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Showdown in Little Tokyo
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Movie propaganda
One's a warrior. One's a wise ass. They're two LA cops going after a gang of drug lords. Feet first.
Dolph Lundgren is Detective Kenner, The Muscle, an American samurai steeped in Eastern traditions. Brandon Lee is Johnny Murata, a Valley dude quipster with a lot of fight in him. Together they hang tough in a war with a lurid LA underworld of Japanese drug lords. That combat is a frenzied comic book come to explosive life. How this dynamic duo takes on and flattens all comers makes for smart, fast-moving martial arts action adventure.
Persons of interest
- Dolph Lundgren .... Sergeant Kenner
- Brandon Lee .... Johnny Murata
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa .... Yoshida
- Tia Carrere .... Minako
- Toshirô Obata .... Sato
- Philip Tan .... Tanaka
- Rodney Kageyama .... Eddie
- Ernie Lively .... Detective Nelson
- Renee Griffin .... Angel
- Reid Asato .... Muto
- Takayo Fischer .... Mama Yamaguchi
- Simon Rhee .... Ito
- Vernee Watson-Johnson .... Nonnie Russell - Coroner
- Susan E Cox .... Mrs Kenner
- Rick Cramer .... Mr Kenner
- Keith Boldroff .... Kenner as a Young Boy
- Stephen Flantz .... Screenwriter
- Caliope Brattlestreet .... Screenwriter
- Mark L Lester .... Director
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Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Showdown in Little Tokyo is exactly what you expect: serious, big, Zen, Aryan with muscles coming out of his ears teams up with lean, mean Asian-American from the Valley to cause mayhem all over ethnic community. With different actors it could be called Big trouble in Little China, Rush hour, Rush hour 2, Romeo must die or any other genre vehicle you can remember from the 80s (if you can remember the 80s).
Stand by for flowing overcoast with shoulder pads, big hair, mousse, fancy shirts and pastel suits.
Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: Dolby Surround 2
- Disc: single layer
- Picture: Widescreen (1.85:1)
- Languages: English, French, Italian
- Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Dutch, Greek, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, English and Italian captions
- Trailer
Security censorship classification
R 18+ (Medium level violence)
Surveillance time
76 minutes (1:16 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD retail: 18 July 2001
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