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Jackie Chan resurrects the old Corsican Brothers chestnut of identical twin brothers separated at birth who meet up as adults and discover that they share more than blood ties. Poor boy Chan is a mechanic and race-car driver whose black-market activities have made him the target of some nasty mobsters, while jet-setting Chan is a world-famous conductor back in Hong Kong for a concert. In the same vicinity for the first time in years, they can suddenly feel each other's pain, and more. As one Chan jumps a jet boat for a wild escape, the other becomes a spastic victim of the furious ride, thrown around a posh restaurant while drenching his date with drinking water. Though the American cut has been pared of the worst of Chan's incessant mugging (it's about 12 minutes shorter than the original version), it's still overloaded with silly slapstick and cartoonish mistaken-identity gags as the boys swap girlfriends and dance. But wade through the crude comedy and you're rewarded with a gymnastic free-for-all climax in a car-testing workshop, where Chan leaps over, under, and through cars while taking on an army of gangsters before split-screen brothers team up for a bit of marionette martial arts. Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam codirect, Tsui taking the comedy and Lam handling the action, and John Woo makes a cameo as a priest in the wedding finale. --Sean Axmaker
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Format:DVD
I am a cantonese person and I rent this US version dvd. Is some ways it disapointted me because it doesn't provide cantonese audio and they substitute English audio instead. Anyway, this movie is so funny is so ways. I especially like the bathroom scene. It can't help laugh loudly. The action parts are quite boring but I think American people would like to watch them.
I would like to give it a 4 stars if it provides chinese audio.
I would like to give it a 4 stars if it provides chinese audio.
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Format:DVD
Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look acting so dumb by English Dubb. For ANY of HK movies, ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots though.
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...If your interested in a REAL Jackie Chan movie, with REAL stunts, REAL comedy, REAL action, and REAL Jackie, look no further than TWIN DRAGONS.
It may not be entiely convincing that the twins are really together inframe (the split screen effects are as corny as they get) and the story may not be entirely original...but TWIN DRAGONS is nevertheless, one of the best Jackie Chan movies ever...
It may not be entiely convincing that the twins are really together inframe (the split screen effects are as corny as they get) and the story may not be entirely original...but TWIN DRAGONS is nevertheless, one of the best Jackie Chan movies ever...
Jackie plays Boomer, womanizing, karate choppin' mechanic living in Hong Kong, and the brother he never kenw he had, reknown condutor John Ma. Ma arrives in Hong Kong to give a concert and things go completely cattewumpus. Ma knows kung fu about as well as Boomer knows how to conduct a concert
Boomer:P>Before long, bad guys have kidnapped Boomer's smart-...buddy Tyson (Teddy Robin, who also produced)...with all that to worry about, there's even girl trouble, when Ma's lady Tammy (Nina Li Chi) winds up in the sack with Boomer, believing him to be Ma, and lovely lounge singer Barbara (lovely Maggie Cheung) falls for Ma believing him to be Boomer.
The summary of TWIN DRAGONS plot simply does not do it justice. From the moment Boomer gets in a fight with an entire night club full of mobsters, the movie has already hit take off velocity. Fans of the sexy Maggie Cheung...will find she doesn't have much to do, but looks fabulous not doing it. This is only one of the movie's she's done with Jackie. off the the top of my head, I can name many others, but let it suffice to say that for action, comedy, and Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan's TWIN DRAGONS can't lose.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A double helping of Jackie Chan.
I found this movie very entertaining indeed. You get two Jackies for the price of one on this dvd. Separated at birth at the hospital one twin gets picked up and raised by a woman... Read more
Published on Jun 17 2003 by Audrey York
1.0 out of 5 stars
This is NOT an ORIGINAL VERSION !!!
1 star is not to the movie - movie itself is one of my favorites - but for the US edition.
Some idiots are cutting all the time LARGE parts of Jackie Chan movies for the US. Read more
Some idiots are cutting all the time LARGE parts of Jackie Chan movies for the US. Read more
Published on May 8 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
Twin Dragons (1991)
This film has only one stunt but it's still very good! It makes you laugh quite alot! Jackie plays identical twins who get separeted from birth. Read more
Published on Nov 12 2002 by Chris Zarb
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious!
first of all, yes, that is Jackie chan providing the english dubbing for his character. man, this movie had me in stitches! Read more
Published on Aug 23 2002 by Brian Jacobson
2.0 out of 5 stars
if you like Jackie Chan, don't watch this!
i'm a big fan, but this has to be THE worst Jackie Chan movie i've seen so far... and i've seen almost all of them. Read more
Published on Dec 16 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Viewer From California is Incorrect, etc
I noticed that a reviewer here has "corrected" a previously posting reviewer who had stated that Jean Claude VanDamme's "Double Impact" was released before this... Read more
Published on Aug 8 2001 by curtis martin
5.0 out of 5 stars
people are stupid
The person who said Double Impact was before this is stupid, Twin Dragons is from the 80's and DI is from the 90's. Learn your Jackie Chan Filmography
Published on Aug 3 2001
3.0 out of 5 stars
For the true Chan fan
This movie was made on the heels of Jean Claude Van Damme's own twin flick, Double Impact. Chan not wanting to be outdone by a mediocre talent made his own. Read more
Published on July 2 2001 by "jackiechanfan24"
3.0 out of 5 stars
For the true Chan fan
This movie was made on the heels of Jean Claude Van Damme's own twin flick, Double Impact. Chan not wanting to be outdone by a mediocre talent made his own. Read more
Published on July 2 2001 by "jackiechanfan24"
3.0 out of 5 stars
Twin Stars
I haven't as yet seen this DVD (I fully plan to as Jackie Chan dubbed on this release I am told). The 3 stars are for the movie itself. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2001 by "jcfan54"
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