Jackie Chan film recommendations please

[OctaneV8]

Watched the transporter 3, great "ronseal" action film, slightly ridiculous and funny.

Would like to watch some classic JC films. I remember Who Am I to be particularly fantastic. Any recommendations?

Edited by OctaneV8 on Saturday 3rd April 20:58

[grumbledoak]

Project A, for one. The bicycle chase sequence is fantastic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A

Edited by grumbledoak on Saturday 3rd April 21:05

[Six Fiend]

For comedic value with Owen Wilson:

Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights

Also like: Who am I?

Must get to grips with the older ones: Police Story films have plenty of action.

[williamp]

ermm The Cannonball run??

Seriosly, here are a few good ones:

"Who am I" has some great stunts- a fight with clogs (think of kicking a clog into the face of a baddie, spinning around to kick another, and when the clog bounces off the baddie, he keeps spinning around, puts the clog back on and runs off. And an incredable stunt at the end invovling the outside of a building.

And a great car chase

There's also one from the early 90s (late 80s) set in a garage with Countach, etc and a fight amongst the ramps.

Take them at face value, marvel at the timing and they are incredable films. Try to follow the plot (his niece is in trouble. Again???) and they are daft

[Tony Starks]

williamp said:

ermm The Cannonball run??

Seriosly, here are a few good ones:

"Who am I" has some great stunts- a fight with clogs (think of kicking a clog into the face of a baddie, spinning around to kick another, and when the clog bounces off the baddie, he keeps spinning around, puts the clog back on and runs off. And an incredable stunt at the end invovling the outside of a building.

And a great car chase

There's also one from the early 90s (late 80s) set in a garage with Countach, etc and a fight amongst the ramps.

Take them at face value, marvel at the timing and they are incredable films. Try to follow the plot (his niece is in trouble. Again???) and they are daft

I think thats Thunderbolt or Thunderball iirc. He races an FTO against an R32 GTR at the start.

For me anything Rumble in the Bronx onwards and his old school kung fu stuff are not worth watching as it all becomes a bit Hollywood and generic 'you killed my family, hook up with a drunk who teaches him kung fu for a week and then he beats seasoned masters' lol.

All his best stuff was in the 80's, the Police Stories, Meals on Wheels and anything with Him, Sammo Hung and Yeun Biao in

[Tony Starks]

How could i forget:

Armour of God 1 & 2

Winners and Sinners 1-3

City Hunter isn't bad, especially the Street Fighter II fight with Blanka iirc?

Also one to recommend is Mr Vampire (avoid Mr Vampire 2 like the plague).

[Ozone]

Snake in Eagles Shadow, Drunken Master and Fearless Hyena.

[FourWheelDrift]

Ask him - http://twitter.com/EyeOfJackieChan

I would say though myself the Aussie made films

Final Project. aka "Jackie Chan's First Strike"
Who am I?
Mr. Nice Guy

And Cannonball Run

[Animal]

Watch Police Story (the first one) and Wheels on Meals (with Yuen Biao, Keith Vitali and Benny Urquidez).

[Jim the Sunderer]

Wheels on Meals is rather good and is legitimately on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgOtOHUcjAM

There's a funny old woman with a Starion and hardly subtle product placement.

[dudleybloke]

master with cracked fingers.

police story

armour of god 1 and 2

basicly most of his films made before 1998 are good but some of his later ones are too westernised for my liking.

i did enjoy the forbidden kingdom though!

[Yeast Lord]

Forget JC watch Ip Man, it's a modern day classic.

[Ace-T]

He is also doing a remake of the Karate Kid with one of Will Smith's kids.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155076/

Trace

[Z06George]

Another vote for Thunderbolt, however I have no idea where to get a copy of it. Play has region one ones, but I can't find it anywhere else

[peterpeter]

Animal said:

Watch Police Story (the first one) and Wheels on Meals (with Yuen Biao, Keith Vitali and Benny Urquidez).

yep THE best movies

armour of god is good too

[odyssey2200]

Rush Hour 1 & 2

great JC films

[Tony Starks]

odyssey2200 said:

Rush Hour 1 & 2

great JC films

Apart from that loud mouthed gob$hite Chris Tucker, who if iirc only did the Rush Hour films yet was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood at the time.

[Mojooo]

His earlier stuff

Twin Dragons
My Lucky Stars
City Hunter

[Obi Wan]

Jim the Sunderer said:

Wheels on Meals is rather good and is legitimately on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgOtOHUcjAM

There's a funny old woman with a Starion and hardly subtle product placement.

Cheers mate buffering now as I type

[dudleybloke]

apart from 'island on fire' and 'around the world in 80 days' they're all worth a watch.