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The Twins Effect (2003)

Directed by Dante Lam

Action | Fantasy | Romance

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Overview

An evil Duke attempts to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong Kong, only to complicate his struggle by falling in love with a mortal girl who just happens to have a vampire hunter for a brother.

Length 107 minutes

Actors

Edison Chen | Charlene Choi | Gillian Chung | Ekin Cheng | Jackie Chan | Karen Mok | Josie Ho | Anthony Wong | Mickey Hardt | Spencer Lam | Matt Chow | Chapman To | Ricardo Mamood-Vega | Mandy Chiang | Maggie Lau Sze-Wai | Winnie Leung | Bey Logan | Cheung Tat-Ming | Marky Lee Campbell | Philip Chen | Don Ferguson | Robert Meister | Digger Mesch | Philip Ng | Daniel O'Neill | Simon Robida | So Tung | Mark Strange | Matthew Sturgess | Daniel Whyte | Chan Hing-Kar | Jackie Ng | Ryûki Kitaoka | Lee In-Seop | Yan Hua | Yumiko Cheng | Jack Wong Wai-Leung | Michael Clements

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Can’t believe it’s been 20 years since I’ve watched this. But I have a feeling I watched it at least one other time before I started logging religiously. That said, I didn’t recall a thing past the opening train sequence.

This isn’t a good movie but I give it a full point bump for the Twins. They make this watchable. However, this hits way differently after the Edison Chen scandal in 2008, esp how he ruined Gillian Chung’s career. I’m so happy she was able to make a comeback.

Philip Ng is in a blink and you’ll miss him role as a vampire on a motorcycle. He should’ve been the one to fight Jackie Chan. The whole movie is a weird mishmash of things. Kinda surprised this hasn’t gotten a good rerelease on Blu-ray with all the talent involved in a train wreck of a movie. Also there’s a 15 minute longer cut which I haven’t seen.

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