Jackie Chan's First Strike might be one of his best strikes
Directed and written by Stanley Tong
Screenplay by
Nick Tramontane Greg Mellott Elliot Tong Produced by Barbie Tung Starring Jackie Chan Wu fChen-chun Jackson Lou
Bill Tung
Nonna Grishayeva
Synopsis
A Hong Kong police detective, Jackie (Jackie Chan), works with the
CIA to track a mysterious woman named Natasha (Grishajeva Nonna). She is
suspected of delivering money to a terrorist, Jackson Tsui (Jackson
Liu), who is trying to obtain a nuclear warhead from the Russian mob.
Traveling from Hong Kong to the Ukraine to Australia, Chan aims to bust
up the terrorist plot using his fists as much as his brains, doing
battle underwater, on stilts and across mountain tops.
Review
So the movie was not what I expected, in a good way.
I love this film. It has the same comedy aspect as Project Awhere it makes me wonder if it was promoted as a comedy-action. However, with First Strike there was comedy for most of the scenes, and even during a hotel chase.
The fight scenes in this movie have no comedy, which is great. Your only focus is on the great moves and tricks and hits from Jackie. The movie also has beautiful views from Brisbane, Australia. I live in Sydney, and trust me, in 2023, it doesn't compare to Brisbane in 1995.
First Strike is an amazing film. Want to see an underwater fight, a helicopter stunt, ladder fight, hotel chase and Jackie Chan's butt? First Strike's the way to go.
And no, John McClane from the Movie Forums, this film is NOT BETTER then "Police Story III: Supercop".
P.S. this is NOT the first time Jackie Chan fights for America. Rumble in The Bronx existed 2 years before this film.
Watch "Jackie Chan's First Strike" at the
https://archive.org/details/firststrike19961080ph264ac3dolbydigital5.1nickarad (American cut from New Line Cinema, 1997) https://archive.org/details/first-strike-fw-reconstruction (1996 Hong Kong cut)
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