Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991 · Movie · R · 79 min · ★ 6.4 · 38% critics
Two mismatched cops are assigned to Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, where a ruthless yakuza operation is pushing drugs through a seemingly legitimate front. As their partnership is tested by clashing backgrounds and attitudes, they rely on martial arts and streetwise grit to take the fight to the syndicate and settle a deeply personal score.
Also known as Les Justiciers de Little Tokyo
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Details
- Years
- 1991
- Release date
- 1991-08-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Critic score
- 38/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (535 votes)
- Budget
- $7,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quick, old-school buddy-cop action romp with lots of fights, gunplay, and knowingly cheesy humor; Not for you if you dislike sleazy violence, crude jokes, or thin plotting like in Universal Soldier.
Pros: nonstop martial arts action; funny one-liners; fast, breezy pace | Cons: thin, by-the-numbers plot; corny dialogue; uneven acting
Themes
- martial arts
- yakuza
- los angeles, california
- samurai sword
- buddy cop
- loving
Cast & crew
Dolph Lundgren
as Detective Kenner
Brandon Lee
as Johnny Murata
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
as Yoshida
Tia Carrere
as Minako
Toshishiro Obata
as Sato
Philip Tan
as Tanaka
Rodney Kageyama
as Eddie
Ernie Lively
as Detective Nelson
Renee Griffin
as Angel
Reid Asato
as Muto
Directed by Mark L. Lester