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1992 Certificate 12
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It is a tradition in the Hong Kong film community for actors and directors to donate their time and the profits from a film in order to raise funds for various causes. TWIN DRAGONS was part of an effort of the Hong Kong Directors Guild to build a new headquarters. Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui split the director's job and Jackie Chan .. Read more

Starring Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Anthony Chan
Director Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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Twin Dragons

It is a tradition in the Hong Kong film community for actors and directors to donate their time and the profits from a film in order to raise funds for various causes. TWIN DRAGONS was part of an effort of the Hong Kong Directors Guild to build a new headquarters. Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui split the director's job and Jackie Chan splits the lead in two by playing twins separated at birth. They are brought back together when the nonviolent concert pianist John Ma comes to Hong Kong and becomes involved in the life of his streetfighting twin, Boomer. Although it is conceived as a comedy and an obvious satire of Jean-Claude Van Damme's own twin brother film, DOUBLE IMPACT, there is plenty of action, including both car and boat chases. A complicated love story develops, with the usual mistaken identity problems, when Tammy (Nina Li Chi) and Barbara (Maggie Cheung) keep wondering why their boyfriend's personalities keep changing. Cheung, who is best known for her stunning performance in Wong Kar-Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, plays the foil to both characters with her usual sparkle. Chan provides the well-choreographed fights. Directors Lam, Tsui, and John Woo make cameo appearances.

Starring Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Anthony Chan
Director Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 25 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema
Language DVD: Japanese
Dubbed English
Released DVD: 04 Oct 2004
Production year: 1992
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Lampooning Jean-Claude Van Damme's Double Impact, this sprightly comedy once again has Jackie Chan combining the styles of Bruce Lee and Charlie Chaplin to entertaining effect. Playing twins separated at birth, Chan keeps both girlfriends Maggie Cheung and Nina Li Chi — as well as a gangster's gormless henchman — guessing through a series of slick set pieces. The pace of the action is such that it's impossible to detect the seams between the scenes put together by co-directors Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • This dreadful Jackie Chan caper (made in the early '90s and redubbed in '98) kicks off in 1965 with identical twins... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 3 stars

    ....or Double Chan

    Not one of the best Jackie Chan films but quite amusing and full of the usual stunts! Can't really say much more about it really.....disappointed there were no outtakes at the end, probably due to the action being based on two Jackie's as opposed to one...ie. stunts weren't as spectacular as you'd expect!

      • A customer from Reading, England
      • Posted 07 Sep 2004 10:24

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    Rated - 3 stars

    ....or Double Chan

    Not one of the best Jackie Chan films but quite amusing and full of the usual stunts! Can't really say much more about it really.....disappointed there were no outtakes at the end, probably due to the action being based on two Jackie's as opposed to one...ie. stunts weren't as spectacular as you'd expect!

      • A customer from Reading, England
      • Posted 07 Sep 2004 10:24

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      • It is a tradition in the Hong Kong film community for actors and directors to donate their time and the profits from a film in order to raise funds for various causes. TWIN DRAGONS was part of an ...