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International action star Jackie Chan stars opposite knockabout comedy sensation Jackie Chan in this story about identical twins separated in childhood who are unexpectedly reunited years later. While... read more read more... on the run from a Hong Kong hospital, an escaped convict takes an infant hostage, leaving the baby's identical twin brother behind. While the criminal is soon back behind bars, the police can't find the baby, who was hidden in the woods. The child is found by a well-meaning but hard-drinking woman who raises him on her own, while his brother moves to the United States with his parents. Years later, the brother raised in America, John (Jackie Chan), is a world-renowned classical musician, while the other, Boomer (Chan again), is a rough-and-tumble auto mechanic who likes to race cars and start fights. When Boomer's best friend hatches a dubious scheme to win the freedom of a nightclub singer (Maggie Cheung) in dutch with gangsters, he finds himself involved and in danger, just in time for John to arrive in Hong Kong for a concert appearance. The two brothers soon meet by accident, and suddenly finds themselves mistaken for each other. On one hand, both are pleased with the romantic possibilities, as John takes a shine to the nightclub chanteuse and Boomer discovers John's girlfriend is turned on by his more physical personality. On the other hand, John finds people are shooting at him, while Boomer is now expected to conduct an orchestra. Two of Hong Kong's leading directors, Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark, teamed for this action comedy, which was a major hit in Hong Kong in 1992, but didn't receive a wide theatrical release in the United States until seven years later. The 1999 American release was dubbed into English (with Chan doing his own voice) and trimmed to 89 minutes from the original running time of 100 minutes. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Ringo Lam, Hark Tsui

Release Date: January 15, 1992

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DVD Release Date: September 7, 1999

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  • October 26, 2006
    Jackie Chan was really fantastic playing as duel role and made some excellent stuntwork and a hilarious endbattle in a car manufacturing plant.
  • July 25, 2006
    Not as good as most - but still watchable.
  • January 5, 2008
    Jackie Chan is ok, but this is clearly not his best work. Excellent stuntwork and a hilarious end battle in a car manufacturing plant. Unlike most of Jackie Chan's movies, yhis movie had a plot.
  • March 1, 2007
    Jackie does the Corsican Brothers with lots of action and wit. The always entertaining Chan is very likable in both roles, the rough and tumble criminal, and the studious and wimpy musician. With both Hark and Lam directing, I did expect to be blown away, but despite it not bei... read moreng the masterpiece it should have been with 3 big names, it's still a great little film for a Sunday afternoon.
  • October 15, 2010
    Here is the big SPOILER that is necessary for all Jackie Chan movies, the American Dimension version did not have any outtakes of stunts at the end credits. For the movie itself, it was another harmless kung-fu comedy from Jackie Chan with some interesting takes on the single act... read moreor twin filming. Not like the Kurosawa Doppleganger interesting, but creative none the less.

    The action is what you should expect from a Chan movie just not enough of it, everything else is a throwaway.
  • November 20, 2009
    Chan was definitely slowin his roll by the time he made this movie. Not as bad as Tuxedo, eventhough Hewitt made it worthwhile, but this movie did have crap for a plot and fewer action scenes than his earlier work.
  • July 10, 2008
    it was sort of hard to get into this movie when jackie chan was playing a composer who didnt know how to fight. if jackie doesnt know how to fight then its not a good movie..the fight scenes were good and there was no complaint with them, i just thought the stroyline could have b... read moreeen a little better, like if they had been enemies, one good and one bad or something.
  • May 14, 2007
    I love Jackie Chan but this is definately not one of his best movies but as usual he doesnt disappoint in the action department!
  • April 24, 2007
    double the jackie double the fun but it did not turn out that way in this driven epic of jackie chan movies
  • March 16, 2007
    this is so fuuny....especially when one knows how to fight ad the other don't and the part where the were in the tub wiht the girl on either side and just kept popping up and confusing her was hilarious!

Critic Reviews


Lawrence Van Gelder
January 1, 2000
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times

High-spirited entertainment! Full Review

Sean Means
January 1, 2000
Sean Means, Film.com

Having two directors, and a different choreographer for each fight sequence, gives the movie a split personality -- and neither personality is particularly enjoyable to meet.

Mick LaSalle
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Amusing all the way and not something Chan fans should skip. Full Review

Mark Caro
January 1, 2000
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune

It's all pretty dumb, but if you're in the mood for this sort of thing, you won't have a bad time.

Jonathan Foreman
January 1, 2000
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post

The emphasis here is on farce rather than action, to an extent that may disappoint hard-core martial arts fanatics.

Rob Thomas
September 16, 2005
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Heavy on the comedy, but the climactic fight scene is a Chan classic.

James Sanford
July 15, 2003
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

...almost painful to watch. It's even harder to listen to, with such absurd lines as 'you're just a God-darn loser!' and 'don't be uptight!' popping out of the actors' mouths. Full Review

Jeffrey Westhoff
December 17, 2002
Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Concentrates more on Chan's comedy than his kung fu.

Maitland McDonagh
January 1, 2000
Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International

A pretty sorry affair.

Steve Rhodes
January 1, 2000
Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews

Among the Jackie Chan films, this one is probably one of the silliest and lamest. Full Review

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