Rumble in the Bronx (1996)

Where Jackie Chan missed his intro in either "The Big Brawl" or the "Cannonball" movies now got the chance in this 1995 movie.A visiting nephew of a Chinese grocer who is about to sell his business and get married, gets involved with street gangs and the Mob about stolen diamonds. Heavy fights, blood and big final pursuit adds to this movie.However, without removing admiration and due respect to Jackie Chan's talent for doing his own stunts (and got injured as well), there was a bit too much of stunt overdose in this movie, but it had its good moments, especially when the main characters gives a lesson of morality to the thugs in their lair.The version I saw was pre-2001, so the former Twin Towers were not edited, however, did discover the movie was mainly shot in Vancouver, as we see mostly Granville Island, Cordova Street and the former Woodwards department store and parking lot (now demolished), and Burrard Inlet as we see parts of B.C.Place Stadium. And by the way, can we see mountains from the Bronx shore ????However, I reserve this movie to hard core Jackie Chan fans only.

Kung fu expert Keung (Jackie Chan) travels from Hong Kong to New York to visit his uncle Bill (Bill Tung), who is to be married. After a run in with a local street gang, Keung is forced to use his martial arts skills to defend himself, but eventually finds himself forming an alliance with the leader of the thugs when the mob, who are searching for a missing cache of diamonds, becomes a common enemy.Jackie Chan had tried to crack the US market in the 80s, with US/HK co-productions Cannonball Run 1&2, The Big Brawl and The Protector, but it wasn't until 1995, with Rumble In The Bronx, that America finally wised up and began to pay serious attention to the the wacky martial arts star. Given the level of danger experienced by Jackie and his stunt crew in this crazy caper, it would have been rude not to… As Keung, Jackie gets to star in numerous brilliantly choreographed but still potentially life-threatening action/fight routines guaranteed to impress. Whether it be going up against baseball bat wielding thugs, leaping from a rooftop to a balcony, water-skiing barefoot behind a speedboat, or clinging perilously to a hovercraft as it ploughs through crowded streets, the Hong Kong superstar is on top form, making this amongst his most enjoyable and action packed cinematic outings.

Amusing and entertaining Chan film in which he demonstrates his sensational skills as a great action man . It deals with a young man named Keong (Jackie Chan) visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art abilities . His uncle has a local Chinese supermarket, which he owns and is in the process of selling to Elaine (Anita Mui). Later on , Keong befriends a neighbor kid and his sister (Francois Yip) and beats up some neighborhood thugs .Hong Kong/US/Canada action comedy full of over-the-top struggles , excitement , thrills , ingenious stunts , slapstick , lots of brawls but with abundant humor and tongue-in-cheek . This fun movie is plenty of intrigue , unstopped action , and overwhelming stunt-work with breathtaking ending images including a hovercraft . Jackie Chan is top notch as one army man fighting a group of heinous villains and as always he makes his own stunts like is well showed at the final credits . Awesome , incredible stunts and brief comic touches , as usual ; the picture is better constructed than Chan's predecessors films . The lighting-paced storyline slows down at times , but frantic action sequences make up for it . Spotlights movie include spectacular fights , including bounds and leaps , impressive and interminable struggles , an impressive final struggle between Jackie Chan and enemies . The warehouse fight scene took twenty days to film, with Chan having to teach the local stunt players to fight "Hong Kong style". In addition other fine action sequences in overwhelming and extraordinary style . The script called for a leap from the top of a parking lot to a fire escape on the floor below on the building across the street , as is his custom, director Stanley Tong attempted the stunt before asking any actors to do so. He tried it with the help of a cable harness, but quickly decided it would be safer without the harness. The landing point was not visible from the point where the jump began, so tape was placed on the take-off point as a guide ,the jump was completed perfectly by 'Chan, Jackie' on the first attempt, doing his own stunts as is his custom . The jump was captured by four cameras. This is an acceptable action movie distinguished by nicely cinematography of the spectacular sequences , and contains agreeable sense of humor as well as previous entries . Jackie Chan usually forms couple to notorious actresses as Maggie Chung and Michelle Yeoh . In this outing Jackie teams up to gorgeous Francoise Yip (who broke her leg while filming the scene where she rides a motorbike across the tops of parked cars , she insisted on returning to the set after her leg was plastered at hospital) and prestigious Chinese actress Anita Mui , a fine action star in their own right but sadly she early died by cancer . Both of them starred together several films such as ¨Mr Canton and Lady Rose¨ and ¨Legend of the drunken master¨ . Filming in Vancouver, Canada on October 6th, 1994, Chan broke his right ankle while attempting the scene where he jumps onto the hovercraft. Despite the injury, he was present at the premiere of ¨The legend of the drunken fighter¨ at the Vancouver International Film Festival that night. Later in the production, Tong sprained his ankle, completing the film on crutches . Two stunt women also broke their legs during the filming of the motorcycle chase. The picture achieved big success in China , USA and all around the world . However , Jackie Chan's failed at Box-office in his American debut ,¨Battle creek brawl¨ . Chan is a hard-working actor and director throughout his long and varied career . Chan usually pays overt homage to two of his greatest influences as Charles Chaplin and Harold Lloyd . He went on playing ¨Cannoball¨ , ¨The protector¨ and "Rumble in the Bronx", until getting all American success with ¨Shangai Knights¨ , ¨The tuxedo¨ , ¨Around the world in 80 days¨ and ¨Rush hour¨ trilogy , and the recent ¨Karate kid¨. Of course , his biggest hits were ¨The Police story¨ series that won the Golden Horse Award, a Chinese version of the Oscar , the first was titled ¨Police story (1985)¨ directed by the same Chan , it was a perfect action film for enthusiastic of the genre ; the following was ¨Police story 2 (1988)¨ also pretty violent and with abundant humor touches . It's followed by ¨Supercop¨ or ¨Police story 3¨ and finally , ¨Police story IV : Crime story¨ . The picture is well produced by the great Asian producer Raymond Chow and Golden Harvest production and compellingly directed by Stanley Tong and helped by Jackie Chan . Rating : Acceptable and passable , the picture has its sensational moments here and there , but also with abundant humor touches mostly provided by its agile star , the super Jackie stunningly accompanied by Anita Mui and Francois Yip . It's a perfect action film for enthusiasts of the genre and especially for Jackie fans .

This movie is about a boy and his quest for a new cushion. Watch it for its creative fight scenes and for that girl who plays the boy's sister. Watch it also to laugh at the atrocious acting and dialog. Other than that, there's really no reason to watch. This film is basically a bunch of action sequences strung together with some dialog in between. The dialog can be summed up as "where are the diamonds?", "give me the diamonds!" and, of course, "someone stole my cushion!" But the action is where this film excels. As is the custom in all Jackie Chan films, this film is loaded with creative martial arts fighting and spectacular stunts.This film is definitely fun to watch. But it's kind of like watching porn. You will be tempted to fast forward through all the dialog to get to the good parts.