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 unit of soldiers who steal it.
However once the mission is complete the unit is wiped out with Jackie as the only survivor. But he has amnesia and no record of who he is, hence the title.
Jackie is found by an African tribe who nurse him back to health and accept him as one of their own, he latches on to a rally team (which gives him an excuse to indulge in his car racing hobby at the film’s expense) and spends the rest of the film trying to get to the bottom of Who He Am.
This takes Jackie across Africa and all the way to Holland for a massive setpiece finale in. And on. And down a huge office building that rates alongside any of Jackie’s best.
1/ Are there any “WOW!” fights?
You know it. The last 25 minutes through Holland are spectacular.
2/ Are there any “WOW!” stunts?
Yes, Jackie runs up trees and down buildings (literally), basically continuing his policy of putting his body through punishment that no-one should accept.
3/ Which Jackie is it? Serious / Whimsical / Cocky…
This film is as serious as almost anything Jackie has done bar perhaps Heart of Dragon.
4/ Does he get to use Jackie-exclusive toys?
Mitsubishi gets a look in as always with the car rally and there is some little golf cart motorbike amalgam that they use at the end for no apparent reason aside from it looks cute.
5/ Do stolen relics come up?
Only stolen power sources and stolen identities.
6/ Are there hot chicks (that usually can’t act)?
This time a supposedly hot white reporter and a more cute than hot Japanese rally driver. (Edge: Japanese rally driver.)
7/ Is there a blooper reel over the credits?
Yes.
8/ Were there injuries on the shoot? Severity?
Yep, in going for broke it seems that Jackie had more mishaps in filming the fight scenes than in most films.
9/ Has he still got it?
I’m not sure if he knew he was fading (just a little) but Jackie went all out here.
10/ Is it a “Jackie Chan” film, or just one he is in?
Jackie all the way, just with some different locales and a few more bullets
Final Rating – 9 / 10. The only negative is that this runs about 20 minutes overtime. Make this a 100 minute film instead of 2 hours and it stacks up with anything else he has done!
