After the 1988 success of Cannon Films’ Hong Kong-set Bloodsport , starring the then up-and-coming Jean-Claude Van Damme , Cannon’s Menahem Golan, a regular and colorful presence at the American Film Market , was looking for a new vehicle for the Belgian-born martial arts star when writer-director Sheldon Lettich pitched a screenplay he’d written based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Corsican Brothers , about two twins separated at birth. Golan wasn’t convinced that Van Damme was ready to handle a dual role, but Lettich managed to extricate the script from Cannon and sold it to producer Moshe Diamant, who set it up, with Columbia Pictures agreeing to take domestic rights and Vision International handling international sales.

After the 1988 success of Cannon Films’ Hong Kong-set Bloodsp

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