He Probably Doesn’t Need Much of An Introduction at this Stage, BUT Jackie Chan Will Get a brief one here Anyway, Becuse Rankings Play by Rules, Unlike Chan, Who, Especially in his early Years, broke boundaries and removed new Heights in Terms of STUNTWORK and on-SCREEN Action. Jackie Chan Survival Some of the Stuns He’s Done, and the Movies He’s Been In, Is Honstly Implementing, Anyone Who’s A Fan of Martial Arts Cinema is Likely Well Aware of that Already (HENCE The Introduction Not Being Very Necssary). Some Might Even Know That He Appered in Minor/Uncredited/Unnamed Rolls in the Early 1970s, Including in Legendary Martial Arts Movies Like Enter the Dragon,, Fist of Franceand apparently A Touch of Zen. Well, for that last one, letterboxd says he was the thre as a “stunt Extra (Uncredited),” but good like
So, Those Are Great Movies, But when Considering Jackie Chan’s Masterpieces, It’s Best to Look at Films where he had a starring role and/or directed, Too. The following movies are probably his best, or Closest to perfect, and will inclide any of his Hollywood movies, even though they did him an Added Level of International Fame. They’re Generally Not Quite As Good, and Jackie CINSELF HAS SAID AS MUCH, or at Least Seemed a bit indifairnt to them. But when channel was Youngr, and at his Most Physically Daring and Active, He was cover of things fewAnd so if you enjoy an action movies and have’Nten to the following, you should make seeing them out a priority.
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‘Project A’ (1983)
Directed by Jackie Chan
Project a Has Got Quite A Bit Going For It, Perhaps Most Noteable, The Fact that It has a story about pirates and adventuring in the laater 1800s, which feels Distinct from a good feature Movies. It also combines Lots of stunfork and hand-to-hand combat with comedy, but that’s a little less rare when you’re talking About Hong Kong Martial Arts Films, and Especially When You’re Talking About Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong Martial Arts Films from Around this Time. There are Marine Police Who Clash with the More Regular Police Force, But then there are also the Pirates and Gangsters to Contend with, and it all gets pretty messy. One Thing Spirals INTO ATOTHER In A Way that’s Confusing on Paper, But Generally Works in Execution, At Least on You Get Sweep up in Project a‘
Jackie Chan’s Best-Known Stunt from this film was a 60-Foot Drop from the Hand of a Clock Tower.
And the series of events that make up 60-Foot Drop from the Hand of a Clock Tower. That’s the film’s highlight, but there’s still puty more to be Entertained by here, and it helps that Chan’s Supported by the Likes of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, Both of Whom always. Also, Chan Co-Wrote and Directed Project aDOINING A Prety Good Job in Those DePartments on Top of, Of Course, Active in the Film.
Project a
- Release Date
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December 22, 1983
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106 Minutes
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Jackie Chan
Sergeant Dragon Ma Yue Lung
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‘Drunken Master’ (1978)
Directed by Yuen Woo-Ping
Standing out among other Jackie Chahan Movies BecUSUSE IT WAS Something Of A Star-Making Film for the Actor, Drunken Master Is a Little Simpler. There are are’t a Lot of Districctions, in Other Words, with the stuns not quite being as wild as what one might be used to, and the FIGHTS are also pretty Small-Scale. But, as the Title PROMISES, Drunken Boxing Does Feature in Those Fights, and Proves to Be the Main Thing that Gives Most of the Hand-To-Hand Combat Sequences Style and Overallle Unique Qualities. The Style of Combat is about Deception on Top of Physical Profilence, Through Priting to Be Drunk (Well, Sometimes, The Person is Drunk), Whiche Can Confuse An Opponent, Makeing One’s Moves Seem More Unpredictable and All.
OtherWise, Drunken Master Is Another Martial Arts Comedy for Jackie Chan, and Arguably His First Great One. Well, His First Great One where he was Friday and centerSINCE HE’D Been Acting in Smaller Rolls (and a FEW Larger Rolls in Movies Not Quite As Great) in the Precessing Years. Always, Drunken Master WAS SkillFullly Directed by Yuen Woo-PingWho is one of the all-time greats when it comes to Martial Arts Cinema, Thaanks to his work as Both a director and a fight choreographer. His Efforts as a choreographer can Even be seen in some English-Language Movies, Like The Matrix And Kill Bill.
