Category Archives: The Jackie Chan-A-Thon

The Jackie Chan Wrap-Up

Posted on July 31, 2010 by OGR

This marathon started on February 22nd with Around the World in 80 Days. In truth I thought it’d last a month, 6 weeks tops. Then I kept deciding to add more films to the list. Then I decided to wait … Continue reading →

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Drunken Master 2

Posted on July 30, 2010 by OGR

It took a hell of a lot longer than I initially anticipated but here we are at the end of the Jackie Chan movie marathon. It hasn’t all been plain sailing, I had obviously brainwashed myself into remembering Rob B … Continue reading →

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The Karate Kid 2010

Posted on July 16, 2010 by OGR

I can’t for the life of me think how this is a 2 ½ hour film, I just can’t work out how they managed to do it. It is either sleight of hand or mismanagement of film but all I … Continue reading →

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Little Big Soldier

Posted on July 6, 2010 by OGR

This doesn’t get the list or the abbreviated run down, because this is not a Jackie Chan film. Not like any I’ve seen anyway. Jackie has another crack at a Chinese historical film, this time he eschews the crap that … Continue reading →

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Gorgeous

Posted on June 28, 2010 by OGR

One thing I noticed more and more as I waded through the last dozen or so Jackie films is that through the dubbos his English language films got shorter and shorter (a good thing as most of them suck), and … Continue reading →

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New Police Story (Police Story 4)

Posted on June 25, 2010 by OGR

Thanks to some young, annoyingly “hip” criminals who rob banks, wait for the cops and then shoot the cops, Jackie has become a drunken piss-head has-been Supercop. This is because the troubled rich and privileged kids laid a trap for … Continue reading →

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Dragons Forever

Posted on June 19, 2010 by OGR

Another one of Jackie’s finest. Jackie is a lawyer and it must be said a bit of a playboy. Sammo is one of his buddies and Yuen Biao is another buddy, although one prone to insanity. Initially Jackie is defending … Continue reading →

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Miracles

Posted on June 15, 2010 by OGR

It is the 1930′s (ish), and poor old Jackie is broke, especially after he is hoodwinked into handing over his life savings with the promise of a job. After he foils a moider, in a (frankly) ridiculous turn of events … Continue reading →

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Rob B Hood

Posted on June 10, 2010 by OGR

OK let’s save me some time. Look at the cover above. All 3 are thieves. The old guy wants to retire, only he himself has just been cleaned out and needs one last score. The young guy who isn’t Jackie … Continue reading →

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Who Am I?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by OGR

Jackie’s last truly “great” film, but he goes out with a big bang. Someone has discovered an amazing, albeit extremely volatile power source. Of course bad guys want it for evil purposes so Jackie is a member of a mercenary … Continue reading →

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