Double Dragon - Good Bad Flicks

[@lorenzoduron4848]

"You don't normally see bad guys wearing suits." *Congress sweats profusely*

[@afrog2666]

Well that`s just bullshit anyway, bad guys wear suits in like, ALL the movies..

[@MrThankman360]

Well...to be fair, he said “gang members”. Not “bad guys”. And he’s correct. Gangs members don’t usually wear suits. Unless we are speaking about mafia.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Surf Ninjas coming soon-ish. ^^

[@davelestes]

HEY!!!! It's been 4 years. Lets get some Surf Ninjas in this bitch!

[@andrejz8954]

Chiiiiil! There's only so much we can take! 😄

[@CmotDribbler]

Hey!! It’s been 6 years!

[@Korzhinho]

Go for it!

[@gc3k]

The Double Dragon fighting game for NeoGeo is a loose adaptation of this movie. The US stages have the same post-apocalyptic setting, Bimmy and Jimmy transform from their grungy 90s wardrobe into their medallion suits, Abobo looks the same, Shuko is the final boss, there's a stage with digitized pics from the movie, and the cover art has the same medallion (and probably some other details I missed). Way better fighting game than the Van Damme Street Fighter games

[@ockiemarais7089]

"Bimmy and Jimmy." Wonder who else got that reference.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Ockie Marais a few people. One guy thought I messed up and called me an idiot lol

[@TheAlan136]

I did!

[@PwnageofNoobs]

Ockie Marais dat double dragon 3 tho.

[@Eddie.V]

I LOL'd when he said bimmy and jimmy

[@christopherrichardson2945]

Ockie Marais AVGN

[@0penureyes798]

"You don't normally see gang members wearing suits." I'm guessing they're "The Suits."

[@neutraltoxic]

alyssa milanos hair looked like it was trying to escape

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I started with Shadowrun on the SNES and then moved to the P&P. My friends all never wanted to play though so I just read the source books, then the novels. Great stuff, I love the world. Strange Days is excellent. A very cool mindbender with some outstanding performances and clever writing. Sad it just kind of was pushed to the side and never really got the recognition it should have had.

[@michelangelo5903]

I always loved they dystopian future settings of the 80's and 90's

[@quiettimegaming3642]

Michel Angelo the dystopian future of 2007. I love how little faith they had, or too much faith in many cases, in the future back in the 80’s and 90’s. They either had us living in an irradiated wastelands resorting to rape and cannibalism, or flying Corvettes to other galaxies with our android sex models.

[@therockmavia]

Imagine if they had 2020 instead of 2007

[@KIRA-EL]

I think this is the first film I saw Robert Patrick in post T-1000 it was so weird as a kid seeing him talk so much and having facial expressions and seemingly having a good time.

[@petersmith9254]

Kira Lawlet he was in the sopranos

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I ask myself that sometimes lol The show has been getting some attention lately so hopefully it will continue to grow. :)

[@jonbourgoin182]

It did! And then some

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you! I do plan on doing TMNT 2&3 at some point. I haven't seen Kazaam in ages, I can't remember if I liked it or not. I'll check it out and if I like it I'll add it to the list. :)

[@loganthelaymancritic3250]

I remember my friend's grandpa taking us to see this movie and we loved it. Looking back, I would now classify it as textbook guilty pleasure. It's not great but it is thoroughly entertaining.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

My problem with Boll goes beyond the lack of quality of the films. He was taking advantage of a time when video game movies were just starting to be looked at more seriously out and was intentionally making them suck. I really have a lot to say about the subject, I may have to do a vlog or something some time.

[@jaredgillenwater4221]

This was legitimately my favorite movie as a kid. I mean, I agree watching it now, it was bad. But I still like it. And it messed with me re-watching it as an adult, because I realized I got some personality traits from it.

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

Oh Shhhhh... you said it. At least even to this day I can still appreciate Alyssa Milano crawling.

