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Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
5/12, 2/19
5/12:
Showdown in Little Tokyo was my kind of film back then, and now, I can see how silly it is.
What the heck happened to Tia Carrere after the mid 90's? She was doing
Wayne's World movies and then immediately fell off the map. Of course, Kenner
gets shot right above his heart yet is able to engage in a full-blown samurai battle with an experienced Japanese
swordsman. There are so many bullets flying all over the place that none of them hits either of the male stars
except for one shot.
All in all, Showdown in Little Tokyo has plenty of, albeit mindless, action.
2/19:
Inept actors Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee team up to take on the Yakuza in a silly movie called
Showdown in Little Tokyo.
Apart from the colorful tattoos sported by the Japanese, only Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa manages to steal the show. He,
along with many others from this movie, will come back for some more in
Rising Sun starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. While countless people die,
the story fails to hold my interest, forcing me to follow the mindless violence. Playing the supposedly rape
victim, Tia Carrere pretends to take off her clothes and uses a stand-in for her nude scenes.
Having shown off little martial arts action, Brandon Lee manages to have a homoerotic moment by pointlessly telling
Dolph, "You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a man." At the end, the latter's character is shot through his
heart but musters enough energy to carry on in an all-out sword battle.
All in all, Stupidity in Little Tokyo is more like it.