Double Dragon

"Twin Dragons" is both a funny and action packed movie. Two twins are separated at birth. One learns to take care of himself after living on the streets... the other becomes a talented musician.

Hilarious complications ensue when one is mistaken for the other...

This is a very entertaining movie. Jackie Chan excels in both roles- and the martial arts (especially in the last scenes) are incredible. There is also a lot of brilliantly timed comedy. Even the music score is excellent.

Watch for brief appearances by many of Hong Kong's top directors- Kirk Wong (director of "The Big Hit" and "Crime Story") as "Crazy Kung", John Woo ("The Killer" "A Better Tomorrow" are two of his best movies) as a priest... Tsui Hark's scene is especially funny. Lau Ka Leung (director of "Drunken Master II") and Ringo Lam also appear.

Don't miss this movie.

Twins separated at birth meet again blah blah

But it's fun to watch and you get to see Jackie Chan's hilariously imaginative fight scenes!

With a couple of babes thrown in and the inadvertent swapping of partners from one twin to the other, you can but tempt to imagine the glorious fun that results. This is Jackie at his silly best, a dignified world-famous conductor in one role whilst a bumbling bad-ass mechanic in the other, we get to see how versatile, if unique, an actor he is.

For much of the film, both twins keep meddling in each other's lives causing havoc and confusion without knowing the cause until finally they come face to face...

I saw it 10 years ago, several times because of its watchability. The soundtrack was excellent -- I still remember some of the tunes now.

Feeling down, need a lift? This flick will rejuvenate your spirit for open-hearted fun living.

9/10

This is one of those preposterous screwball action/comedies that uses a case of mistaken identity to drive the movie forward; in this case, it's twins (both played by Jackie Chan)—separated at birth but reunited as adults—that create the chaos, as streetwise, kung fu fighter Boomer gets himself into trouble with gangsters and unwittingly drags his more refined sibling, classical musician John Ma, along for the ride.

With Twin Dragons already split 50/50 for comedy and kung fu, and one of Chan's characters unable to throw so much as a single punch, the film is far from the all out fight-fest one might expect; double the Jackie doesn't necessarily equal double the action, and while Boomer flips, kicks and punches, Ma spends most of his time cowering in fear. Sadly, the amount of action on offer isn't the only disappointment, the predictable and repetitious mix-ups proving more cringe-worthy than chuckle-some, and the effects used to allow Jackie to interact with himself being far from special.

It's not all a total loss, though: Maggie Cheung and Nina Li Chi provide some welcome eye candy as the brother's girlfriends (it says a lot about the beauty of Li Chi that she manages to make Maggie Cheung look rather plain in comparison), and director Ringo Lam finally gets his act together for a rousing fight in a car testing factory, an environment that allows for some impressively dangerous kung fu craziness from at least one of the Chans.

5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.

Lots of karate antics, action, and lovely ladies as 2 Jackie Chans' try to outfox a band of hooligans intent of their demise. Slapstick humor all the way as Chan escapes one impossible to escape mess after another. This was a funny film, but it got a little trying at times keeping up with who was who.

Well the movie itself was good. But! There are only 5 action scenes! The first action scene is a classic so is the car factory fight scene at the end! Also there is bus chase on the streets of Hong Kong. Brief fight scene in a mall. And A boat chase on the sea. And otherwise the movie is funny as hell. But the two great directors didn't make this the best movie there is. This a comedy filled with action. I liked it. BUT ONLY ONE JACKIE CAN FIGHT. So go rent this funny movie with some nice chases, stunts, and fights.