![]() While Marcus changes, the Russians kidnap Karen and Tommy, and Marcus finds a bomb detector in Karen's things. After a fight, she reveals she's CIA as well, and the three team up. After Marcus leaves, the Buddha explodes, and Marcus races to the office to save Tommy. ![]() At the office, she handcuffs Tommy and prepares to question him. There, the security footage reveals Karen was in the warehouse just before they were. Marcus kidnaps Skinny at his workplace and takes him back to the CIA base in the Buddha. Tommy obtains security footage on the way out. Tommy and Marcus have to fight their way out of the building. He opens a safe to give them proof, but it explodes, killing him. Eddie fingers Skinny as the counterfeiter he found out they had bombs in the merchandise and tried to have it dumped in the ocean before the Russians found them. Believing Eddie to be in on it, they go to see him. Tommy's boss, Harry Johansson determines they are powerful "nanobombs" at their base inside a Buddha statue. Marcus gets on top of it and when it ultimately crashes they find it full of tiny discs. That night, before they arrive at the warehouse, a truck bursts out. He is a CIA agent sent to discover the counterfeiters who used Marcus, "the king of knock offs," as his cover. When Tommy gets kidnapped at a restaurant, Marcus follows him and finds him talking to his CIA handlers. Meanwhile, the Russian bosses kill the agents who failed to reclaim the dolls and get tipped off by Skinny that V-Six and Hong Kong detective are onto them and are going to their warehouse. She agrees to let it go if they go to the warehouse that switched the fake jeans and identify who did it. The police arrest Marcus and Tommy, but release them without charges.īack at their office, an executive from V-Six, Karen Lee claims a shipment of jeans was counterfeit and Marcus and Tommy are responsible for over $5 million of losses. Ultimately, the agents kill the fake Eddie Tommy accidentally throws a can of food at a plainclothes Hong Kong police officer. The body double gets kidnapped by Russian agents (looking for Eddie) and Marcus gives chase. Marcus and Tommy then participate in an annual rickshaw race during which Marcus' adopted brother and friend Eddie cheats to win by switching with a body double. ![]() His business partner, Marcus Ray shows up late after inspecting a warehouse of their goods where he sees several knock-offs, including the exploding dolls, peddled by a Hong Kong gangster, Skinny. Some Russian agents and a Hong Kong detective pursuing them survive.ĭowntown, Tommy Hendricks is arranging a fashion show for "V-Six" Jeans. They accidentally open the crate and baby dolls float to the surface before being detonated. ![]() Russian agents searching for something underwater find a crate as Hong Kong police close in. The film is also the second collaboration between Van Damme and de Souza, the first film being Street Fighter, released in 1994. It was Hark's second and last American film he returned to Hong Kong after Knock Off, feeling unsatisfied with his work in the United States. The film is one of the last in the world to feature Kai Tak Airport still in use the airport closed in 1998. The title is a double entendre, as the term colloquially refers to both counterfeit goods as well as targeted killing. The film was released in the United States on September 4, 1998. Light up our candles for a nostalgic sensory experience that is sure to entertain time and time again.Knock Off is a 1998 action film directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider. Every element of our hand poured candles is made with premium ingredients right here in New York – from our non-toxic, vegan and cruelty-free fragrance oils to our 100% USA grown soy wax, and pure cotton wicks. We are proud to present a candle line that features beautifully designed scents with legendary inspiration. Why couldn't there be a candle that featured premium ingredients, pop culture references, cool designs and witchy vibes? Combining Alaina's design skills with Jocelyn's high-end beauty background, we immediately set off to work and launched Bijou Candles in the Fall of 2017. Sharing a passion for home decor and fine fragrance lead us to burning candle after candle, but we never could find one that checked all of the boxes. Hi, we're Jocelyn and Alaina! We're a married couple from NYC who met many moons ago while doing improv comedy and decided to say "yes, and" to so much more.
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