Interesteg What makes it different from others?

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

jonathanmark-77048 Plot: Two cops have to work together to bring down the yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful women.This is a very underrated buddy cop film with 2 great leads that have some great chemistry with each other. Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee make a great team and I wish they could've done another film together, but unfortunately that will never happen only in my dreams. The story is simple and effective which makes it work. The action is very well done by director Mark L. Lester showcasing both Dolph and Brandons skills effectively. The rest of the cast does a good job as well especially Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Yoshida who always plays a great villain as shown in Mortal Kombat. The film is fast paced and never boring, always keeps the story going and having us at the edge of our seats.This is a buddy cop film that should be talked about more instead of ones like Ride Along, if you haven't seen this film, give it a chance you won't regret it.

Laxontlyn So again, what happened with the action movies today? Look here, you have it all. It is fast. It is fun. It has a memorable tune to accompany the action. It has remarkable characters, who by no means are deep or Shakespere type guys, they are just cool. It has one-liners. It has a smoking-hot looking girl. A little bit of nudity here and there. Couple of funny lines can be heard. Very colorful villain and his goons. It has that feeling of adventure. It is a quintessential action movie. For that reason it is so predictable and clichéd, but here, is it really a downfall? Can we get more of these, please? I am sick of a bloody messes and greedy mood in todays action movies. Can you take it a little easier, filmmakers? Or is it a thing of the past, meaning that will never get this style back again?

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.

Dumont Lamont Let me start by saying there is a catchy theme song repeated throughout the film, which works because the music is good. This film actually has some big names in it, Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Mr. Tagawa from Mortal Kombat (Shang Tsun) and Rising Sun, he does a good job as the Yakuza boss in this film and portrays a solid main villain, Tia Carrere, and Toshiro Obata from the Ninja Turtles movies. This film is basically about the Japanese Mafia, the Yakuza, and Obata does such a good job as the 2nd in command of the Yakuza boss, he really carries the film. Not to take anything away from Dolph and Brandon of course, because they are so charismatic. The film starts off with illegal gambling for underground fighting, and Dolph literally swings in like Tarzan, and takes out the two fighters in the ring by himself, what an entrance! This film has lots of fight scenes, you pretty much don't want to miss any of them because they are good, we have guns, knives, and various martial arts weapons, and just a whole ton of action at a pretty fast pace with crazy memorable scenes, so this film is a B-movie done right, even though its famous for some filming errors. Out of Brandon Lee's films I'd have to say that The Crow is my favorite, Rapid Fire is a good one if you like martial arts action, and then this one is his 3rd best, meaning this is not a bad film at all if you like martial arts action flicks. Scenes you don't want to miss: Dolph jumps over a classic convertible heading right for him with a flying side kick, they used trick cinematography, and a launch pad but still it looks quite real and the idea is awesome it just puts a smile to my face. Another scene with Dolph when he takes out 5 guys without spilling a drop of tea in a zen like manner which goes with his character. We get to see some powerful looking karate moves from Dolph and one guy attacks him with a butterfly knife, in the same fight scene we are immediately introduced to Brandon Lee and have a very short dream match where Brandon fights Dolph. It's a very nice contrast to see the quick and agile fighting style of Brandon versus the big powerful style that Dolph brings. Another memorable scene is when a Yakuza guy commits ritual suicide by snapping his own neck. In a strange scene, the Yakuza leader, uses a Katana sword to decapitate a crack head while having sex with her in public. There is quite a bit of nudity in this film, topless girls sumo wrestling and eating sushi off of naked girls just to name a few. We also have a Yakuza finger removing scene done by none other than Simon Rhee from Best of the Best. The fight scene at the bath house is another show stealer, the main fight is with Dolph versus a Sumo Wrestler. At about an hour into the film, Brandon has one of the most bizarre lines ever when he comments about the size of Dolph's junk. There is a scene where Dolph and Brandon get tortured in a similar manner to the Lethal Weapon torture scene. Of course the heroes escape, and from there the heroes go into hiding and we get a small training scene with Dolph, and I'm glad they squeezed it in, because how could you not like training scenes in a martial arts flick. The Samurai outfit he wears is pretty silly but definitely something you don't see often! Fight scene between Brandon and Obata does not disappoint, to me it rivals the main fight in Rapid Fire. It's really no surprise considering the impressive martial arts background that Obata has. But then again there are many talented real martial artists in this film. Last but not least the Japanese spoken by some of the people in this film was painful to listen to, I wish they didn't make those poor actors do that. All in all I have to say that Showdown in Little Toyko is a successful execution!