Midnight Run vs Showdown in Little Tokyo

Midnight Run has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.4/10 for Showdown in Little Tokyo). Showdown in Little Tokyo is the shorter watch at 1h 19m compared with 2h 6m. Midnight Run is the older of the two (1988 against 1991). Both are action, comedy, crime movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Midnight Run posterMidnight Run1988 VS Showdown in Little Tokyo posterShowdown in Little Tokyo1991
Midnight RunShowdown in Little Tokyo
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 6.4/10
Year19881991
Length2h 6m1h 19m
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime, ThrillerAction, Comedy, Crime
Country–United States of America
DirectorMartin BrestMark L. Lester
Main castRobert De Niro, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Philip Baker Hall, John AshtonPhilip Tan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Dolph Lundgren, Roger Yuan

Synopsis

Midnight Run

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

Showdown in Little Tokyo

An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.

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