Episode 241: TWIN DRAGONS (1992)

It’s not quite like the Jackie Chan movies you might be expecting. It’s more bizarre and slightly less martial arts-focused – but once you get on its wavelength, it’s truly a joy of a screwball action comedy. Watch TWIN DRAGONS (English subs) on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ja....ckie-chans-twin-drag Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "In Ancient Times" by Shirley Kwan and performed by Maggie Cheung from the TWIN DRAGONS soundtrack. Timestamps 5:15 - The episode actually starts 8:00 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 9:55 - The Jackie Chan charming asshole spectrum 16:28 - Where it departs from other Jackie Chan movies 26:34 - The double climax 30:31 - Aaron’s Proustian experience with TWIN DRAGONS and THE TUXEDO (2002) 35:35 - The one where Jason directs TWIN DRAGONS 42:14 - Where TWIN DRAGONS decides to lean in and where it doesn’t 50:27 - TWIN DRAGONS underrated? 52:34 - The Junk Drawer 1:00:31 - Good Grief, Give Me a GIF!