Double Dragon (1994)

Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.

Director:

James Yukich

Writers:

Paul Dini (story), Neal Shusterman (story)

Stars:

Robert Patrick, Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Patrick	...	Koga Shuko
Mark Dacascos	...	Jimmy Lee
Scott Wolf	...	Billy Lee
Kristina Wagner	...	Linda Lash (as Kristina Malandro Wagner)
Julia Nickson	...	Satori Imada (as Julia Nickson-Soul)
Alyssa Milano	...	Marian Delario
Nils Allen Stewart	...	Bo Abobo #1
Henry Kingi	...	Bo Abobo #2
John Asher	...	Smart Ass Mohawk (as John Mallory Asher)
Leon Russom	...	Chief Delario
Jeff Imada	...	Huey
Al Leong	...	Lewis
Cory Milano	...	Marc Delario
Michael Berryman	...	Maniac Leader
Vanna White	...	Vanna White

Storyline

Set 15 years in the future in post-earthquake California, where San Diego and Los Angeles are merged into one city, two teenage brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. Millionaire Koga Shuko (a.k.a. Guisman) has the other half and determines to get the brothers' half in order to have the complete medallion and the absolute power of the magical Double Dragon talisman.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage girl | vigilante | movie theatre | medallion | martial arts | 

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Taglines:

Power. Justice. Darkness. Light.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Featured on episode 227 on the podcast "How Did This Get Made?".

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Goofs

Kogo Shuko is knocked back through a painting, only to jump back up and rip through the very same painting again.

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Quotes

Smartass Mohawk: [peering through an eyehole] I can see you!
Jimmy Lee: No, you can't!
[shoves broom handle through eyehole]

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Alternate Versions

Despite the UK cinema version being uncut with a PG certification, the UK video version was cut by 10 secs by the BBFC to remove some headbutts and blows during the fight scenes for a 12 certification. In 2015, the BBFC waived the 10 secs of cuts for a 12 certification DVD/Bluray release.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Times Hollywood Ruined Video Game Movies (2019)

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Soundtracks

Girls and Boys
Written by Jessie Velez / Don Colon / Bradley Kerr / Gavin Williams
Published by Sanlar Music/Polygram Music Publishing/EMI Music Publishing
Performed by Hed Boys
Courtesy of deconstruction/Logic Records

User Reviews

It's cheesy, but remember, cheese is good too.

Ok, it's not an Oscar winner, but few films are. It is a campy flick, but it's not the wanna-poke-your-eyes-out-to-stop-the-pain campy, but rather in the realm of a guilty pleasure.

In agreement with an earlier post, this was not supposed to be a film that took itself seriously. Notably, the action was on par with any other martial arts movie being made, and the script had a bunch of smart-assy humor (which I must admit that I'm a big sucker for). It's meant to be a fun film, and that was the end result.

As far as a video game movie is concerned, it's not the worst ever made...Mario Bros is still the king, with Street Fighter in a close second, and Final Fantasy in third place. So you see, there are worst movies that have been made.

And folks, I'm not ashamed to admit that I have the DVD for this film in my collection.

Details

Country:

USA France Denmark

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 November 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Double Dragon

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,850,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,376,561, 6 November 1994

Gross USA:

$2,341,309

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,341,309

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greenleaf Productions, Imperial Entertainment, Les Films du Scarabée

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color (CFI)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1