kyleterry-75154 Showdown in Little Tokyo is an incredibly nostalgia ridden film for me. Made in the early 90s and shot in various parts of Asia this is a nice martial arts-based action film starring the tragic Brandon Lee and Dolph Lundren. They make a nice pair and the charms of early 90s cinema, also found in films like Mortal kombat and Double Impact to name a few, are in spades here. Tia Carrera is gorgeous, and the direction flows nicely. In some ways I miss such simple premised movies which have all but disappeared today. Showdown in Little Tokyo isn't a masterpiece by any means, but it is a nice film to watch if you miss nostalgic early 90s movies.

adonis98-743-186503 Two cops have to work together to bring down the yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful women. Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 Action Film starring Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Tia Carrere. The movie was directed by Mark L. Lester the man behind one of the most coolest action films ever made named "Commando" and just like that film this is another epic action movie with one liners, crazy action and a great chemistry between Lundgren and Lee plus Tagawa makes a terrific villain and the soundtrack is pretty cool too. The showdown between the 2 men is terrific and even tho is a 79 minute film it still moves very fast that you can't really tell. Overall this film has some Lethal Weapon, Red Heat and Tango and Cash vibes and it's definitely as good as those films that i mentioned plus Lundgren was a freaking beast back then and action fans won't be disappointed. (A+)

ivo-cobra8 Showdown in Little Tokyo is Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee's best action film classic! I am written this review In Memorie of my all time favorite actor Brandon Lee who is no longer with us anymore. Brandon died of a gunshot wound on March 31, 1993 at the filming studio in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the age of 28, after an accidental shooting on set of The Crow. R.I.P. Brandon Lee (1965 - 1993) one of the best martial arts and actors in Hollywood, this actor get's my respect! You will be missed! I love you! I really miss Brandon Lee, I really wish he would make more movies, he was tragically killed in accident like was his father Bruce Lee.You are dead!... Hell sucked! We are back! Like is said in my earlier review (I Come in Peace aka Dark Angel), Showdown in Little Tokyo is my second favorite film of Dolph Lundgren and it is also my second favorite film of Brandon Lee, his first one will always be Rapid Fire (1992) they where both films I grew up watching it when I was a child. Showdown in Little Tokyo is a classic film, it is only one hour and nineteen minutes long, it is a kick ass action and has a lot of fight scenes. However, neither DVD nor Blu-ray disk for this film has been released in my country. I can't get it so I have downloaded from net. Dolph Lundgren did a lot of direct to video action movies that I haven't seen them yet, but I Come in Peace and Showdown in Little Tokyo are his best films he ever worked on them. I love this flick, not that much as I love I Come in Peace but closely.Plot: Detective Chris Kenner was orphaned as a child as his father was in the service and was killed and lived in Japan. Now he is on the trail of ruthless Yakuza leader named Yoshido, who helped establish a small Japanese area in Los Angeles and is now running a drug ring disguised as a brewery. However, Kenner must team up with a Japanese-American detective named Johnny Murata, and he also must protect a witness named Minako who would testify against Yoshido. But what Kenner will soon discover that he will be in a lot more than what he bargained for.Both of the actors did a great job a lot of fighting scenes are in here, lots of explosions and a lot of body counts. Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee literally kick ass! I love this flick. I loved this movie when I first saw it especially when Brandon Lee kicked Sato (Toshishiro Obata) Yakuza's ass while reading him his rights. "You have the right to BE DEAD!" Memorable dialogue for me is when Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's character chops the guys hand off and says, "Now you only have one hand to wipe your ass with." That's a really great line. You have tons of action in here, I Love the beautiful score David Michael Frank in the opening scene. I love the action scene in the opening sequence when Chris Kenner jumps from the roof in the kickboxing ring and he kicks those two kickboxers asses to the ground. A viewer screams $5.000 on a the new guy! and Chris replies "That's a good bet." classic ha ha, Brandon Lee shows a lot of martial arts skills in dance club, he knows how to kick some ass and his martial arts are amazing. It's a damn shame that they don't make em like this anymore. Dolph Lundgren goes in to Yoshida's home and he rescues Minako Okeya (Tia Carrere) for committing suicide, Dolph breaks a door with one hand, he pulls the Yakuza and he breaks his neck, with his bare hands awesome! I also love Brandon Lee's character Johnny Murata. Jake Lo and Johnny Murata are my two favorite characters of Brandon lee. I am giving a 9 out of 10 to this flick, I only have a problem with this film is the sex scene between Dolph and Tia. Some nude pics like Tia is topless, we can see her bops and Angel (Renee Griffin) is topples and again we see her bops after Yoshida cuts her head. I hate this death scene, It really shocks me in a movie. Anyway it is a classic and I love it.Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 American buddy cop-action film directed by Mark L. Lester, and starring Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee. This was Brandon Lee's first American film role. The film was released in the United States on August 23, 1991.9/10 Grade: A+ Studio: Warner Bros. Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Toshishiro Obata, Philip Tan, Renee Griffin, Simon Rhee Director: Mark L. Lester Producers: Martin E. Caan, Mark L. Lester Screenplay: Stephen Glantz, Caliope Brattlestreet Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 19 Mins. Budget: $8.000.000 Box Office: $2,275,557

david-sarkies This movie I absolutely love. It is probably one of the fastest action films that I have seen and there is very little time in which you get to rest before the action starts again. It is also Brandon Lee's best movie by far, having not liked Legacy of Rage and Rapid Fire. Even though Dolph Lundgrun also stars in this movie, he is actually quite tolerable as well. The team that Dolph and Brandon make works very well in my opinion.Lundgrun is an American who was raised in Japan while Lee is a Japanese raised in America. This actually makes an interesting mix as Lundgrun expects Lee to have a lot of traditional Japanese traits, where the only traits he has is fast food and fast cars and Lee sees Lundgrun as somebody who is caught up in pointless tradition that should be thrown away in exchange for fun. Lundgrun is also the cop that can't keep partners, and we expect Lee to be the naive new cop on the beat, and then we find out that he is actually a lot like Lundgrun, a cop that can't keep partners. As such they get on really well, and the dialogue that jumps between them in this movie is very well done.It is a shame that Brandon Lee's career was cut so short by the accident in the Crow because Lee is actually quite a good actor. As I said in Legacy of Rage, if it wasn't for the stupid action sequences at the end, the movie would have been quite good. From what I remember of the Crow, he acting ability was actually very good.Anyway, it is the action that makes this movie. There are some interesting themes, but generally we watch this movie for the action. The plot is simple, this Yakuza boss is making his move on the American market by distributing a new drug called Ice. This boss happens to be Lundgrun's arch-enemy and as such Lundgrun goes on a personal mission of vengeance against him. Lee simply gets caught up in it, and acts as the voice of reason to Lundgrun's uncontrollable emotions. They go through numerous action sequences and then end up killing the boss. As I said, simple plot, but excellent movie. This movie I thought as being so good that I started creating a Shadowrun module based on it.