Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Fresh and Exciting

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It's a buddy buddy action movie, one that feels more 80s than 90s, with that it has all the pluses and minuses that comes with such genre staples. Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee pair up to take on The Yakuza, Dolph has a very personal reason for tracking and killing the Yakuza leader. They are an odd pair who must get over their initial differences to complete their mission. Sound familiar? Well it is, because it can be seen in a whole host of other action buddy buddy movies.The acting is sub-standard but the action is well constructed, which at the end of the day is what action fans require for a rollicking good time. Some of the dialogue is too cheese worthy to even pass as acceptable - and this in a genre that often demands it as a requisite, while the overt homoerotic undercurrents are either meant as tongue in cheek? Or an attempt by the makers to make some sort of action movie statement?Is it fun? Absolutely, and that's not just because of the ridiculous trousers Lundgren often wears (seriously, a leather jacket and Oxford bags?), while the colour photography is sparkling (Mark Irwin), but you have to have a taste for corn and cheese to get the most from this host. 5/10

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?

this movie i saw this movie Showdown in Little Tokyo when i was 5 years old and then when i turned 15 i watched because when i was kid i love Action Movies so much even Today i Still Love them so i am got Into Dolph Lundgren in 2010 when Expendables come out i got into Dolph Lundgren Rented all his movies. then i saw this Movie i Remember it Now then i enjoy watching this movie Action Packed,Fast Placed,Good Shot of Filming and Brandon Lee R.I.P Rest in Peace Lost a very good Action Star who did just 5 Movies sad so sad losing a very good Action Star Brandon Lee (Johnny Murata) is not main character the main character is Dolph Lundgren (Sgt. Kenner)and i like the Villain he was Entering and fun Villain Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa(Funekei Yoshida)and the Action Scenes were Awesome and Funny Johnny play as Wise Cop and Trying to help Kenner then Kenner tells Johnny that his story what happened 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. so then Dolph is trying to find the guy who killed his Family and as Character Dolph was funny and Awesome when he fights in pool with big Japanese guy in fighting in water that was a very cool shoot in movie Very cool and Showdown at end when Dolph and Cary was fighting in sword fight was amazing and funny when Dolph was saving the girl from Suicide was awesome him breaking into house then killed bad guys quickly and saving girl that was awesome people say terrible acting Terrible movie screw what screw that if your into Martial Arts and Kicking Ass Non Stop Action movie ever made you will enjoy this movie Brandon Lee was missed could be more franchise of Showdown In Little something ? like 2nd movie this movie is Awesome that's all i can say in my Review.

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....I can understand the low rating on this movie, because there are a lot of pretentious younglings who just like to knock a cheesy film like this for status, but really love it in their own private boudoir.I am proud to say that since this was released in England (I think May 1992) it's been one of those movies I just love to watch, because these sort of movies make the world, you know, less serious.Lundgren and Lee are great as the two cops after Shang Tsung, and even though the fight scenes are way over the top, you just have to love a movie where the hero has his own house (that he built) burn down and then spend the final act in his pants.And he is a mans man, because he doesn't spill his tea while fighting, and his hair is always perfect. And he's even that quiet when having relations, you can hear him coming.It's short and straight to the point, and one of those films that your friends may scoff at, but if they actually sit and watch the movie, it will have a special place in their heart.I don't think anyone actually hates this movie.It's too much fun.