successful investment banker who handles international accounts for a major New York firm. Chase discovers to his surprise that one of his biggest clients, a company from Mexico, is actually a front for a cartel of drug smugglers; Chase realizes too late that he's been framed for money laundering, and is now wanted by the FBI. Chase is soon approached by a CIA agent, who thinks Chase's relationship with the Mexican drug kingpins might prove useful, but when his local contact disappears, Chase has to make his way to Mexico in order to save his skin and hopefully clear his name. Needing a new identity to get out of town and across the border, Chase obtains a stolen passport -- and soon learns the man whose name he's using is in even deeper trouble with the law than himself. With nowhere else to turn, Chase asks streetwise hustler Freddie Tiffany (Griffin) to help him get out of town; Chase will pretend to be Freddie, while Tiffany will pose as a businessman like Chase. However, Chase finds out Tiffany isn't the man he thought he was, and that his sticky situation is even more perilous and fraught with secrets than he imagined. Double Take was inspired by the 1957 drama Across The Bridge, which was in turn based on a novel by Graham Greene; the supporting cast includes Edward Herrmann, Gary Grubbs, Garcelle Beauvais, and Daniel Roebuck. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: George Gallo
Written By: George Gallo
Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 12, 2001 Wide
On DVD: Jul 17, 2001
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

Critic Reviews

Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail
This is a film that's better than it has any right to be.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's too violent, too muddled and too pat to be much more than an average evening's entertainment on UPN.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Piling double-cross upon deception at a speed that quickly outpaces the audience's interest in what's happening.
Gene Seymour, Newsday
Wickedly funny.
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Violent waste of talent.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...rent Midnight Run instead...
John R. McEwen, Film Quips Online
I think Double Take would have worked much better as a simple buddy comedy, without trying to have the plot of a serious thriller.
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
About the best thing that can be said for Double Take is that the morning after seeing it you don't really remember much about it.
Dwayne E. Leslie, Boxoffice Magazine
Suffers from a scattershot approach to rapid-fire jokes that usually miss their mark, though Griffin's comedic talents brighten the proceedings and Jones does his part to add his own flavor to the mix.
Larry Carroll, Countingdown.com
...this film goes beyond bad; it's borderline racist.
Mark Dujsik, Mark Reviews Movies
The plot itself is simple. The twists are simply thrown in to make it seem complex.
Karen Moline, Movieline
Eighty-nine of the longest minutes ever endured in recent cinema.

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Leigh R

Eh.
Jason S

I thought this was funny at parts and entertaining. It's not great though and the plot has been seen in a lot of different movies over the years.
Steven V

Fun comedy with some twists and turns in it, especially at the end. Eddie Griffin is a comic genious. And Orlando Jones's not bad himself.
Remi L

OMG this movie is comedy!! Definitely one of Eddie Griffin's funniest movies! And Orlando Jones was on point too!