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Summary: A double helping of Jackie Chan.
Review: I found this movie very entertaining indeed. You get two Jackies for the price of one on this dvd. Separated at birth at the hospital one twin gets picked up and raised by a woman who finds him, while the other twin is reared by his natural parents. The one grows up to be a great pianist while the one is on the rough and ready side.Later in life when they meet up there are some excellent comical scenes. However Jackie is really brilliant in the action scenes., and as usual excells at all he does.
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Summary: Twin Stars
Review: I haven't as yet seen this DVD (I fully plan to as Jackie Chan dubbed on this release I am told). The 3 stars are for the movie itself. It is not the best Jackie Chan Hong Kong movie, the Police Story series and Project A 1 & 2 are much better but is definitely worth a look. I have seen an old dubbed version (OK) and the Asian DVD release (better). Before approaching any "old" Jackie Chan film (ie. ones done in Hong Kong before America!) viewers should be aware they are lower budgeted so don't have the capacity for special effects as in US movies. Also, what a Chinese considers funny might not necessarily be what a westerner thinks is funny! Keeping this in mind, I really liked this film. The story is "old" (ie. twins separated at birth and coming together later in life with the expected mix-ups) but with Jackie (twice!) it is a lot of fun. The last action scene in the car factory shows Jackie's amazing acrobatic and martial arts skills to perfection. If you are Hong Kong movie buff, there are a lot of cameo appearances by HK actors and directors. Jackie did not direct this film, so ignore any criticism of bad direction by him! Most of the films Jackie directed himself are superb action pieces, though the acting is not very good in some. Jackie is more interested in action than dialogue, though "Accidental Spy", his latest Asian release, is extremely good in all aspects, both action and action, with a good storyline. Anyway, give Twin Dragons a look - it will be worth it.
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Summary: I can't describe how bad this movie is...
Review: I like Jackie Chan a lot in movies like "Rush Hours" and the new "Shanghai Noon". He's charming, sharp and amazingly fast. But any movie that Jackie directs really sucks big time. The story is usually childish, silly and the supporting Chinese actors always "overact". I'm very disapointed that in this day and age, Jackie still releases something like "Twin Dragons". When the other twin plays piano, this twin's hand shakes is the most stupid idea/joke I've ever seen. I had to shut it off and watched regular TV instead. It pissed me off for having to rush to the video store to get this movie. My message to Jackie Chan: "Please avoid stupid stories like this one! Better yet, let someone else direct your movies for the International audience"
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Summary: Twin Dragons stinks
Review: I LOVE JACKIE CAN, but this was pithetic. Bad plot, bad dubbing, and all around stupid. Skip this and see First Strike, Who am I?,Project A or Supercop.
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Summary: if you like Jackie Chan, don't watch this!
Review: I noticed that a reviewer here has "corrected" a previously posting reviewer who had stated that Jean Claude VanDamme's "Double Impact" was released before this film. Well, to clear this up, "Twin" was not released "in the 80's." "Twin Dragons" was released in Asia in 1992 and "Double Impact" was released in 1991. "A Viewer From" should make sure he/she knows what he/she is talking about before he/she rags on someone else.More on-point: "Twin Dragons" is a lot of fun. Is it a "good" movie? Well, the definition of "good" depends on whether you're already a fan of Jackie Chan's Hong Kong films or not. On a technical level, very few of them are "good", with goofy out-of-date stories, some very bad acting, and occasionally horrible dialog (even in the original Cantonese). BUT the vast majority of them are exceedingly enjoyable nonetheless. One of the unique aspects of Chan's HK films is that they are primitive in a modern world. Had they been made 30 years earlier, he would be considered a master of the art these days. If you can accept that "TD" has a plot that has been done literaly dozens and dozens of times over the decades, by everyone from Jerry Lewis to Cheech and Chong to Patty Duke, then this film is a hilarious and exiting take on that formula.
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Summary: A Viewer From California is Incorrect, etc
Review: I noticed that a reviewer here has "corrected" a previously posting reviewer who had stated that Jean Claude VanDamme's "Double Impact" was released before this film. Well, to clear this up, "Twin" was not released "in the 80's." "Twin Dragons" was released in Asia in 1992 and "Double Impact" was released in 1991. "A Viewer From" should make sure he/she knows what he/she is talking about before he/she rags on someone else. More on-point: "Twin Dragons" is a lot of fun. Is it a "good" movie? Well, the definition of "good" depends on whether you're already a fan of Jackie Chan's Hong Kong films or not. On a technical level, very few of them are "good", with goofy out-of-date stories, some very bad acting, and occasionally horrible dialog (even in the original Cantonese). BUT the vast majority of them are exceedingly enjoyable nonetheless. One of the unique aspects of Chan's HK films is that they are primitive in a modern world. Had they been made 30 years earlier, he would be considered a master of the art these days. If you can accept that "TD" has a plot that has been done literaly dozens and dozens of times over the decades, by everyone from Jerry Lewis to Cheech and Chong to Patty Duke, then this film is a hilarious and exiting take on that formula.
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Summary: Good, but not great...
Review: I thought that this movie was good, but I saw some flaws in it too.. When the "Twins" were in the bathroom, it seemed that the Shoulder of the twins had run together! It even looked like the Jackie on the left looked like he was matted in! The magic of the scene was lost... The Story could have been better too. The people that kept fainting all through the movie,was rather stupid at times... Sorry Jackie... You struck out with this one...
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Summary: Well, I LIKED it!
Review: I thought this movie was a hoot. It had plenty of action scenes, and the final fight in the Mitsubishi factory is as good as anything Chan has ever done (and I have seen ALL his movies). Okay, so the special effects are not up to American standards--HK budgets are probably about 1/20th of your average HW budget--what do you expect? And besides, as Jackie says "I don't use speciaw effect--I AM da speciaw effect!"
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Summary: if you like Jackie Chan, don't watch this!
Review: i'm a big fan, but this has to be THE worst Jackie Chan movie i've seen so far... and i've seen almost all of them. it was almost painful to watch the silly situations the twins got themselves into, and beyond belief that they couldn't figure things out. i would have given it 1 star except the fight scene at the end was pretty good.
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Summary: Worst Jackie Chan movie I have seen in a Long Time
Review: If you are thinking of buying this DVD. DON'T!!! This is one of the worst Jackie Chan movies made yet. Usually I really like his movies but this didn't live up to the good name of Jackie Chan. There were scenes where they didn't edit out the line between between the images of Chan. And people would faint at the drop of a hat!!! It looked like it was just thrown together at the spur of the moment. I blame the director and the editor of this movie.
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