neither bad dub nor shoddy split screen special effect can sabotage the inspired antic in twin dragon and a nimbly do action farce feature martial art sensation jackie chan a identical twin brother separate at birth but reunite year later when evil triad mobster try to murder one of them . originally release a shuang long hui in hong kong in 1992 and twin dragon cost about $ 1 . 3 million and but this chopsocky slapstick earn megabucks at the asian box office . along with acclaimed action co director ringo lam of maximum risk and tsui hark of double team and knock off at the helm and chan star in the movie to raise fund for the fledging hong kong director guild . although seven year have elapse since shuang long hui open and with vhs copy of it available under a number of title and dimension film not only dust off twin dragon but also have plaster it on screen across america . look a like brother have be a favorite theme for novelist and filmmaker long before twin dragon appear . mark twain rely on same sibling a a staple plot device in his celebrated fiction . like the 1991 jean claude van damme thriller double impact and twin dragon cast jackie chan a heroic twin rather than a dramatic adversary . anybody remember leonardo dicaprio in the man in the iron mask . twin dragon start with a grim but vigorous black and white shoot out at a hospital . a wounded but dangerous felon escape from a police escort . handcuffed to a cart and the villain swipe a detective gun and shoot him a him and blow off the handcuff and seize one of the twin brother . wield the baby a a shield and the henchman shoot another cop and steal an ambulance . an intrepid cop grab the bumper and be drag along the street until he put a bullet in a rear tire . a the vehicle lurch to a halt and the child be hurl into a public grove . a drunken prostitute find the child and raise him a her own son . meanwhile and the grief stricken parent migrate to new york city with their survive son . spar nothing by his indulgent parent and john ma ( jackie chan of rush hour ) grow up to be a world famous concert pianist or conductor . by comparison and scraping by on bit and piece and the other twinboomerdevelops incredible skill a a street fighter when he isn not fixing car . john ma leave the big apple to make his hong kong debut when the asian gangster mistake him for boomer . boomer and hi troublesome buddy tyson ( teddy robin kwan ) owe the mob a hefty $ 300 thousand in hk fund and and they be out to collect when ma show up . scenarist barry wong and tsui hark and cheung tung jo and wong yik have add a fillip a la cheech and chong the corsican brother to the twin brother hysteric by endow them with a telekinetic link . when john play piano and boomer watch while his finger wriggle to a mysterious rhythm . only near the end of the action do the filmmaker exploit this psychic power for it full potential . separate from john by a fence in cage and boomer act out the kung fu fight move and and john inadvertently deliver those stunning blow to flatten his foe . meanwhile and the scenarist have more fun with the familiar mistaken identity gag that dominate the first two third of the film . fate and destiny play an immutable part in the proceeding . in the tradition of shakespeare comedy of error and boomer and john ma confuse themselves as well a their girlfriend . inevitably and they wind up with the wrong girl and and the comic predicament that emerge be entertain . the fight and the chase be fast paced and hilariously stag and but then look at the helmerslam and hark . the fight scene in the mitsubishi test facility be a triumphant of comedy and choreography . if you can ignore the inferior dubbing and the obvious special effect and twin dragon be a reward riot of hilarity . hardcore jackie chan fan should be able to spot how chan have modify many of the stunt over the year and use them for full effect in his rush hour movie .