SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO (Mark L. Lester, 1991)

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Korean laserdisc

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10 years after the U.S., Warner Archive officially releases SHOWDOWN in the UK this April
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Showdown ... ay/383903/
(most likely the exact same disc with the R-rated cut)

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SILT crew parking pass

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10 years after the U.S., Warner Archive officially releases SHOWDOWN in the UK this April
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Showdown ... ay/383903/
(most likely the exact same disc with the R-rated cut)

Grabbed this, can confirm that it's the theatrical cut but I'm not sure if it's a newer master.

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Probably not...

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Thai clippings

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According to William C. Ford from THE KARATE KID III, Brandon Lee auditioned to replace Sean Kanan as Mike Barnes when Kanan suffered from internal bleeding.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DK2Ih4YRaI6/

Funnily, fight coordinator Pat E. Johnson reportedly said he was disappointed with Lee's martial arts, and 2 years later they would work on SHOWDOWN...

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Screening with Mark L. Lester Q&A at Big Bad FilmFest August 23 in Glendale, CA
https://www.bigbadfilm.com/showdown
https://x.com/bigbadfilmfest/status/194 ... 28/photo/1

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David M. Frank's score in relaxation mode

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Screening with Mark L. Lester Q&A at Big Bad FilmFest August 23 in Glendale, CA
https://www.bigbadfilm.com/showdown
https://x.com/bigbadfilmfest/status/194 ... 28/photo/1

It was in 35mm!

EDIT
From a review:
https://weliveentertainment.com/welivef ... rday-8-23/

Director Mark L. Lester (Commando), who was on hand for a post-screening Q&A, explained how the studio so wanted to make Brandon Lee the star, that the film’s 79-minute runtime was mainly due to efforts made to force more of Lundgren’s part to be cut down, helping to add more emphasis to Lee in the process.

Fortunately, the film could lose all of Lundgren, who does a lot to epitomize the ridiculousness of these kinds of movies at this point in time. Lester rightfully notes how much Showdown in Little Tokyo is designed to feel like a comic book action movie, as the logic goes out the door, and the focus becomes a look at all the ways tough men can go after neverending levels of bad guys, saving beautiful damsels in the process (Tia Carrere in this case), and letting the homoerotisism just sit in the atmosphere, as all macho 80s/90s action movies tend to do.