Plus, Madonna and Tom Arnold’s marriage has ended. A citywide curfew, notable climate change (like black rain and toxic pollution), and an unchecked anarchy that runs rampant at night are just a few of the televised commentaries. There’s also a “Robocop” vibe, in which commercials and newscasts shed light on sociopolitical elements of this moderately bleak, postapocalyptic future. Typically life-and-death encounters incite only cheesy one-liners from the Lees, and a bored, hands-in-pockets pose from Satori. These opening sequences resemble “The Warriors” and the Mad Max films, though with an overt tongue-in-cheek flavor (along the lines of “Big Trouble in Little China”).
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Each is equipped with advanced technology that can plot courses throughout the city, as well as identify the drivers and their personal statistics (such as, comically, bench-lifting limits). This leads to a car chase between the Lee’s armored, flame-spewing station wagon and two gangsters’ tank-like tactical vehicle. Tattooed, pierced, wild-haired, black-leather-clad punks comb the streets, looking for easy targets to rob and attack. Meanwhile, teenagers Jimmy Lee (Mark Dacascos, a talented martial artist) and his brother Billy (Scott Wolf, boasting no martial arts expertise), along with legal guardian Satori (Julia Nickson-Soul), leave a karate match, which finds them in a bad neighborhood after dark. But in order to achieve total domination, Shuko needs its mate – still secreted away in a safe place. In present day (New Angeles, 2007, after the big quake) Victor Geistman, aka Koga Shuko (Robert Patrick), has his henchwoman, Linda Lash (Kristina Malandro Wagner, who gets punched in the face no less than four times throughout the picture), retrieve half of the magical pendant from Chinese monks. The artifact (a spiritual amplifier), shaped like a dragon, was eventually split in two – leading to the legend of the Double Dragon. Housands of years ago in ancient China, a benign king created a mystical medallion to save his people from terrorization at the hands of the evil shadow warriors. Release Date: November 4th, 1994 MPAA Rating: PG-13ĭirector: James Yukich Actors: Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf, Robert Patrick, Alyssa Milano, Kristina Wagner, Julia Nickson, Leon Russom T Genre: Martial Arts and Fantasy Running Time: 1 hr.