Double Take Review

There’s nothing more annoying than watching a film and realizing you’ve already seen the best scenes in the trailer. Daryl Chase (Jones) is a stand-up banking professional who enjoys his fine Italian suits and his Perrier. But his world gets turned upside down when he’s mistaken for a murderer and is forced to make a run for the border to hide from Mafia goons and government agents — not to mention Freddy Tiffany (Eddie Griffin) a fast-talking hoodlum who’s either trying to help him or turn him in. Makes little sense? Thought so.
No doubt Griffin‘s antics which are rehashed from his character on TV’s “Malcolm & Eddie ” are supposed to provide this dud’s comedy relief — à la Eddie Murphy — to break up the shoot-’em-up action scenes. But his best lines are used in the trailers and by the time you hear Griffin reciting them up on the big screen all you can muster is a forced chuckle. Especially painful to watch is the scene where street-smart Freddy tries to teach uptown snob Daryl how to act “black.”
There’s only so much a director can do with a film that’s troubled from the very beginning. Director George Gallo (“Trapped in Paradise“) put together a film with an utterly confusing main story and subplots that lead to dead ends. It’s hard to stay focused when characters flip-flop from being good guys to bad guys. Most of the confusion is cleared up at the very end of the film but by that time who cares?