a 1991 American buddy cop action film directed by Mark L. Lester, who also produced with Martin E. Caan

Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 American buddy cop action film directed by Mark L. Lester, who also produced with Martin E. Caan.

a 1991 action film

Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 action film.

a 1991 martial arts action comedy which, in pitting Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee as LA cops against Japanese drug dealers, plays like a B-movie Tango and Cash or Lethal Weapon 2 (both released just two years before)

Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 martial arts action comedy which, in pitting Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee as LA cops against Japanese drug dealers, plays like a B-movie Tango and Cash or Lethal Weapon 2 (both released just two years before).

a 1991 action based film

Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 action based film.

a 1991 action movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 19 minutes

Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 action movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 19 minutes.

from January 14 to March 8, 1991

Showdown in Little Tokyo is set and filmed in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California in 53 days, from January 14 to March 8, 1991.

under the hood of 1991's cop-buddy(buddy cop?)action adventure extravaganza

On our latest journey into the world of questionable cinema, we look under the hood of 1991's cop-buddy(buddy cop?)action adventure extravaganza, Showdown in Little Tokyo.

from 1991

Showdown in Little Tokyo was not from the 80s, actually, being instead from 1991, but the 80s embodies the spirit and tone of those movies so well that the 80s feels in a way like a last hurrah.