12/2/2023 0 Comments Roger yuanWatching it in the context of these other ’91 movies it does seem slightly primitive it’s a Warner Bros. It’s a buddy cop movie starring Dolph Lundgren (between COVER UP and UNIVERSAL SOLDIER) and Brandon Lee (between LASER MISSION and RAPID FIRE), so any possible deficiencies are easily overcome by their great charisma and the unrepeatable novelty of their team-up. SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO is a movie I have long enjoyed ( here is a pretty dumb review of it I wrote 13 years ago). Barry, Ric Roman Waugh, Ric Waite, Roger Yuan, Tzi Ma Posted in Reviews, Action, Martial Arts | 10 Comments » Little, Jeff Imada, Kate Hodge, Michael Chong, Michael Paul Chan, Nick Mancuso, Paul Attanasio, Paul Yang, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. McElroy, Basil Wallace, Brandon Lee, Branscombe Richmond, Brigitta Stenberg, Christopher Young, Chuck Zito, Cindy Cirile, Dwight H. According to RAPID FIRE’s entry in the AFI Catalog, “Lee was involved in the development of the story, and a key element that resonated with the actor was his character’s struggle to deal with his father’s death, which mirrored Lee’s personal life.” (read the rest of this shit…) Seeing the protest signs causes him to flash back to the historic events at Tiananmen Square, where he saw his dad (Michael Chong, TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.) killed by soldiers. An art major at a college in L.A., he pulls up to campus during a demonstration for democracy in China. Years later in RAPID FIRE (1992), Lee’s character Jake Lo is introduced wearing a leather jacket, leather boots, riding a bike, looking very rebellious. And don’t talk, don’t even mention Bruce Lee to me!’” He was wearing a leather jacket, leather boots, riding a bike, he was very rebellious,” and “He said, ‘I hate martial arts. Lee followed his movie debut in LEGACY OF RAGE with LASER MISSION (1989) and SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO (1991), but it was the Yu film that attracted the atttention of producer Robert Lawrence (A KISS BEFORE DYING) and made him want to find a vehicle to turn Lee into a huge American action star.Īs I referenced in the LEGACY OF RAGE review, the Metrograph theater did an interview with Ronny Yu where he said of Lee, “He was 19 when I met him. To be honest I forgot that I already reviewed it in 2009, but that’s okay, this is a better review. I’ve been meaning to revisit my maybe-favorite-Brandon-Lee movie RAPID FIRE for years, and thought it would fit in well here. Occasionally during this Ronny Yu series I will go on tangents about films that are not directed by Ronny Yu, but are related to the topic at hand.
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