years." Whilst promoting The Expendables 2 in 2012, Van Damme confirmed a sequel was in the works. That same year, Lettich completed a treatment based on a story by Van Damme; "along with 25 pages of screenplay." Double Impact 2 was envisioned by Van Damme to be more serious in tone than the original. Plans for a sequel fell through as far back as 2015. The sequel was "ambitious" and would have been expensive to produce. Lettich said "there were a lot of logistical problems. Mostly around who owned the rights." It turned out that "MGM owned the majority of the rights" and "acquiring them was not going to be cheap." Furthermore, "the studio had to be included as a co-partner with any producing entity", which allegedly made the "process even more difficult and complicated" given MGM's apparent unwillingness to financially back the sequel. In 2019, a restored 35mm film-version of Double Impact'' was screened at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas. Lettich reaffirmed the cancellation and told fans during the Q&A that "perhaps the biggest reason [a sequel] didn't happen was in fact due to the [original] film's success." References External links 1991 films 1991 action films 1991 martial arts films 1990s English-language films American films about revenge American action films American martial arts films Columbia Pictures films Films set in Hong Kong Films set in Los Angeles Films about twin brothers Films directed by Sheldon Lettich Films produced by Jean-Claude Van Damme Films with screenplays by Peter Krikes Films with screenplays by Steve Meerson Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Van Damme Triad films Twins in fiction 1990s American films 1990s Hong Kong films