Mastodawn

There’s no way the department sanctioned any of this. Nothing these Yakuza do will ever be worse than what Internal Affairs is going to do to our designated Buddy Cops
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Dr. Dani Sanchez 2d ago

@rsmon77 you wouldn’t expect that from a movie that begins with a multi-minute body tour of a random beefcake. It’s refreshing, tbh
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Dr. Dani Sanchez 2d ago

There’s no non-homoerotic explanation for most of this movie but especially this part
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Dr. Dani Sanchez 2d ago

There’s being a plainclothes policeman then there’s whatever the fuck Dolph Lundgren is doing
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Dr. Dani Sanchez 2d ago

Hand Chop!
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Dr. Dani Sanchez 2d ago

And of course, Hawaiian-born Chinese-Filipina actress, model, musician and one of the most beautiful people to ever live: Tia Carrere
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Dr. Dani Sanchez 2d ago

Enter our buddy cops: Swedish martial artist, former bouncer & chemical engineer Dolph Lundgren and Hong Kongese-American martial artist & actor Brandon Lee. This was Brandon Lee’s first American film role!
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Dr. Dani Sanchez 2d ago

In the end it’s always COP VS COP 😔
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montrak Feb 21

Jetzt ein klassischer 90er Aktion Streifen. Von Mark L. Lester, da wird man nie enttäuscht. Jetzt gibt's die Unrated Fassung, mal gucken ob ich neues entdecke. #montrakguckt #foreverphysical #kult #showdowninlittletokyo #dolphlundgren #marklester

jp Dec 12

Early-’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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https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/the-archaeology-of-action-trash-narrative-breakdown-ethnic-cluelessness-and-queer-subversion-in-deadly-target-and-showdown-in-little-tokyo/

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…