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4.2/10
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Muscle-bound twins try to smash a jewel smuggling ring.Muscle-bound twins try to smash a jewel smuggling ring.Muscle-bound twins try to smash a jewel smuggling ring.
Timothy Stack
- Albers
- (as Tim Stack)
Bob Evan Collins
- Rosehill
- (as Robert Evan Collins)
Phil H. Fravel
- Ed
- (as Philip H. Fravel)
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I had never seen a Paul brothers movie. Those guys were funny and talented in a Three Stooges sort of way. This Flick, which follows the same premise is Beverly Hills cop is funny and fun and has a ton of interesting actors, including James Doohan Billy Mumy, Troy Donahue, David, Carradine and Lewis Arquette... the real stand out. Here is Roddy McDowall, but he stands out in anything he does. I chuckled throughout it enjoy the action pieces and car chases. I'm gonna have to go find these guys in a couple of other films.
It was really nice seeing James Doohan and Billy Mumy get to play outside the box and do something a little different. If you're in the mood for easy entertainment, and some popcorn, I recommend it.
It was really nice seeing James Doohan and Billy Mumy get to play outside the box and do something a little different. If you're in the mood for easy entertainment, and some popcorn, I recommend it.
This was a great movie / comedy. I never followed wrestling, or knew of the barbarian brothers, but loved this movie. It was so funny when one of them quotes Darth Vader. Roddy Mcdowell plays such a delicious villain. Greedy and Evil. I can't believe he is gone (dies 6 years after this movie, from lung cancer). This is an entertaining, and a very feel-good movie. And, a family movie, with no vulgarity, or inappropriateness. I wonder what happened to the barbarian brothers? Also, takes place in LA.... nice to try to spot the places. Ten lines of text... they gotta be kidding. There is a verse in the Bible with 2 words.... Jesus wept.
Some say may say I have poor taste, but to me I just like to accept movies for what they are. Within the very first 10 minutes you can immediately tell this is a B movie affair. The production values are sub par and the acting is uh...basic. However with most B or perhaps C level movies you can find a whole lot of character if you sit on their level. And there is a whole lot of character here. On the whole this movie is charming and plenty entertaining on both a comedic and action level. Probably more so comedy wise than anything else. This movie undoubtedly suffers from the unintentional funnies. Total sober you can hear me giggling away every 3 minutes on the most irrelevant things from the way these muscle bound beasts run to how slightly more fat one is than the other. Not to say there aren't any legitimate laughs in this movie. The writing is decent, nothing too fancy. Plenty will say the Paul/Barbarian Brothers lack of talent. However, I believe there's enough there. They don't look stupid delivering the core content and they deliver the laughs by the truckload even on small liens. You kinda get that brotherly chemistry that I guess could only be gotten from some twins. Plus thanks to their frame they can handle some decent action scenes that appear to cater to what they do best (lift stuff). However, I will admit all hand to hand action was absolutely dreadful. But what do you expect for a B-flick?
Other reviewers are correct about the technical elements of the movie. The story is generic. The performances are decent, but not exceptional. Nevertheless, I felt compelled to review it because although it's not a great movie, it's a competent genre exercise, elevated by the impish charm of the Barbarian Brothers and the gravitas of Roddy McDowell and David Carradine. My only complaints: not enough A J. Johnson or Timothy Stack. If you can tolerate those straight-to-video action flicks from the late 80s and early 90s, you'll have a good time with this.
My score: 5/10
1-3: don't waste your time 4-6: good 7-9: great 10: outstanding.
My score: 5/10
1-3: don't waste your time 4-6: good 7-9: great 10: outstanding.
A brawny suited burglar and his equally muscular twin, a upstanding police officer, are forced to team up to bring down some diamond criminals.
With the fashion, music, hairdos and Rambo III poster on display you'd swear director John Paragon's Double Trouble was made in the eighties (even though it was 1992). The cast feature plenty of familiar acting faces, surprisingly this B film has some good talent on display. This forgotten film features David Carrdine, James Doohan, Roddy McDowell and those two muscle bound twins from the Conan wannabe film Barbarians, I kid you not. McDowell has lot of fun shooting people and Doohan gets to Scotty rant while the twins get to wink at fine women, fight and shoot a lot. It's all as outlandish and retro un-PC as it sounds.
To the twins David and Peter Paul's credit they are great fun throughout and thanks to some writing flukes including Jessie Venture impressions, sibling rivalry along with Paragon's clumsy setups and reverse fridge logic it's more enjoyable than it should be.
If you love the 1980s cheese, this 90s film is a great example, think a second rate Twins mixed with Stop or My Mum will Shoot and let your mullet and crop top do the thinking, you should enjoy.
With the fashion, music, hairdos and Rambo III poster on display you'd swear director John Paragon's Double Trouble was made in the eighties (even though it was 1992). The cast feature plenty of familiar acting faces, surprisingly this B film has some good talent on display. This forgotten film features David Carrdine, James Doohan, Roddy McDowell and those two muscle bound twins from the Conan wannabe film Barbarians, I kid you not. McDowell has lot of fun shooting people and Doohan gets to Scotty rant while the twins get to wink at fine women, fight and shoot a lot. It's all as outlandish and retro un-PC as it sounds.
To the twins David and Peter Paul's credit they are great fun throughout and thanks to some writing flukes including Jessie Venture impressions, sibling rivalry along with Paragon's clumsy setups and reverse fridge logic it's more enjoyable than it should be.
If you love the 1980s cheese, this 90s film is a great example, think a second rate Twins mixed with Stop or My Mum will Shoot and let your mullet and crop top do the thinking, you should enjoy.
Did you know
- TriviaThis was James Doohan's first non-"Star Trek" film since Le convoi sauvage (1971) 21 years earlier.
- GoofsThe final fight against the villain of the movie is set at an airfield where it is quite clearly the middle of the night during a heavy downpour, then 5-10 minutes later the final scene plays and it's clearly just becoming dusk and there is no sign of there having been any rain at all.
- Quotes
David Jade: Peter, are you all right?
Peter Jade: No I'm not all right, I'm shot! He shot me!
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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