Double Trouble revolves around Jay (Jaycee Chan), a member of a Taiwanese security team tasked with protecting a four century old painting which has been the target of notorious art thieves and leather-clad female assassins. When the painting gets stolen, Jay gets entangled with Ocean (Xia Yu), a ham-handed, clueless security guard from Beijing.
Jaycee Chan`s decision to tackle the sort of clownish kung-fu action genre that his dad, Jackie Chan, has perfected is, quite sadly, a gross miscalculation. Director David Hsun Wei Chang has an indifferent eye for fight sequences, and the sparse action scenes are interspaced with some woefully mechanical humour. Jaycee himself possesses a likability and enthusiasm that is generally undermined by the subpar script.
Given the nature of the film, Jaycee Chan`s debut effort in the genre is guaranteed to draw comparisons with the works of his dad, which must be a tough standard to live up to. Unfortunately, Double Trouble is unable to stand on its own merit, let alone in comparison to classics like Project A or Police Story.
Summary: Double the trouble, half the fun
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Raphael Lim