So I guess my secret is out of the bag. I haven't really made a point of sharing it with many people, but I believe over the coming months (that sounds ominous), it will become apparent. My name is Stephanie and I love Asian cinema. THERE, I HAVE SAID IT. I HAVE ADMITTED IT. I love Asian cinema as a genre. I can't get enough. If I could watch the movie "Fearless" with Jet Li every day I could probably write a blog post about it every day. One of my all-time favorite movies is "Raise the Red Lantern" and I love love love anything with Jackie Chan.
This movie, Twin Dragons, popped up in Netflix when I entered Jackie's name. I was surprised to learn he plays TWO parts in this "magically dubbed into English" film. Jackie plays twin brothers John Ma and Boomer - twins who were separated shortly after birth in a dramatic hospital/criminal get-away prologue. Of course hilarity ensues when the twins run into each other in Hong Kong as adults. One has taken the "garage mechanic/race car driver" route and the other has taken the "classical pianist" route. Because it's Jackie Chan, the fight scenes are amazing - especially a great (and long) scene at the end.
This was, in my opinion, one of Jackie's better movies - especially because his acting didn't feel as forced as it sometimes does when he's performing in English only. I have watched some of the behind the scenes taping of Jackie and he talks about how much time he has had to spend trying to speak English clearly enough for American film and that he can spend hours trying to get through a script that a better English speaker could get through in minutes. You have to respect his strength and sense of humor - I certainly do. Twin Dragons was a good movie and I am grateful for two, two, two Jackie Chan's in one.
The IMDB link
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