I find this to be one of Jackie's best films in many respects - stunt wise (the motorcycle/car sequence in the first half), fighting wise (the finale mostly, but all the fights are pretty interesting), and last but not least comedy wise (lots of stupid small jokes, but also /a lot/ of good physical comedy in there too).

The initial premise is pretty intriguing - Jackie and 3 women end up in the Sahara looking for lost Nazi gold. There are some twists and turns and bad guys, but the plots not that important, right? This is a Jackie Chan movie...

I feel this picture is a high point in Jackie's career. The budget and production values are much higher than his previous films. And I feel that physically, this is Jackie at his prime. All the performances are good here, these actresses are a cut above the average Jackie Chan female costars.

On the downside, there are some negative racial stereotypes, of middle easterners and blacks in this one (and its even a bit sexist too). And the plot has some big holes in it (what happened to the deserted city that they entered the hidden base from???) BUT I feel the action makes it well worth it.


ps - IF AT ALL POSSIBLE see the Chinese version, NOT the English dubbed version they released in theaters. Its about 10 minutes shorter and they cut out a lot of the humor they didn't feel would interest Mr. Joe Six-pack, and of course the voices don't fit well.