What happens with multiple fans - Showdown in Little Tokyo Primer

So, you put two fans in one house for more than a couple days and you have a better than even chance of creating a new fandom. Well, a new mini-fandom at least.

Showdown in Little Tokyo is one of the slashiest enjoyably dumb action films out there, and quite possibly the slashiest thing to break Rule 34. Yes, it breaks Rule 34, as far as Mosellegreen and I can tell - if anyone has written or drawn for it, we have yet to find it.

So, erm. We created a comm. Showdown Tokyo. And a primer! Which you can see below.


This is Brandon Lee. You may remember him from The Crow and Rapid Fire. His father was also sort of famous. In this movie, his character is Johnny Murata. Murata is charming, smart and delightfully snarky. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, he finds suggestions that he should "embrace his culture" both hilarious and dumb, particularly when coming from this guy....


This is Dolph Lundgren. He starred in Universal Soldier and Black Jack, among many other movies about shooting people. Yes, he was in He Man, but he learned to speak English and act really well, honest! He spends half the movie shirtless. His character, the police detective Chris Kenner, grew up in Japan and bought into the samurai thing perhaps a little *too* much.


What is it? Delightfully cheesy early 90's action flick.

What is it about? Highly slashy cop team-up between characters played by Brandon Lee and Dolph Lundgren.

Why is it so great? Showdown In Little Tokyo is many, many things that fans like, all wrapped up in one compact 78 minute package. A hilariously cheesy and over the top early 90's action film, one of the most brain-meltingly slashy things ever marketed to straight men and a surprisingly smart and funny (for an early 90's over the top action film) jab at cultural and martial arts stereotypes. Er, if you're only paying attention to the heroes. The villains, they are made of cardboard! But come on, consider the genre.

What rating is it and why? Rated R for non-gory excessive movie violence, topless women and R-rated language.

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