Back when I was new to the scene, this seemed pretty special a full on English language film with Jackie Chan. I rated it highly then, but it has to be said it was only the third film Id seen him in.
Nowadays, of course, its pretty bad. In fact, most of the elements that make up this film are bad so much so that I wont even bother to go into them.
However, at least the creators (including Robert I did Enter The Dragon and sod all else Clouse) attempted to preserve Jackies comedy and a sense of fun to the proceedings. And its still a far better film than the woeful Protector and his appearances in the Cannonball Run classics.
Interestingly, this film has now been almost totally forgotten when Mr Nice Guy was being plugged to death in the 90s, one of the big selling points was Jackie Chans English language debut.
So in closing, its bad, but it may not be as bad as you think.
Reviewer Score: 5
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