The script attempts to explain this away as his character just being a jokester hothead who doesn’t play by the rules, but we all know the real reason, Scott. CUT TO Scott Wolf throwing basketballs at people, jumping on their backs and giving them noogies, and even doing the “What’s that behind you?” fakeout so he can run away. This is how pretty much every fight scene plays out: Mark Dacascos doing real choreographed fights and actual stunt work. In fact, outside of the shots where it’s clearly a stunt double doing the literal legwork, the filmmakers instead opt to have his character constantly cheat and rely on other gags. To absolutely no one’s surprise, no part of you will believe that Scott Wolf can hold his own when it comes to the action scenes. But the guy from Party of Five? Out of all the people in the world to headline a movie where the fights are supposed to be the main draw, you choose… Scott Wolf? (I’m not even going to mention the fact that his character is supposed to be at least part Asian.) The man is an actual skilled martial artist who’d already had a couple fighting flicks under his belt. There’s not much story to it-two brothers side-scroll through multiple levels of bad guys to rescue the kidnapped woman they (both?) love-so of course it’s perfect for a cinematic adaptation.Īnd nothing says 90s action movie like the dual star power of both Mark Dacascos AND Scott Wolf. Cannot compute…įor anyone not born in the previous century, Double Dragon was a popular arcade and Nintendo game in the late 1980s. This is so meta, I don’t know if it’s awful or good. If that’s not an unbelievably apt metaphor for this video game adaptation, then I don’t know what is. Wait a minute…Īt one point in DOUBLE DRAGON, one of the main characters actually kicks through a Double Dragon arcade game and destroys it. Two brothers must protect the sacred Double Dragon medallion from giving evil Robert Patrick powers that make him change form and become invincible. Stars: Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf, Robert Patrick, Alyssa Milano With SONIC THE HEDGEHOG making big bucks at the box office last weekend, it seems like a good time to check out a video game movie that was a lot less impressive… Double Dragon (1994)
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