[@jaredgillenwater4221]

@@GrumpyBearRawr The boys tilting their heads when she bends over is one of the traits I picked up. 😅

[@UltimateGamerCC]

omg Cecil, you made an AVGN reference, i caught that lol "Bimmy and Jimmy? Bimmy isnt even a real name! how in the hell did they fuck up the first screen of the game!?" - James Rolfe (Angry Video Game Nerd)

[@GoodBadFlicks]

The Gaming Paladin I had to :)

[@UltimateGamerCC]

GoodBadFlicks not like i'm complaining, i enjoy watching AVGN, what he rants about might be for comedy sake, but his points are spot on intelligent under that vulgar vocabulary.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

The Gaming Paladin oh I know. I'm a fan of the guy (even saw him at PAX last month) so I wanted to throw a little nod in there

[@UltimateGamerCC]

GoodBadFlicks awesome, hopefully next year he'll be there and i can meet him, maybe even get an autograph.

[@DarkGlass824]

One of the bad guys is Al Leong. Guy had a great career playing mostly henchmen in films like Lethal Weapon 1 & 4, They Live, Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From LA, Scorpion King, Replacement Killers and Die Hard.

[@erikbjelke4411]

Marc Dacascos: The only one who could step into Brandon Lee's shoes as Eric Draven. (He played the character in a short-lived TV Series of The Crow.)

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

Even to this day he is so criminally underrated. No one has any idea their Iron Chef host is a legit bad ass.

[@DoctrineOfMayhem]

I really enjoy this Good Bad Flicks reviews. Good job man.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

DoctrineOfMayhem thanks!

[@eval_is_evil]

i completely lost it at the "blleagghh brrlllaaaghh" part omg

[@BrooksShow]

"maybe you should try rubbing it" haha

[@TheVarietyVendor]

I remember loving this movie as a kid. But now i enjoy it even more cause i like bad movies like this. So much fun to sit back, relax and watch a 90's fighting movie. Say what you want i also love the 3 ninjas movies.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

The Variety Vendor nothing wrong with that!

[@TheVarietyVendor]

GoodBadFlicks :)

[@SchulzEricT]

@@GoodBadFlicks And Surf Ninjas.

[@freakyfornash]

3 Ninjas was at least mostly very good, even if the other films in that series were all totally awful though. This movie I sort of enjoy watching to an extent, even if that doesn't take away with well knowing that it's still pure crap, which makes you cringe in so many ways at the same time too.

[@nadialgrayson2505]

3 ninjas was the ish...i had a crush on rocky lol

[@wasteoftime5848]

Man this takes me back. This is the first movie I ever regretted watching.

[@freakyfornash]

It was better than Super Mario Bros. I.M.O., even if that obviously isn't really saying anything though! (L.O.L.!)

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Lots of similarities. The "post apocalyptic" theme and the lighthearted tone being the biggest ones. They were cut from a similar cloth.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Totally agree. There was a certain charm to it. They didn't use CGI for everything, not like now. Oh, even though it was 1992 The Lawnmower Man totally has a cyberpunk vibe. What I wouldn't give for a Shadowrun movie...

[@michaelmeola3753]

this movie is great, not only that but the scene where AM gets into the pipe is amazing

[@MegaDudeman21]

3:50, Bimmy and Jimmy! lol nice reference

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! I think that is one of the big problems with many professional critics, they forget movies are made to entertain. This wasn't trying to be Saving Private Ryan (which is a great movie) this was a silly kung fu flick that obviously wasn't taking itself seriously.

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

I think the best possible description should be; "Bill & Ted meets Mortal Kombat"!

[@Noname15514]

This movie is such a huge guilty pleasure. It's a cross between RoboCop 2 and The Warriors and you had Robert Patrick as the main villain while dressed up like Vanilla Ice XD.

[@Recardoguy007]

Mark is a beast in brotherhood of the wolf. It's a French movie, but it kicks ass

[@BernardBluth]

It is good to see someone on KZbin with similar taste in movies as I do. Keep doing what you do, GBF.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you!

