Double Dragon
A kiddie-fied version of MAD MAX-ish, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK-ish dystopia probably shouldn’t work as well as this does (and adapted from a vaguely recalled video game to boot!), but there’s a weird manic energy to this that keeps it bubbling along, not always as satisfactorily or consistently as it should; especially towards the end, there’s the sense of an overflowing blender turned up to puree, but the stuff that works makes it great fun, especially when it provokes questions such as “is George Hamilton playing a news anchor named George Hamilton, or just playing himself fallen on hard times?” Nice to see Patrick letting it all hang-out as a Gary Oldman-esque flamboyant villain.
Mini Review: A kiddie-fied version of MAD MAX-ish, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK-ish dystopia probably shouldn’t work as well as this does (and adapted from a vaguely recalled video game to boot!), but there’s a weird manic energy to this that keeps it bubbling along, not always as satisfactorily or consistently as it should; especially towards the end, there’s the sense of an overflowing blender turned up to puree, but the stuff that works makes it great fun, especially when it provokes questions such as “is
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