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Showdown in Little Tokyo

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An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner (Dolph Lundgren) is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata (Brandon Lee), a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
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Ed Travis Cinapse Mark L. Lester's... total inability to restrain himself from pumping up every explosion... and murdering each villain... twice, allows for a hugely entertaining time machine to 1991. Feb 3, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A violent and dumb exploitation B-movie martial arts film. Rated: C- Jan 16, 2019 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews A hopelessly generic actioner... Rated: 2/4 Jan 9, 2016 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Rated: 1/5 Jan 11, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 26, 2005 Full Review Fred Topel About.com Fun B-grade martial arts movie. Lee has some great lines. Rated: 3/5 Oct 9, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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William D This was a great film that everyone should watch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/18/23 Full Review David W An enjoyable, if formulaic, 90's martial arts action romp which is elevated significantly by its two lead stars, some nice action set pieces and some great one liners. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/18/23 Full Review Michael C If you like shitty action movies that dont take themselves too seriously, this is top notch. Plot basically makes no sense from the beginning. LAPD's "asian Task force" hahahaha. So corny, so good. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is Lundgren at his best and it's even better with Lee involved. A must watch for any action fan. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review john b Awesome pulp action done right. I've watched this movie at least 10 times. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee make for an enjoyable duo in this consistently intense film, which boasts good pacing as well as plenty of great hand-to-hand combat, shoot-outs and explosions to feast your eyes on, culminating in a visceral sword fight. The dialogues can be fun yet also occasionally veer into cringey territory, and the plot is unsurprisingly pretty basic, but what's most jarring is probably how Minako goes from rape victim to sexualized love interest in a few minutes. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner (Dolph Lundgren) is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata (Brandon Lee), a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
Director
Mark L. Lester
Producer
Mark L. Lester, Martin E. Caan
Screenwriter
Caliope Brattlestreet, Stephen Glantz
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Warner Bros., Original Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 23, 1991, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.0M
Runtime
1h 18m
Sound Mix
Surround
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