Double Dragon (film)
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| Directed by | James Yukich |
| Written by | Michael David Peter Gould |
| Starring | Robert Patrick Mark Dacascos Scott Wolf Kristina Malandro Wagner Julia Nickson |
| Music by | Jay Ferguson |
| Cinematography | Gary B. Kibbe |
| Editing by | Florent Retz |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Double Dragon is a 1994 live-action film adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name. This film was produced starring Mark Dacascos as Jimmy Lee and Scott Wolf as Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario and Robert Patrick as Koga Shuko, the primary antagonist. In the movie, the twins are only described as brothers, presumably to explain the differences in ethnicity. It was directed by James Yukich and written by the team of Paul Dini (of Batman: The Animated Series and others) and Neal Shusterman. The location was a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles (following a large earthquake that occurred before the events of the film), referred to as "New Angeles". Reviews by critics, such as the review of the movie by the Washington Post were not favorable. The movie was also shunned by fans and public opinion alike.
[edit] Trivia
Jimmy is 18 and Billy is 17. In the older games Billy and Jimmy are twins, Although Jimmy was born a couple of minutes before Billy; which make Jimmy the older twin. However, in the game Rage of the Dragons; Jimmy is two years older than Billy.
The Jackie Chan movie The Twin Dragons (1992) includes "Double Dragon" as an alternate title, according to the IMDB, although it is completely unrelated to the video game series, as well as the film based on the video game series.
[edit] Double Dragon (1995 game)
The 1995 game, Double Dragon, released by SNK and Technos, is based on the video game series film of the same name.
Marian is a gang leader in the movie despite being a damsel in distress in the first game. In the 1995 Double Dragon game, Marian was a gang character in homage to the movie.
Marian is not Billy's girlfriend in the movie like she is in the game. However in one scene before the enemy gangs break into her hideout. She and Billy came close to kissing.
Shuko appeared as the final boss for the game.
When the brothers are fighting and Jimmy is possessed by Shuko, the villain, there is a close-up of Billy, and behind him you can clearly see the Double Dragon arcade game.
When Jimmy is fighting Billy, it's a reference to the first game when Billy has to fight Jimmy towards the end of the game when Jimmy was part of the shadow dragon.
