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Showdown in Little Tokyo [Region 2]
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7321950123117
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), American Sign Language (Subtitled),
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Theatrical Release Date: August 23, 1991
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Editorial Review:
Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 martial arts action-comedy that, in pitting Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee as L.A. cops against Japanese drug dealers, plays like a B-movie Tango and Cash or Lethal Weapon 2 (both released just two years before). Between career highs in Rocky IV (1985) and Universal Soldier (1992), Lundgren looked as if he might make it big at the box office, and clearly wanting to be the new Schwarzenegger he is here directed by Mark L Lester, who had earlier helmed Ah-nold's Commando (1985). In the event both actor and director headed for straight-to-video territory, while Lee (Bruce's son) went on to The Crow. The 75-minute running time suggests the studio lost confidence and seriously cut the movie though, as the space between the action is filled with nothing but cringe-inducing dialogue, thriller clichés, and Lundgren "romancing" Tia Carrere, it still makes sense. Basing its title on John Carpenter's 1986 fantasy-comedy Big Trouble in Little China and anticipating Rush Hour (1998), Showdown in Little Tokyo alternates between crude tongue-in-cheek moments and action so ludicrous it's unintentionally hilarious . A camp disaster that simply defies belief, this is so-bad-it's-good entertainment. --Gary S. Dalkin
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Cult classic starring Dolph Lungren and Brandon Lee
Macho B-movie madness at its sublime best, this crazy action quickie is about as brain dead as you can get: wooden acting, a terrible story and a script that truly sucks. But with all the mindless violence who really cares. Gun battles, martial arts, Samurai sword slashing and gory deaths are the order of the day, not to mention plenty of beautiful ladies treated like playthings and shedding clothes at every opportunity. Despite the women and guns, there is some kind of story: Kenner (Lundgren) is ... Read More
Rating:  - So bad that it's almost good
Showdown in Little Tokyo is one of those generic action movies from the early 90's that is so bad that's kind of enjoyable to watch as trashy entertainment. What makes it even more enjoyable is the fact that it stars a young Brandon Lee as a wise-cracking cop who teams up with a tough guy cop (Dolph Lundgren) to take on a Yakuza drug boss (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa). Showdown in Little Tokyo features atrocious (and occasionally funny) dialogue, tons of cliche story elements (the bad guy also killed Lundgren's ... Read More
Rating: - "You have the right to be dead"
Showdown in Little Tokyo is one of those rare early-90's screen gems that is so terribly scripted that, today, it makes for one of the funniest movie going experiences you can have.
Essentially it's a revenge story where Dolph Lundgren plays a cop out for revenge against the yakuza mob boss who murdered his family when he was just a wee little gaijin living in Japan.
And of course, since he was raised in Japan, he knows martial arts, how to weild a sword and even build japanese style houses ... Read More
Rating: - Brandon Lee and Dolph Lungren Together!
Amazing movie! One of Dolph's greatest roles ever! Brandon Lee brings charisma and humor to his role as well.
This is a five star movie-
Rating: - Fun & Action In No "Little" Amounts
Never having been much of a fan of either Dolph Lundgren or the late Brandon Lee, it was only my general like of action films that drew me to their collaborative effort, "Showdown In Little Tokyo". I ended up liking the movie than I had hoped, but while I had a good time, it's a film that won't especially attract folks outside of a given fanbase.
Like most good action features, the story of "Showdown" is merely a backdrop to the on-screen antics: Lundgren and Lee are two San Francisco detectives set ... Read More
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