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Twin Dragons (1992)

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Reviews Counted:36

Fresh:15

Rotten:21

Average Rating:5/10

Consensus: Despite some entertaining action, this movie has serious plot holes and bad direction.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: It is a tradition in the Hong Kong film community for actors and directors to donate their time and the profits from a film in order to raise funds for various causes. TWIN DRAGONS was part of an... It is a tradition in the Hong Kong film community for actors and directors to donate their time and the profits from a film in order to raise funds for various causes. TWIN DRAGONS was part of an effort of the Hong Kong Directors Guild to build a new headquarters. Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui split the director's job and Jackie Chan splits the lead in two by playing twins separated at birth. They are brought back together when the nonviolent concert pianist John Ma comes to Hong Kong and becomes involved in the life of his streetfighting twin, Boomer. Although it is conceived as a comedy and an obvious satire of Jean-Claude Van Damme's own twin brother film, DOUBLE IMPACT, there is plenty of action, including both car and boat chases. A complicated love story develops, with the usual mistaken identity problems, when Tammy (Nina Li Chi) and Barbara (Maggie Cheung) keep wondering why their boyfriend's personalities keep changing. Cheung, who is best known for her stunning performance in Wong Kar-Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, plays the foil to both characters with her usual sparkle. Chan provides the well-choreographed fights. Directors Lam, Tsui, and John Woo make cameo appearances. [More]

Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Anthony Chan

Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Anthony Chan

Director: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark

Director: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark

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Sep 7, 1999

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  • Twin Dragons
  • The world's greatest action hero, Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR 1&2, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX), delivers twice the excitement and twice the fun in this nonstop, stunt-filled comedy thriller! Jackie plays Boomer, a streetwise martial arts expert living in Hong Kong and his long-lost twin brother, John, a classical musician from New York! They've never met ... but when John travels to Hong Kong to give a concert, these total-opposite identical brothers become unwittingly mixed up in a hilarious case of mistaken identity! With hard-hitting martial arts thrills and endless comedy hijinks, TWIN DRAGONS packs everything you've come to love about the wildly popular movies of stuntmaster Jackie Chan.
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    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/06/05
    Film Threat

    Heavy on the comedy, but the climactic fight scene is a Chan classic.

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    09/16/05
    Rob Thomas
    Rob Thomas
    Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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    01/24/04
    Spence D.
    Spence D.
    IGN Movies

    ...almost painful to watch. It's even harder to listen to, with such absurd lines as 'you're just a God-darn loser!' and 'don't be uptight!' popping out of the actors' mouths.

    Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
    07/15/03
    James Sanford
    James Sanford
    Kalamazoo Gazette

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    02/08/03
    John R. McEwen
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    01/30/03
    Michael Szymanski
    Michael Szymanski
    Zap2it.com

    Concentrates more on Chan's comedy than his kung fu.

    Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
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    Jeffrey Westhoff
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    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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    Kim Newman
    Kim Newman
    Sight and Sound

    The stunts are daunting and the romantic thread gets a huge boost from Cheung and Li as the love interests.

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    01/01/00
    E! Online

    A chop-shlocky masterpiece!

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