Rumble in The Bronx makes New York look even crappier then it is

 I didn't know if I should've put 2001 in the title, because the way I watched the film was from an old FOX airing of the movie put up on the Internet Archive.

 

                                          Directed by STANLEY TONG

Written by    

Edward Tang

    Fibe Ma

Produced by Barbie Tung

Starring 

Jackie Chan

    Anita Mui

    Françoise Yip

Bill Tung

Garvin Cross

 Synopsis

Royal Hong Kong Police Force cop Ma Hon Keung (Jackie Chan) arrives in New York City for the wedding of his uncle Bill Wong (Bill Tung), a grocer who recently sold his Bronx store to the fetching Elaine (Anita Mui). After a biker gang bursts into the store to wreak havoc, Keung springs into action, giving up his vacation to defend the weak and protect the innocent with his extraordinary martial arts skills. As Keung investigates local gangs, he learns more about a criminal syndicate that needs to be brought to justice.

 

 Review

 So, if I had no expectations from the movie, I wouldn't be dissapointed. But this film introduced Jackie Chan to Americans, and was pretty bad which makes you understand why the American films from Jackie are horrible.

Firstly, Jackie's English prounounciation is pretty cringe (it was even worse back in 1980) but he was still learning English in the 1990s, so I can't blame him.

Secondly, Elaine is an annoying character who fondly reminds me of May from the first 3 Police Stories, who can't understand that JACKIE CHAN is a cop and when arresting bad people, he destroys a lot of things in the process of cop heroics. Ever watched Police Story or Police Assassins, Elaine?

 

Thirdly, the movie has no funny comedy scenes. A scene where Keung goes into Bill's store and says hi to a random woman thinking that she's his aunt is pretty normal. Until you get the rest of the scene were Bill is married to a black (mildly) obese woman. That scene just felt racist to me. Speaking of racism, all black characters are portrayed as loud annoying individuals, which is annoyingly stereotypical.. most of the time. (Chris Tucker, why?!)

Fourthly, the gang in New York is unrealistic and are bad villians. Tell me, if a movie has villians that aren't criminals would you find it interesting?

Anyways, the only parts of the film I liked were the fight scenes (there were only 2 good ones), the stunt, and the outtakes, which is particularly what I was waiting for.

So, uhh.. Rumble in The Bronx is a terrible cop movie and proves Americans like anything from America.

So here is my way of how to watch the film: Beginning of film, skip to the market fight. Then skip to next fight. Then next fight. Then big stunt. Then next fight. Next stunt. Then outtakes. Finish.

Watch Rumble in The Bronx at the 

https://archive.org/details/Rumble_In_The_Bronx_FOX_WOC_2001-03-15 (Fox Broadcasting Company edit from March 2001, 2 hours long with ads, nude butt scene at the end and swearing removed)

Rating: 4/10

Super Cop: The perfect action film?

 I know some of you might be angry about me calling the film Super Cop and not Police Story 3 as it was released in Australia, but the version of the film I downloaded and watched was the 1996 Dimension Films cut, so I can't review the original version if I never watched it.

Produced by and starring Jackie Chan

Directed by Stanley Tong
Written by 

Edward Tang
Ma Fibe
Yee Lee Wai
Produced by 

Willie Chan
Edward Tang
Leonard Ho

Starring   
    Michelle Khan
    Maggie Cheung
    Ken Tsang
    Yuen Wah
    Bill Tung
    Josephine Koo
    Wong Siu

Synopsis

To infiltrate a drug cartel, Royal Hong Kong Police Force Inspector Kevin Chan (Jackie Chan) goes undercover in a Chinese prison. There, he earns the trust of Panther (Yuen Wah), a cartel member, by breaking him out of prison. With the help of another undercover agent, Jessica Yang, (Michelle Khan), they travel to Hong Kong and join up with Panther's gang. Ka Kui is accepted by the gang's leader (Ken Tsang), but his operation is jeopardized when Kevin's girlfriend, May (Maggie Cheung) accidentally reveals his true identity.

Review

Supercop is easily the best work in the Police Story series. Jackie Chan and his stunt team went all out on this one. Unlike First Strike which was overloaded with comedy (like putting too much salt on a food), the comedy in this was funny and subtle.

Anyway, Michelle Khan is a great actress, and this is the movie that introduced me to her. Her movies are insane, and soon enough you'll be seeing more of her on this site (infact, reviews of Supercop 2 and Yes Madam are coming soon)

Super Cop is one of the best Chan films ever. It must have taken months to come up with choreography. Jackie Chan is a legend. This movie is one you wish never ever ended, unlike it's spinoff, Supercop 2, which I gave up on watching after 2 minutes. I'll be watching it again for the sake of the blog. 

(edit 2.1.24 - I watched the movie on Dec. 16 2023. A review is coming in June.)

Not to mention, Dimension Film and Miramax's edit and voice casting choice of films is actually amazing, including this one, and it's actually great they got Chan and Khan to voice for the film. Many would complain about the American editing of this franchise, but especially this movie, I actually enjoyed it! In fact, it was even better then the Hong Kong version. I'm not exageratting when I say this movie is the best movie of the whole 1990s. Watch it for yourself!

Superheroes? Forget them. We have the one and only Supercop.

Watch Supercop at the

Original Hong Kong version from 1992 (Cantonese audio, English subtitles) - https://archive.org/details/police-story-3

Rating: 10/10