Jackie Chan film "Thunderbolt"

[williamp]

Wonderful. if your still up, watch it. It has everything...

-Awful acting
-great stunts (Ok, awful stunts)
-Boy racers. Only THESE are done properly...

Wonderful cheasy flick. Why don't they show this instead of the GP??

(Oh, the badie is an American. Of course...)

[dennisthemenace]

Whats the dubbing like

>> Edited by dennisthemenace on Wednesday 2nd October 00:22

[dennisthemenace]

Ok its subtitles just switched over , wonder if he going to have a go at the bloke in the skyline wheres the bloody fog

[jmorgan]

Always a good film with JC (Jackie not the biblical wanabe).
Watch the out takes at the end where he nearly always seems to kill himself

[dennisthemenace]

Is it true he does all his own stunts ? nutter

[jmorgan]

Seen the one where he falls through several awnings and lands on his head :megabigouchhopeinsurancecompanyaintlooking:

[dennisthemenace]

Ouch! ooh hang on more jap wagon racing going on

[Esprit]

Jap wagon racing.... sounds like a friday night on main street in NZ

[Fer]

quote:
Always a good film with JC (Jackie not the biblical wanabe).

John Cleese?

[GrahamJay]

Cant remember what film it was but Jackie had to make a jump from the base of a bridge to a moving hovercraft (that film had a lambourghini countach in), on one attempt he broke his ankle, they put it in a cast, made a sock which looked like his shoe and he carried on with the stunt! TOP BLOKE!

[pigme]

Yes, that was Rumble in the Bronx, watched it the other night for the first time....he is a nutter!

I heard him saying recently that he is sick of doing action movies and if Hollywood do not give him some serious roles he is walking away!
That would be a shame, he is quite unique.

[nigelbasson]

Jackie's best films are some of his earlier ones - the more recent US market ones are still impressive but not as good. Armour of God and Armour of God II are class films.

As for the stunts - at the beginning of Armour of God he jumps into a tree at the start but misjudges it and ends up losing half his head on the landing. The bloke is a nutter but he can't not do his own stunts now as he is so well known for it.

[gnomesmith]

When he was building his EVO he was fitting a Turbo timer, what on earth is that?

[pigme]

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When he was building his EVO he was fitting a Turbo timer, what on earth is that?

It stops you turning the engine off after a blast as the engine still needs to feed the turbo with an oil supply as its going a gazillion rpm.

I have one, pain in the arse at petrol stations mind!

[umar b]

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When he was building his EVO he was fitting a Turbo timer, what on earth is that?

After you go for a trash in a turbo'd car the turbo needs time to to cool down, a turbo timer keeps the engine running until the turbo is cool enough to be shut down ............ i think

[Fer]

I saw one of these on a Japanese import Evo. It allowed the turbo to spin down by keeping the engine running for a short time. Not sure what this will do if you want to part it in a garage, but I guess the idea is to bring a gas mask with you. Might stop me leaving the car in gear I guess.

[gnomesmith]

Yes I had one of those made by Turbo Techniques on my sadly departed Fiat but in the film they were building the ultimate racer, that device would be as appropriate as LED enhanced washer jets.

[shadowninja]

re serious roles, i watched a documentary on sunday and he said that he was originally cast in serious bruce lee style roles which he hated...

re turbo timer... i suppose if you saw a car with one at least you know the turbo might still be in good condition, cos most turbo car owners immediately turn the engine off upon parking

re that film last night... notice how they raced through yellow flags?!!

-Darren

[Mr E]

So, lets contine at full speed (well, double speed) through waved yellows with cars/drivers/marshalls all over the track....

It was awful.

I loved it.

[williamp]

So come on then.

Will a Mitsubishi FTO really have a chance against a Skyline???

And what of that bloke waking on top of the Countash*

(I know it was a model, but the very thought...)

And the badie being a drug smuggling gun-totting bank-robbing racing driver. In the words of Harry Hill, "What are the chances of that happening, eh?"


*I have no idea how you spell Countasch-er...Cunotiasch...er....