jpEarly-’90s action movies really said “logic is optional, stereotypes are mandatory.” Deadly Target and Showdown in Little Tokyo are less buddy-cop thrillers than accidental documentaries about Hollywood’s brain on martial arts, cocaine, and vibes. Glorious, baffling nonsense.
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The Archaeology of Action Trash: Narrative Breakdown, Ethnic Cluelessness, and Queer Subversion in Deadly Target and Showdown in Little Tokyo
Deadly Target (1994) goes out of its way to make sure all the good guys are Caucasian and all the villains are Chinese (except a redshirt uniformed cop and the hero’s romantic interest). Even Charl…