[@Bakers_Ville]

This is my older brother and I's favorite childhood movie. Still own it on vhs

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Me too. It might happen, Mark Dacoscos is rising in popularity thanks to Hawaii 5-0 and movies often get a reissue to capitalize on fame.

[@blueyedove]

I love this movie, I still own the dvd!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

1) Correct. I am often very forgiving if the movie ends up being entertaining. 2) Super correct. I've sat through some incredible garbage because there was an actress in the film that was hot.

[@Paul07791]

Anyone seen Mark Decascos in Drive? Holy shit.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

+Lantern Jaw Drive is AMAZING. One of my favorite action movies

[@raymondleggs5508]

+GoodBadFlicks Yeah its like crank but better and made much earlier!

[@flyingninja1234]

Lantern Jaw I forgot he was in that movie.

[@Paul07791]

Yeah, it's pretty incredible. Really embraces the insane "anything goes" style of fight choreography.

[@jasoncase9481]

Lantern Jaw I hate that he isn't a action star as clearly he's a talented great action star but I guess unlike Arnold and Sly Stallone he never got the big break.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Really? That's great! I'm semi-familiar with Cleveland but only in the past 5 years or so. I'm sure many of the locations they filmed are different now.

[@leeheverly]

I remember renting this on VHS in the mid 90s when I was like eight, I really love this movie, it was so corny and fun but the martial arts was decent and it was very watchable for a kid, now I own the MVD Blu-ray

[@GoodBadFlicks]

There are so many movies that are much, much worse. I think the critics were even more critical because it was a video game adaptation. Thanks!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Drive is definitely coming. Dacascos is the man! More video game movies coming soon-ish.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

No, I just have an affinity for entertaining movies. Not crap. I recognize the difference between a "good" movie and a "good bad" movie. The animated Titanic movie was awful was bad and I have no interest in watching/reviewing it. Did you even watch the Double Dragon video? I poke fun at it as well as talk about what it did right and wrong. I never said it was perfect, I said it was fun.

[@ActualLiteralKyle]

3:50 LMAOOOOO BIMMY AND JIMMY!!! I SCREAMED WHEN YOU SAID IT!!!! You just made my fuckin day!!!

[@Rendezman562]

loved my 90s video games, but never saw this film. Don't think I ever want to either?!!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Oh yeah! Drive is one of the best action movies ever. Dacascos really shows off his skills with the fights. A shame hardly anyone knows about it. Such a shame about Murphy. She was just starting to get out there more in some good solid indie films (like the Ramen Girl). I was liking her more and more.

[@BoooRatt]

I agree this might not be a good movie but it's an enjoyable one! I'd love to have it on DVD someday! I love really good 90s cheesy movies! I use to watch the cartoon as a kid growing up! The one thing from the games I'd like to have seen in this movie if I'm thinking right is at the end one of the brother betrays the other... but that might've been the reasoning behind the possession fight scene!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

You must be thinking of Cradle 2 the Grave. He is awesome, he deserves to be more well known.

[@a115331n6343]

I've never seen this movie, but I can't think of anything cooler than being in a graffiti ninja club where we paint ourselves into a corner and then wait for hours for somebody to come close to us so we can **gasp** turn around.

[@childofthe80s1981]

Robert Patrick is awesome he was a villain in a movie based off a videogame and was the voice actor of a main character in a videogame it is always cool when they do videogame movies and also do videogames.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Glad you still liked the review, even though you dislike the movie. Its bad and yes I would have loved it to be more of an action/buddy film but there is a certain charm it has that I like. I think the first Mortal Kombat was the first video game movie to really get it right.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Also, it was a different time back then. Game movies weren't (and still mostly aren't) taken seriously. As I do enjoy the film I do feel like they overthought it. A good rescue the girlfriend would have been fine.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Yeah, Jimmy fights Billy but he is possessed by Shuko. The movie is so silly but lots of fun. :)

[@Lexman509]

There was a review of this film that said that Alyssa Milano should be put in roles where she doesn't have to speak. :)

[@scarface1138]

That would probably be a kind of a double negative.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

it's still an entertaining movie although you'll notice more of the cheese now than you would have at 10 ^^

[@garyhall331]

Robert Patrick reminds me of Ed Norton for some reason

[@GoodBadFlicks]

This is totally a "rose colored glasses" sort of thing. It's cheesy but fun. I agree, Showdown in Little Tokyo is more Double Dragon than this was lol.

