Double Take (2001)

A man on the run takes another man's passport, only to find himself stuck with the identity of a street hustler.

Director:

George Gallo

Writers:

Graham Greene (story "Across the Bridge"), Guy Elmes

Stars:

Orlando Jones, Eddie Griffin, Gary Grubbs

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Orlando Jones	...	Daryl Chase
Eddie Griffin	...	Freddy Tiffany
Gary Grubbs	...	Timothy Jarret McReady
Daniel Roebuck	...	Agent Norville
Sterling Macer Jr.	...	Agent Gradney
Benny Nieves	...	Agent Martinez
Garcelle Beauvais	...	Chloe
Andrea Navedo	...	Maque Sanchez
Edward Herrmann	...	Charles Allsworth
Shawn Elliott	...	Thomas Chela / Minty Gutierrez
Brent Briscoe	...	Junior Barnes
Donna Eskra	...	Kiki Barnes
Carlos Carrasco	...	Capt. Garcia
Frank Pesce	...	Vito
Julie Lott	...	Julie

Storyline

The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued by a CIA agent, finds his secretary shot dead, and witnesses two cops get killed. He calls the CIA guy who tells him to grab the next train to Mexico. Leaving Manhattan, Daryl can't shake a jive-talking street punk named Freddy, and soon he's traded clothes with Freddy to escape the police. Within days, his girlfriend, his boss, his client, Freddy, the FBI, and the dead governor's dog are tangled in a web of deceit and danger. Who's who?

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Plot Keywords:

hare krishna | chihuahua mexico | chihuahua | mexico city mexico | cia | 

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Taglines:

One big shot. One big mouth. The switch is on.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

12 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cala-te Boca

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,736,236, 14 January 2001, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$20,218, 22 October 2010

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kumbaya Productions Inc., Permut Presentations, Rat Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Goofs

In the beginning scene, a man is seen opening a door to a house. He then steps on a squeaky rubber toy. In the next scene when the camera angle changes, he's all the way in, but the toy is gone.

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Quotes

Freddie Tiffany: If you wanna live, get in the car. If you wanna die, get in the car.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the movie, after the credits roll and fade out ..the hotel clerk from the Hotel El Emu says, "Thank y'all. Thank y'all for coming and y'all drive home safe. Bye.".

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Connections

References Beat Street (1984)

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Soundtracks

Shake Up the Party
Written by D. Christopher Jennings, Eric Donovan Johnson, Marti Sharron and Danny Sembello
Performed by Joy Enriquez
Courtesy of Arista, Inc.

User Reviews

Pretty good! Who knew?

Considering that Double Take is marketed like a spinoff of the old TV show "In Living Color", I was very surprised when I found a real action/adventure joint along the lines of Bad Boys here. It actually has a very well written plot to it.

A little whodunit with some action and some comedy to keep it fun. They even had an Old School dance sequence thrown in (believe it or not)that had me going, "Oh snap! I haven't seen THAT since middle school!"

Both Eddie Griffin and (the 7UP dude) prove that they can both actually act. That was the LAST thing I was expecting - and that's a GOOD thing!

Go see it.