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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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    Singularly unwatchable!

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    Jeff Vice
    Jeff Vice
    Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    Like most of Chan's other older films, this one's filled with plenty of amazing fight scenes, but also laughably bad English dubbing, mediocre acting at best, and a throwaway script designed only as a sparse skeleton upon which to hang the elaborate fight

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    Jon Popick
    Jon Popick
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    The emphasis here is on farce rather than action, to an extent that may disappoint hard-core martial arts fanatics.

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    Jonathan Foreman
    Jonathan Foreman
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    High-spirited entertainment!

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    Madeleine Williams
    Madeleine Williams
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    It's hard to imagine why it took two reputable directors to put together this dopey affair!

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    Maitland McDonagh
    Maitland McDonagh
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    A pretty sorry affair.

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    Maitland McDonagh
    Maitland McDonagh
    Film Journal International

    It's all pretty dumb, but if you're in the mood for this sort of thing, you won't have a bad time.

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    Mark Caro
    Mark Caro
    Chicago Tribune
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    Marty Mapes
    Marty Mapes
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    While diverting, remains one of Chan's more minor efforts.

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    Michael Dequina
    Michael Dequina
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    Amusing all the way and not something Chan fans should skip.

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    Rob Blackwelder
    Rob Blackwelder
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    It's as cleverly coordinated as his stunts and charmingly compelling to boot!

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    Russell Smith
    Russell Smith
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    Having two directors, and a different choreographer for each fight sequence, gives the movie a split personality -- and neither personality is particularly enjoyable to meet.

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