[@Duo_20]

As a double dragon kid fan.. I LOVE IT!!!

[@Taverens_Pull]

And he trips at the finish line folks. He nearly went through the entire review without making a single iron chef reference. That's gonna cost him with the judges.

[@danielrees6884]

The more I watch I was this review. I always think that you need to the mark dacascos classics drive and crying freeman. I hope you do these this year. Anymore video game based films up for review.

[@SaitohYatate]

True bro, that Asian stunt girl's hot.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Check the main site in a few days for hints to next week's episode :)

[@inactiveuser1981]

totally missed that in the theater, love this flick!:)

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Yes I did and yes it is awesome. I wish they were able to get that ported to XBL I would gladly pay to play on my big screen.

[@edzim10]

First The Super Mario movie, then Spice World, and now Double Dragon? Your totally my favorite youtuber since you keep defending my favorite bad movies from my childhood, Question will you be able to do one on either Kazaam, or TMNT 3?

[@acidbath3226]

yo dawg this is the best youtube channel there is. keep up the good work

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@MarceloYuri]

I had fun with this, and I have the same weakness of the villain, photo-sensibility. Or something like that. My eyes hurt with light.

[@andrewwblanchard6037]

IT'S THE LEE BROTHERS UG LEE HOME LEE

[@timstalling75]

If you want to see Mark Dacascos be a badass watch the live action movie Crying Freeman. Also I don't know if you knew this Trachenburg but Spike and Hammer were the original names not to mention that majority of this movie is based of the Neo Geo fighting game Double Dragon. Koga Shuko is the last boss in the game you have to fight.Look for it on You Tube and you can see where they got the ideas from and the blue and red outfits that Bimmy and Jimmy wear are the outfits from the fighting game.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Glad you still enjoyed even though you don't like the movie! I can understand not liking this one, it is very bizarre. For me, there is a certain charm to it. Hmmm...Showdown in Little Tokyo was pretty violent so maybe an R rated Double Dragon.

[@MrJimmyTide]

Where did you hear Abobo's sidekick is named "Hawk"? The credits call him "Smart-Ass Mohawk".

[@CrniNjoBe]

hahaha this was funny to watch XD thank you man... I liked that movie because of one reason.I didn't know it was video game adaptation

[@LB74]

The flick was also written by BATMAN:THE ANIMATED SERIES writer Paul Dini. Also a chunk of the flick was film in, and around Cleveland, Ohio. The flaming river sequence ended up not being too far from the city. And the police and fire departments got many a panicked call from people who didn't know about the movie. Also, since this is the second time I've seen Alyssa Milano's EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE mentioned. Any chance on seeing a review in the near future ? I can understand why you wouldn't, it was one of the few flicks that I rented just to see some nekkid chicks, and of course regretted it.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

LB74 I might do Embrace of the Vampire one day. Its pretty bad/funny

[@crazyleg2006]

I never saw this before, but its overall quirky look reminds me of the Super Mario Bros movie from the same time period.

[@gregoriobell2736]

This is a great movie, own it watch it all the time.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

You are correct!

[@haolekoa737]

Never did watch this, but Mark Dacascos was great in Only the Strong... Also, I hear Green Mind by Dink! One of the greatest, most underrated songs of the 90s... ...I really oughta watch this movie.

[@wickywoo1635]

Aylisa Milano didn't know she would eventually become much beloved Pheboe Halliwell.

