The Twins Effect
2004
Eastern pop music sensation the Twins (Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung) star in this action/comedy/horror yarn about an evil Duke's attempt to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong Kong, only to complicate his .. Read more
| Starring | Digger Mesch, Maggie Lau, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Edison Chen |
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| Director | Dante Lam |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
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The Twins Effect
Eastern pop music sensation the Twins (Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung) star in this action/comedy/horror yarn about an evil Duke's attempt to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong Kong, only to complicate his struggle by falling in love with a mortal girl who just happens to have two vampire hunters for brothers. Jackie Chan makes a cameo appearance.
| Starring | Digger Mesch, Maggie Lau, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Edison Chen, Karen Mok, Mandy Chung, Ricardo Mamood, Gillian Chung, Josie Ho, Jackie Chan, Winnie Leung, Mickey Hardt, Charlene Choi, Ekin Cheng |
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| Director | Dante Lam |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 01 Nov 2004 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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8 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Slamming a stake in to Buffys heart- Eastern style
Ever heard of The Twins? Probably not. Huge media stars across Asia, not only are the girls annoyingly cute but they know how to make the odd movie or two. With a little help from Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, and more than a nod to the whole Buffyverse, or should that be headbutt, The Twins kick and punch their way through two hours of damn fine entertainment.
Okay, so the girls can be a little too cute and even a little annoying at times but this massive hit across Asia is funny, fast and full of fantastic fight sequences from some of the biggest Asian stars in the industry today. And did I mention that the girls are cute!? Definitely worth two hours of your time. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Not enough bite
This is an entertaining little film. The opening is completely misleading, a brilliantly shot showdown between martial arts experts and evil vampires in a deserted train station which is much better than anything that follows, but the rest is still quite good. The jokes are variable, and the emphasis on squealy teenage girls is a bit tedious, but the set-pieces are superb, and Jackie Chan's two scenes are worth watching in themselves. 'The Twins Effect' is rather like watching 'Blade 2', 'The Lost Boys' and 'Pretty in Pink' colliding in Hong Kong, but it's rarely boring, and it's rather refreshing to see a film with Asian heroes and Caucasian European villains, rather than the other way round. All in all, worth a look.
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Eastern pop music sensation the Twins (Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung) star in this action/comedy/horror yarn about an evil Duke's attempt to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European ... -