Tag: Jackie Chan

The dueling action stars face off some 20 years (or more) too late, and Iron Mask never settles on where it goes when they're not around.

While breezy and cheerful in the early going, Knight of Shadows drifts from its family-film identity into a dark afterlife romance.

While stuck with non-actors, for Mr. Nice Guy that doesn't matter as the pace and ridiculously perfect action makes up for everything else.

Blue Collar Brawl In the ‘80s, Hong Kong underwent an economic boom. That’s visible in Police Story. In the opening scene, a hill of tin squatter homes is backed …

Shootin’ Fireworks “Better to die than live poor,” snarls one of Police Story 2’s villains, setting off a fireworks factory brawl in this sequel content with Hong Kong’s advances. …

Bled Out Jackie Chan fights atop the Sydney Opera House in Bleeding Steel, the high point of a cringe-inducing, tech noir, cyberpunk lark. It’s putrid, but does leave one …

Little Man Chan Full disclosure: This Blu-ray was provided to us for review. This has not affected the editorial process. For information on how we handle review material, please …

Fighting Mad Chan The Foreigner calls upon the quiet, vengeful Jackie Chan. While Chan performed these roles previously, The Foreigner brings a true authenticity to a father mourning the …

Play Fighting No moment in Kung Fu Yoga is less than total fantasy. Every actor is a male model, every actress a female super model, the action is utterly …

Chan and Son Despite a busy and choppy pace, Railroad Tigers pops with comedic enthusiasm. It’s a nationalist story, set during the Japanese occupation of China. The bumbling, often …

Drink Up It’s 90 minutes until Drunken Master shows signs of a plot. A local wants to dig up a graveyard to unearth the coal waiting below. That story …

Overshadowed Masterfully twisting Sleeping Beauty into an Eastern martial arts comedy farce, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow designates Jackie Chan as beauty, fighting his way through bullies. It’s not …