compare to Commando


Commando is one of my favorite movies, it's hilarious. Would I like this movie?

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Yep, you will.

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YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DIE!

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no, i don't think you will. the reasons why commando is that hilariously entertaining are the stupidity, lack of logic any deeper sense, the overacting and the totally unreal over-the-top action. and don't forget about the oneliners...

unfortunately, there's actually nothing of those things in "showdown in little tokyo". it's just a quite badly done b-movie actioner. nothing of the loads of (unintentional) humour of commando.



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Nah, its not as actionpacked and funny as Commando, but it comes pretty close. You gotta love lines like: "We gonna get the bad guy, and then we`ll eat fish of those naked chicks!"

The soundtrack is also awesome. The bad guys and good guys has each their own themes.

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ok, there were maybe some funny lines, anyway.
the line i liked most was when dolph and brandon were in this cottage in the night and the "bad guys" were surrounding them. there were "bad guys" coming from every side, and dolph and brandon were figuring out what to do now. then dolph said something like "there are so many bad guys, we dont have enough ammunition".
what i like about this line is that he calls them just "bad guys". since english isn't my native language, i don't know if "bad guys" is a serious used synonym for "criminals", but translated to german it has a very comical touch. i mean in german, we call them "bad guys" in fairy tales or when we talk about the villians of a movie we have seen, so this expression shows some distance and won't be seriously used when you are facing someone right now who wants to kill you.



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I bought and enjoyed both movies and have them set beside each other on my shelf. They're stupid and fun in their own way but Commando is the superior of the two. But I think you'll like Little Tokyo anyway.

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You will if you like kick ass and entertaining action movie

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Commando is THE quintessential action movie. Showdown in Little Tokyo? It doesn't have the big action sequences, great one-liners and memorable performances that make a movie like Commando oddly brilliant.

That said, SILT is enjoyable, silly, fast-paced, violent... yeah, any fan of Arnie's classic will most likely dig this one. Besides, Dolph & Brandon (Brandon is full of charisma) are so great to watch together. Oh, and can't forget the exquisite Tia Carrere.



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Weirdly, both movies were made by the same director.

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