Double Trouble (1992/I)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

John Paragon

Writers:

Jeffrey Kerns (writer)
Charles Osburn (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 February 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Comedy

Tagline:

Twin brothers. Ones a good cop. The other is bad news.

Plot:

Muscle-bound twins try to smash a jewel smuggling ring. |

Plot Keywords:

Helicopter | Diamonds | Exploding Car | Shot In The Forehead | Independent Film

Cast

David Paul	...	David Jade (as The Barbarian Brothers)
Peter Paul	...	Peter Jade (as The Barbarian Brothers)
Roddy McDowall	...	Phillip Chamberlin
David Carradine	...	Mr. C
Steve Kanaly	...	Kent
Troy Donahue	...	Leonard
A.J. Johnson	...	Danitra
Bill Mumy	...	Bob
James Doohan	...	O'Brien
Collin Bernsen	...	Whitney Regan
Timothy Stack	...	Albera (as Tim Stack)
Bob Evan Collins	...	Rosehill
Lewis Arquette	...	Tarlow
Phil H. Fravel	...	Ed
Lynne Marie Stewart	...	Policewoman

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R

Company:

Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Dumb & Dumber (1994)

A B Movie Classic

Some say may say I have poor taste, but to me I just like to accept movies for what they are. Within the very first 10 minutes you can immediately tell this is a B movie affair. The production values are sub par and the acting is uh...basic. However with most B or perhaps C level movies you can find a whole lot of character if you sit on their level. And there is a whole lot of character here. On the whole this movie is charming and plenty entertaining on both a comedic and action level. Probably more so comedy wise than anything else. This movie undoubtedly suffers from the unintentional funnies. Total sober you can hear me giggling away every 3 minutes on the most irrelevant things from the way these muscle bound beasts run to how slightly more fat one is than the other. Not to say there aren't any legitimate laughs in this movie. The writing is decent, nothing too fancy. Plenty will say the Paul/Barbarian Brothers lack of talent. However, I believe there's enough there. They don't look stupid delivering the core content and they deliver the laughs by the truckload even on small liens. You kinda get that brotherly chemistry that I guess could only be gotten from some twins. Plus thanks to their frame they can handle some decent action scenes that appear to cater to what they do best (lift stuff). However, I will admit all hand to hand action was absolutely dreadful. But what do you expect for a B-flick?