Category Archives: Jackie Chan

New Police Story (Police Story 4) (Review)

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 (Review)

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 (Review)

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 (Review)

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? (Review)

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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Thunderbolt (Review)

Jackie finally gets to make his dream movie, a 110 minute ad for Mitsubishi. There is a bad white guy named Cougar, a street racer and low life who is Jackie’s rival and wants him out of business. Jackie seems to … Continue reading

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Crime Story (Review)

This film is more “real” than any other Jackie Chan film all the way up to The Shinjuku Incident of last year. That’s not necessarily a good thing. Essentially a police procedural that tries to tackle the kidnapping problem faced … Continue reading

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Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (Review)

The original Armour of God flick was simply awesome, and given that the character is an adventurer of course it lent itself very well to a sequel. This time Asian Hawk is back, flanked by chicks of many nations in … Continue reading

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Wheels on Meals (Review)

This is an early Jackie classic, and sees him teaming up with buddies Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, who also directs this flick. Jackie and Yuen are friends who run a small mobile food kiosk out of a van in … Continue reading

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Mr Nice Guy (Review)

It is a real shame that Jackie was “discovered” by big budget studios too late for him to really take advantage, he never got to make his films with the budget of the Schwarzeneggers or the Stallones or the Willis’. … Continue reading

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