The Big Brawl (1980)
Reviewed by: cal42 on 2006-05-20
Summary: Humdrum for the most part
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 I’d seen him in.

Nowadays, of course, it’s pretty bad. In fact, most of the elements that make up this film are bad – so much so that I won’t 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 Jackie’s comedy and a sense of fun to the proceedings. And it’s 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 90’s, one of the big selling points was “Jackie Chan’s English language debut”.

So in closing, it’s bad, but it may not be as bad as you think.
Reviewer Score: 5