Product: Showdown in Little Tokyo [VHS] (1991)
Rating: 5.0
Great movie for Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee fans
This is probably Dolph's best role. This is also one of Brandon's best film roles as well. A fun movie.Dolph Lundgren is a man, and he's not afraid to act like a man! Dolph simply oozes masculinity in this film. He's in great shape, he's confident, he picks up gorgeous women , he eats a traditional Japanese style lunch (even the old Japanese waitress can't help but to flirt with this man!), he has two residences. He is such a man that he even built himself a Japanese style home with those rice paper type walls complete with a hot tub and equipped with Japenese ninja type weapons.Tia Carrera and most of the other women here simply ooze feminine sexuality in this film!The very fact that Brandon Lee is in this film adds a lot. This is probably to only film he made where his good natured personlity and sense of humor come across so well. Dolph's Japanese upbringing and Brandon's style contrast perfectly.They should bring this out in a widescreen version and add some extras. The picture is not bad, but could probably be improved.Note: the Yakuza here were originally introducted in 'The Punisher', but they perfected their role here. This movie deals with the violent Yakuza and some of the sword scenes are intense.Also I own both VHS and DVD versions of this movie,and they kept the front cover the same, but they changed the back cover. The original VHS back cover shows a nice shot of Brandon in the coffee shop, and Dolph carrying Tia in his arms. They should not have removed those shots, as they capture the film far better than what they replaced it with.I have noticed that they are changing the covers on both the front and back of a lot of movies they convert to DVD. They are removing pictures of things like guys carrying women in their arms. If a guys has his shirt off they replace that. And they are also removing any pictures with sexy women and replacing them with shots of just their head. (they did that with Tia Carrera on the inside cover. In this movie she's very sexy but they only show her head in the inside DVD movie cover. And she has this stern expression on her face. In the entire movie she's sexy so that picture is out of place. Politically correct.