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‘Police Story 2’ (1988)
Directed by Jackie Chan
Admittedly, it’s always a little hard (or even streaming) to Talk About a movie. To Greatest – it can have. Sometimes, The Original is Just Better. That being said, there was a sequel to Drunken Master Thate’ll APPEAR HighR Up in this Ranking, So that’s one instance where the Sequel Exceded the Original. But with Police Story 2Not so much. And that dos roi that the first one will be here, oh, and then the sequel to Drunken Master Iso going to be on here; That was just memioned. So, RealLY, The While Ranking Is Ruined. Life is hard. If only Jackie CAUD Save This Ranking Somehow.
He can’t, but a movie like Police Story 2 Can Save a Boring afternoon, becuse if you put it on and you’re not at least a little entertained, then, like, cheoke your public Maybe that’s a concern. This is a very good sequel that Gives You More or Less What You’d Want, Given The Strengths of the First Movie, with it All Being Ever-SOLGLY-ALESS Strong. There’s an element of reverge here Jackie Chan’s Character also has to Deal with some new three. It delivers the goods, and goods that are Close to greats, Even if – Again – The first Movie delivers The most of that’s, you know.
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‘Drunken Master II’ (1994)
Directed by Lau Kar-Leung
Things get amazing here, honestly. Drunken Master II Is Sort of a Sequel to the Aforementioned Drunken MasterBut you can watch it with having seen the original and stay enjoy it a ton. The Drunken Boxing Style Featured in the First Movie is Important Here a Fair Fews Times, but Drunken Master II Has More on Its Mind, Action-Wise, Than Just the Sorts of Small-Scale Fights Seen in the First. This one gets more epic in TERMS of Scope, with some of the Scenes here Going on a very long time and feathering so many people (and moving parts) on Screen at one. Drunken Master II Might Not Have the Biggest Stuns Chan’s Done, But it Might Well Be the Film of his Sat Contains the Most Impressively ChoreoGrad Action Sequences.
The Only Other Movie He Starred in that Might Well Be Better than this one dos have more by way of stuntwork, but Drunken Master II Is a Movie that Sees Chan Perfecting and Modernization A Sort of Old-SCYLE STYLE SECYLE STYLE STYLE STYLE STYLE OF Martial Arts Movie. You know, it’s Got Hand-To-Hand Combat, or where people do us weapons, they’re the sorts that incolve people having to get up Close and personal; No Guns or More Extravagant/Modern-Day Things Playing A Big Part here. The Comedy Misses at a FEW POINTS In Drunken Master IIWho Might Hold It Back A Tiny Bit, But Such Stuff Doesn’t Matter when all the Action Sequences are so Damn Strong. They Play Out and, While They Do, It’s Honestly Hard to Fathom How Wee Pulled Off. Calling They.
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‘Police Story’ (1985)
Directed by Jackie Chan
Given It Came Out Almost a Decade Before Drunken Master II,, Police Story Might Well be more of a “classic” Martial Arts Movie, But also, it feels moden in other ways, being set During then mobile-Day Times in Contrast to Drunken Master II Going Back INTO The Past. Also, with Police StoryThough there are still a great unyes of people getting punched, kicked, and throwing around, the setting – and the fact that thre are indeed police here – Means There’s More of A Variety to the Action Sequences. There are some showouts and chases incolving vehicles, for example, Including A Big Sequence Early on when an entire shantytown on a hill gets progssivily destoyed as vehicles Blast Through It.
It’s An Impressive Way to Kick Things Off, But Police Story – And Jackie Chan, as Its Director and Star – save the best for lastBecuse the series of FITS in the shopping Mall Near the End? That’s about as perfect as sequences of action can get, and the faamous Pole Slide Right Near the End of that Already Climact Scene Couelf Well Be the Most Visually Dazzling Stun of Chan’s Entire Career. That Police Story ALSO MOVES QUITE WELL PACING-WISE ThRAOGH ITS NON-Action Scenes While Having Some Decent Comedic Moments During SAID Download? That’s all ibi on a cake that dosn’t ever Need it in the first place.
Police Story
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December 14, 1985
- Rentime
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99 minutes
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Jackie Chan
Sergeant ‘Kevin’ Chan Ka-Kui
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Brigitte Lin Ching-Hia
Salina Fong