[@jliller]

Oh wow I didn't know Mark Dacascos got his start in this. Which Robert Patrick in more over the top: Double Dragon or The Marine?

[@davidtamez8730]

I remember the trailer for this looking awesome, then again I was 4

[@hollywood21639]

There's no dimension where this is a enjoyable movie.

[@OceanbornAngel]

Looks like they wandered onto the set of The Warriors.

[@Anubis_s_]

the Mohawk leader is Nero (Eric Bana) the Romulan commander in Startrek 2009 reboot

[@Snktp17]

Loved this movie when i was a kid, and now that I'm old enough to see all the problems I can still watch this movie for Alyssa Milano and some of the fight scenes.I'm almost positive watching Jimmy kickass was the reason I always played with Jimmy in the game. Of course the guy who can't fight needs the medallion that has invincible, so that was one plot device that makes sense in the movie at least.

[@TheGobberShop]

You forgot to mention how the movie foreseen how tv will be in the future. The news segment was exactly like what we see today

[@mikemacdee6390]

Okay, the chainsaw gag got me.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Crying Freeman is great. Dacascos is badass, Drive is also awesome. I did not know that! I never had a Neo Geo, aside from a Neo Geo pocket. heheh Bimmy.

[@Afterburst]

You know, I could never really explain why I liked this movie. I actually really like it a lot but could never really debate to a person that thinks it isn't a good movie which is a lot of people lol. But watching your review, I can now explain why this movie is cool perfectly.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

***** awesome, thanks!

[@ASRGRetro]

Bimmie and Jimmie, i'm so happy you made that reference

[@trevor5478]

I was coming here to see if you had done this video before. It was the first thing that popped up as a recommendation . I hadn't even typed a search or anything. I am pretty freaked out, right now.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Well, now you have something else to add to your watch list :)

[@robshimer]

The chicken guy is from the TV version of Weird Science. Is the guy from Iron Chef the actor from this movie?

[@dongeraci8599]

"Hewey! Lewis! News?" Seems like nobody got that one....

[@MrJimmyTide]

I did.

[@sonic8005]

As a kid, I loved this movie to death. As an adult I still like it quite a bit actually. I kind of treat movies the way I would a meal, this is like one of those weird things that is something a fast food place gave out as a limited time only that you thought was really awesome for me. Strange, unique, but surprisingly kind of good in it's own ways. Also worth mentioning is that I liked the Double Dragon cartoon series which was worlds apart from this movie. Though I do have to point out as somebody already has I bet, that the mailman does NOT die from the fall. As an adult, I do have to think that if that guy can survive that fall then surely Satori should be allowed to survive that explosion...

[@MrOnomatopoiea]

This actually looks quite entertaining, especially the fight scenes with Mark Dacascos. Too bad it's not more readily available...

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I always had a major thing for Alyssa Milano. I didn't like her hair in this but I'm not a fan of really short hair and the super bleached blond. I did think she pulled off the tomboy thing well, I just wish they would have just let her go with a pony tail or something. She was stunning in Poison Ivy 2, which was way more entertaining than Embrace of the Vampire...although way less nudity unfortunately.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

glad you liked it! Its a silly, fun movie

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Excellent! Please spread the word! Thanks for the support! :)

[@Kara_Pabuc]

I remember watching this movie on Tv and loving it when I was a kid :)

[@jamesrichardson1675]

I like how you trash the Rotten Tomatoes score but completely ignore the equally awful audience score

[@poodasma]

at 3: 51 did you reference the infamous bimmy and jimmy thing from double dragon 3?

[@itsamemari009]

Interesting how many of these I watched on TBS growing up. Starting to think turner couldn't afford better movies.

[@Aaron-lr1di]

Will you be ever doing 'Good film' reviews? I know that's subjective, but you know what i mean lol. You deserve far more subscribers!

[@ockiemarais7089]

Agreed, its a freaking travesty. Pewdiepie, anyone? (Shudder)