Double Dragon

[A] clever and lively adaptation of the popular video game.

Even kids won't get much of a kick out of this high-energy, low-IQ futuristic slugfest.

An incoherent children's adventure based on a popular video game.

The grim view of the future is nothing new, the special effects involve poorly used matte paintings and pyrotechnics, and the actors do far too many double-takes.

While clumsily paced by first-time director Jim Yukich and amateurishly acted, the picture does take place against the imaginative backdrop of New Angeles, the urban archipelago formed when the Big One crumpled Southern California.

The sets look like a cheapo version of Blade Runner...

Since nothing about the film is taken seriously, there's a bit of fun to be had with the exaggerated makeup effects, pervasive sarcasm, and kung fu combat.

Well shot and set-dressed, but otherwise full of bad dialogue, poor acting, and so very little plot or even fighting scenes. To be avoided!

The thing about this movie is that it's absolutely mediocre. [Full review in Spanish]

Even at eleven years old I knew "Double Dragon" sucked.