Double Take (2001)
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12% of critics liked it
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47% of users liked it
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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
- Directed By
- George Gallo
- Written By
- George Gallo
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jan 12, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Buena Vista Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail
This is a film that's better than it has any right to be.
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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.
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Piling double-cross upon deception at a speed that quickly outpaces the audience's interest in what's happening.
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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Violent waste of talent.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...rent Midnight Run instead...
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Cast
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Orlando Jones
as Daryl Chase
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Eddie Griffin
as Freddy Tiffany
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Edward Herrmann
as Charles Allsworth
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Gary Grubbs
as T.J. McCready
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Shawn Elliott
as Chela/Gutierrez
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Brent Briscoe
as Junior Barnes
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Daniel Roebuck
as Agent Norville
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Carlos Carrasco
as Captain Garcia
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Sterling Macer
as Agent Gradney
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Garcelle Beauvais
as Chloe
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Andrea Navedo
as Maque Sanchez
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Benny Nieves
as Martinez
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Frank Pesce
as Vito
