Twins Mission (2007)

[Drunk Monk]

I have fallen into a hole. The Twins hole. Another Twins flick on Netflix (earlier this week was http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=5543)

So beyond Gillian & Charlene, this stars 3 of my fav martial stars: Sammo, Wu Jing, and Yuen Wah (Wah is another martial brother of Sammo, Jackie, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qi, Corey Yuen - that clan of opera pupils under Yu Jim Yuen). The action is choreographed by Kong To Hoi, most notable for The Grandmasters (http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/s...p?tid=2738) but not much else. Choreo is a lot of wire work. The twins showcase their acrobatics and flexibility. Sammo, Wu & Yuen are tight as always, outclassing the hordes of foes. And everyone flies about on wires. Some decent wire stunts - totally unconvincing but the actors do some serious high flying - people always disdain wirework but when you sit back and think about it, those are some pretty awesome stunts.

The twist is that they are all twins. Now, Gillian & Charlene are not twins, despite their band name. The other actors play duel roles, except for Sammo (which is a let down). Then the good guys and bad guys are all members of this cult of thieves that are all twins. The rest are real twins. There are even twin cgi cobras (that get a pre-credits shout out no less). Everyone is chasing the Heaven Bead, which is this football-sized 'magic' artifact. There's a lot of crashing through glass, clearly an homage to Yes Madam or perhaps a poach of it. The plot is barely sensible however, trailing off into tangents of people dying of cancer, Tibetan monks, goofy cops on the trail, HK emigrants running tiny shop closets, a sex toy shop which doesn't go anywhere much to our disappointment, and a gratuitous laser-triggered alarm sequence. 

No sword fights because it's modern but lots of random objects used injuriously. DOOM recommended for DOOMers that appreciate Looney Tunes choreo, Sammo-Wu Jing-Yuen Wah fans or appreciators of cute cantopop stars.

[cranefly]

DOOM recommended for DOOMers that appreciate Looney Tunes choreo, Sammo-Wu Jing-Yuen Wah fans or appreciators of cute cantopop stars.

Also recommended for doppelgangerphiliacs, apparently.

I tried grokking your description and ended up with double vision.  Looks like I'll have to take a direct gander.

I'm also unclear on whether you ever watched The Twins Effect (2003) [aka Vampire Effect], which I think is the first in this series.

[Drunk Monk]

You know, I think the original Twins Effect was the only one I've seen. I have a faint recollection of a Jackie cameo which was totally superfluous. 

I should mention that this film - Twins Mission - doesn't end. There's no resolution. It's not quite a cliffhanger because there was never a sequel. It's more of a prank on the audience. At the end, there's a major dangling scene and then it says something about watching to the end to get the resolution. I did that - watched the credits all the way through - hopeful for some pre-MCU end credit scene, but it doesn't happen. I though Netflix might have clipped it off, but a wiki search revealed that it just ends that way. WTH twins?

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Hold the phone - doppelgangerphiliacs?

Is that really a thing? 

[cranefly]

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Hold the phone - doppelgangerphiliacs?

Is that really a thing? 

I just did some searches.  Can't find anything.  But I did sort of get a hit in the text of Beyond Three Words on google books:

"Philia was staring at the doppelgangers, breathing heavily. There was a sudden rush in her body. She looked at Matt and noticed that his reaction was no different from hers.  A flame ignited in his eyes.  They came forward and faced the twins. All four knew it was going to happen any second now."

[Drunk Monk]

I wasn't going to fall for that search trap. Who knows what kind of nasty cookies that might entail? I just remember you introducing me to the world of amputee porn with the complaint that the majority of it was clipped right below the knee like an old school movie pirate. 

Twins make me think of three things: Mothra, The Shining and God in Three Persons. For the last one, see https://www.residents.com/historical/?pa...reepersons. 

All three of those are perverse. 

Worthy of note, there were several twins in my family. Most recently are the twin daughters of the cousins I had lunch with last Wednesday, although one of those twins trans to a male. He's now a scholar of gender studies. 

Hmmm, this twinning thing goes deeper with me than I thought. No dopplegangerphilia tho.