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DOUBLE TAKE Send This Review to a Friend
Even once is too much for 'Double Take," a strained comedy with a frantic plot involving a Mexican drug cartel and money laundering. The excuse for the misfire, written and directed by George Gallo, is the casting of two fairly funny fellows, Orlando Jones and Eddie Griffin.
Jones plays Daryl Chase, an African-American smoothie who has made it in the investment banking world. Griffin plays Freddy Tiffany, ostensibly a streetwise, fast-talking African-American hustler who may not be what he seems. There is a modicum of humor when Freddy tries to get Daryl to loosen up and act like him as they switch identities, and Freddy becomes the sharp guy in the suit.
Unfortunately, the convoluted adventures when Daryl is framed for money laundering and murder and he and Freddy are off and running are more absurd and heavy-handed than comic. "Double Take" is tolerable at best as a wan vehicle for its stars, who deserve much better. A Touchstone Pictures release.
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