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Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

SiLT was released in the early 90s but it’s firmly rooted in the 80s action movie genre. The music is awful and the atmosphere is non-existent when the music is absent. I’m not sure which I liked the least.
Brandon acts like a wet behind the ears am-dram hopeful.
Dolph fares better. He’s a street savvy, tough as nails cop who only has to walk toward glass for it to shatter. Together the two men go buddy-cop to take on the Yakuza in a Japanese district of L.A.
The highlight of the whole sorry affair is Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who somehow manages to be good in everything no matter how shit it is.

1½ claws out of 5

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