Double Impact: Collector's Edition – MVD Rewind Collection (4k UHD/Blu-ray Combo)

Theatrical Release Date: USA, 1991
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Writers: Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alicia Stevenson, Paul Aylett, Geoffrey Lewis, Alan Scarfe, Philip Chan, Bolo Yeung, Cory Everson, Alonna Shaw

Release Date: February 17th, 2026
Approximate Running Time: 110 Minutes 27 seconds
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen / 2160 Progressive / HEVC / H.265 / HDR10
Rating: R
Sound: DTS-HD 5.1 English, LPCM Stereo English
Subtitles: English SDH
Region Coding: Region Free (4K UHD), Region A (Blu-ray)
Retail Price: $49.95

"Van Damme leaps into the dual roles of Chad and Alex Wagner, twin brothers who were separated after their parents' brutal murder. Years later, the two couldn't be more different: Chad is a slick Beverly Hills fitness instructor, while Alex is a rough and tumble smuggler on the gritty streets of Hong Kong. But when fate throws them together again, Chad and Alex discover that there's one thing they have in common: they're both fighting machines! Determined to enact revenge on their parents' killers, the martial-arts experts kick, chop and shoot all the way to an electrifying final showdown aboard a gargantuan freighter in Hong Kong harbor." - synopsis provided by the distributor

Video: 4.5/5 (4K UHD), 4.25/5 (Blu-ray)

Here’s the information provided about this release's transfer, "Director Approved 2025 4K Scan & Restoration (2160p - 16-Bit Scan of the Original Camera Negative) of the movie presented in 1.85: 1 Aspect Ratio in HDR."

Double Impact comes on a 66 GB dual layer 4K UHD.

Disc Size: 61 GB

Feature: 60.5 GB

This new transfer is a noticeable improvement over MVD’s 2019 Blu-ray release. Flesh tones and colors look correct, image clarity is solid, black levels are strong, and there are no issues with compression or digital noise reduction.

Double Impact comes on a 50 GB single layer Blu-ray.

Disc Size: 46.2 GB

Feature: 21.7 GB

This Blu-ray uses the same master that is used for the 4K UHD disc.

Audio: 4.25/5 (Both Audio Tracks)

This release comes with two audio options, a LPCM stereo mix in English and a DTS-HD 5.1 mix in English. Both audio tracks sound clear and balanced, and they are robust when they should be. The 5.1 track does a great job opening up the original stereo source. Included are removable English SDH.

Extras:

There are no extras on the 4K UHD disc.

Extras on the Blu-ray disc include a theatrical trailer (1 minute 39 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Double Impact MVD Rewind Collection promo with Jean-Claude Van Damme (24 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), 23 deleted/extended scenes (53 minutes 57 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), archival cast & crew EPK interviews featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Moshe Diamant and Charles Layton (6 minutes 21 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Double Impact: Film Clips, five full-frame clips from the film for use in TV promos (4 minutes 51 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles) Double Impact: B-Roll Selections (8 minutes 3 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), an archival behind-the-scenes featurette (6 minutes 58 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), an interview with director Sheldon Lettich titled Anatomy of a Scene (7 minutes 59 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), The Making of Double Impact: Part 1 (52 minutes 47 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sheldon Lettich, producer Ashok Amritraj, stunt coordinator/actor Peter Malota, actress Cory Everson, photo doubles Jeff and Jerry Rector, and The Making of Double Impact: Part 2 (58 minutes 45 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles).

Other extras include a collectible Double Impact “4K LaserVision” mini-poster, reversible cover art, a slipcover (first pressing only), and trailers for Black Eagle, Lionheart, Double Dragon, Nemesis, Showdown, Walking Tall, and Angel Town.

Summary:

Sheldon Lettich directed Double Impact. He’s most known for the four films he made with Jean-Claude Van Damme, the other three being Lionheart, The Order, and The Hard Corps.

Twin brothers who were separated at birth are reunited to avenge the death of their parents, who were murdered 25 years before.

When it came time to make Double Impact, Jean-Claude Van Damme was nearing the apex of his popularity, and what better selling point than having him portray twins? Instead of having a sidekick, why not have Jean-Claude Van Damme be his sidekick? While having an actor portray twin brothers is not an uncharted area, it can be tricky for an actor to convincingly pull it off. Fortunately, Jean-Claude Van Damme brought his A-game, and he delivers two outstanding performances that are distinctly different.

The rest of the cast is rounded out with familiar faces, notably Bolo Yeung (who had previously worked with Jean-Claude Van Damme on Bloodsport) in the role of the villain's main henchman. Nobody in Hong Kong cinema could deliver menace as convincingly as Bolo Yeung; his characters are ruthless when it comes to eliminating those who stand in the way of his boss. Other notable cast members are Philip Chan (Hard Boiled) in the role of Raymond Zhang, an underworld crime boss who had the twin brothers' parents killed, and Geoffrey Lewis (Night of the Comet) in the role of Frank, the parents' bodyguard who rescued and raised one of the brothers.

A key contributor that should not be overlooked is Sheldon Lettich; before Double Impact, he co-wrote Bloodsport, the film that put Jean-Claude Van Damme on the map, and directed him in Lionheart. His direction, in particular the action set pieces, is exemplary. While he would make two more films with Jean-Claude Van Damme, they would not match the quality of their early collaborations. That said, Double Impact is arguably the best of the four Jean-Claude Van Damme films he directed.

Double Impact is a film where everything works: its location, Hong Kong; the cast; and, of course, Jean-Claude Van Damme in two roles. The opening setup does a phenomenal job setting the stage for what unfolds, and the narrative effectively builds momentum to a revenge-served explosive finale. Although the moments of exposition are well-executed, Double Impact shines brightest in the action sequences. The action sequences are a mixture of martial arts and shootouts, and in one scene, via some creative editing, Jean-Claude Van Damme fights himself. Ultimately, Double Impact is a solid action film and one of the high-water marks of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s filmography.

Double Impact gets a solid release from the MVD Rewind Collection that comes with a strong audio/video presentation and a wealth of informative extras. Highly recommended.

Note about the 4K screenshots: It is not possible to make Dolby Vision or HDR10 screenshots that faithfully match the experience of watching a film in motion on a TV. Instead of not having any screenshots, all of the 4K screenshots are m2ts taken with a MPC-HC player and lossless PNGs.

 

Written by Michael Den Boer