Details

Release year: 1997

Storyline

An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.

Top credits

Directors

Hark Tsui

Writers

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme — Jack Quinn
Dennis Rodman — Yaz
Mickey Rourke — Stavros
Paul Freeman — Goldsmythe

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Did you know

• Mickey Rourke underwent a serious martial arts regime to obtain the physical appearance in the film, and to prepare for his fight scenes with Jean-Claude Van Damme.

• The original spec, titled "The Colony", was written by Don Jakoby and sold in the $1M/$1.5M range in July 1995. It was set on an island off the coast of Greece that serves as a safe haven for CIA agents whose cover is blown and centered on a man escaping the island in order to seek revenge on his arch enemy. Jean-Claude Van Damme thought it was a great script, but he stated that it was extensively rewritten, and the changes made the final movie a bit too cartoonish.

• This was the first movie to use Coca Cola vending machines as product placement. Jack, Yaz, and Alex hide behind one during the film's climax.