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Jackie Chan's First Strike
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6 /10
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5.00 /10
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| Starring |
Jackie Chan  , Jackson Lou, Chen Chun Wu |
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Directed by: Stanley Tong
Written by: Stanley Tong, Nick Tramontane, Greg Mellott, Elliott Tong
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1997 |
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ACTION
ADVENTURE
FOREIGN
CRIME
COMEDY
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Hong Kong |
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C |
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84 |
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Our hero (Jackie Chan) becomes involved with the CIA, a rogue CIA spy (Jackson Lou) and Ukrainian gangsters.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Jackie Chan is the Fred Astaire of action movies. Watching him repel aggressors with nothing more than a metal stepladder offers the same thrill as seeing Fred dance a pas de deux with a hatstand. Chan has that much poise, grace and timing.
As usual in his movies, the plot - a mish-mash of sub-Bond spymanship - is knowingly idiotic, impossible to follow and merely an excuse for Chan to show off his action expertise on a snowboard, underwater (pursued by sharks, naturally) and - in a classic sequence - kickboxing on stilts.
The dubbing is as excruciating as ever, but the violence is mild by the standards of Hong Kong movies, and Chan retains the unassuming, country-boy charm that Harold Lloyd used to have in silent comedies. Seeing Chan in action is one of the great pleasures of modern cinema. Stick around for the out-takes at the end, which are funny and oddly heart-warming, as vicious villains abruptly break out of character to express sympathy whenever Chan gives himself a nosebleed.
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