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: Man, you really are from the projects. You didn't hit a damn thing.

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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

Version of Across the Bridge (1957)

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Soundtracks

Stutter (Double Take Remix)
Written by Derrick Lemel Stewart, Emandu Imani Rashaan Wilcox, John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Romye Robinson, Steve Boone, Trevant Jermaine Hardson, Roy Hamilton and Ernest E. Dixon
Embodies portions of the composition entitled "Summer in the City"
Written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone
(As sampled in "Passing Me By")
Performed by Joe featuring Mystikal
Courtesy of Jive Records

User Reviews

Decent comedy

I wasn't expecting a whole lot from this movie. The trailers that I'd remembered seeing were pretty funny, but I'd assumed that those were the best parts of Double Take. Anyway, I watched it nonetheless and didn't think it was half bad. There were several parts not included in the trailer that were laugh-out-loud funny. Some might be offended by the fact that Griffen's character is (in the filmic sense) a "coon." Although nowhere near as good a comedy as Blazing Saddles, it is comparable in certain aspects. Double Take could be considered racist, but like Blazing Saddles, it uses racial stereotypes to emphasize the stupidity of their existence. Here, instead of black vs. white, we see upper-class African-Americans ashamed of the Sambo stereotype, and thus not associating with other African-Americans with lower social status. I'm not sure if this message was intentional in Double Take, but it was there nonetheless. Orlando Jones had a pretty good performance and Griffen was a convincing character (some might say he was over-the-top, but again I'd say this was essential). One problem was that the movie quite suddenly switched gears from a comedy to a somewhat serious action/suspense flick. I felt the heavy emphasis upon the latter took away from its comic moral message and made the movie shallower. So, it had potential. They could have recruited a few more writers to add in funnier jokes. All in all, a 6 out of 10.