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Twin Dragons

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Val Kuklowsky and Rod Lean (English adaptation)

Directed by: Ringo Lam
Hark Tsui

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 9, 1999
DVD: September 7, 1999

Running Time: 100 minutes, Color

Origin: Hong Kong

Language(s): Cantonese (dubbed in English)

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for some shootings, non-stop martial arts violence, and sensuality

Starring Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Nina Li Chi, Teddy Robin Kwan, and Anthony Chan

Two long lost twins (Chan) -- one a gangster from Hong Kong and the other a classical pianist from New York -- are in the same city at the same time, unbeknownst to each other, leading to a series of comedic instances of mistaken identity.

What The Critics Said

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80

Time Richard Corliss

The real fun is in seeing Hong Kong pop cinema at its innocent, crowd-pleasing best. And for Jackie, that goes double.

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78

Austin Chronicle Russell Smith

Rare two-for-one Chan special.

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70

The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder

High-spirited entertainment .

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70

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Twin Dragons is still a Chan film, albeit not a great one. As fans have figured out by now, that goes a long way.

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63

USA Today Mike Clark

Here's Jackie Chan playing twins separated at birth, though not as separated as English is from the actors' lip movements in this silly, speedy, wretched dubbed action goof. [16 April 1999, Life, p.8E]

60

Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour

Mindless escape. [12 April 1999, Calendar, p.F-4]

60

Variety Joe Leydon

Ticket buyers get two Jackie Chans for the price of one in Twin Dragons, but the pic itself is no great bargain.

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58

Entertainment Weekly Michael Stewart

Chan hams it up throughout -- to little avail -- but the final brawl should please fans of his balletic action sequences, that is, if they can endure the full hour of silliness before it.

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50

Film Threat Ron Wells

If you like Chan's Hong Kong films, you'll like this. Much of the "dramatic" work and dialogue are horrible but the stunt work here is actually superior to many of Chan's films.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

An American reissue, with a fresh new soundtrack and all the dialogue dubbed.

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50

Chicago Reader Staff (Not credited)

Action comedy hurriedly cobbled together as a fund-raiser for the Hong Kong Directors' Guild.

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50

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

It's all pretty dumb, but if you're in the mood for this sort of thing, you won't have a bad time. [9 April 1999, Friday, p.F]

40

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

As usual, the final fight-scene extravaganza is outstanding, but it’s hardly worth the dreary hour and a half that precedes it.

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38

ReelViews James Berardinelli

The only worthwhile portion of Twin Dragons is the climactic action sequence, but, to get to that, it's necessary to endure more than an hour of unfunny physical comedy and excruciating verbal interaction.

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20

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Only die-hard and undemanding Chan fans need apply.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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