GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Info:
- Release Date: August 23, 1991
- Creators: Mark Lester (director), Stephen Glantz (writer)
- Genre: Wacky Martial Arts
- Rating: ★★★★☆
Plot:
- Renegade cop, Kenner, pairs with equally renegade cop, Johnny Murata, to kick some serious yakuza ass in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo district.
Notes:
- Kenner, beating up five yakuza baddies while drinking his morning tea
- Johnny, the Asian Task Force cop ignorant of his Japanese heritage (er, everyone knows that Brandon Lee was actually half-Chinese, don't they? Bruce Lee was *really* popular in the US)
- Minaka's get-Dolph-Lundgren-into-bed line: "Do you hog the sheets?" "Brought my own!"
- Yoshida, covered with nifty yakuza tattoos. Check out the scene where he haughtily rejects the sacrificial pinkie...
Cast:
- Dolph Lundgren as Kenner
- Brandon Lee as Johnny
- Tia Carrere as Minako
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Yoshida
- Renee Allman as Angel
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