# Shuang long hui (1992)

### reviewed by
Susan Granger

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    Susan Granger's review of "Twin Dragons" (Dimension Films/Miramax)

You get two Jackie Chans for the price of one in this lame, recycled action comedy that was made as a fund-raising project for the Directors' Guild of Hong Kong, back in 1992, and, oddly enough, has been available on video in an earlier English-dubbed version. It's been edited and re-released to capitalize on Chan's success last year with "Rush Hour." In this story - which is remarkably like Jean-Claude Van Damme's "Double Impact" - Chan plays twins separated at birth by a kidnapper. Raised in the United States by his natural parents, John Ma (Jackie #1) is a piano prodigy who becomes a renowned orchestra conductor, while Boomer (Jackie #2), who grows up in the streets of Hong Kong, becomes an auto mechanic whose idea of a good time is cruising for chicks. 27 years later, just as John Ma comes to Hong Kong for a concert, Boomer gets involved in some criminal activity and, predictably, they're mistaken for one another. Chaos and mischief reign, and there's one wane cute scene in which both Chans are in a bathtub with a woman who believes she's looking at a mirror reflection, not another man. Directed by Sui Hark and Ring Lam (veterans of Hong Kong cinema), there's more emphasis on slapstick farce than action - a fact which will undoubtedly disappoint hard-core martial arts fanatics who look forward to seeing the acrobatic Jackie Chan do his own, often inventive stunt work. On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Twin Dragons" is an inane, boring 3, filled with senseless madness and silly mayhem.

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