Must Watch Jackie Chan Movies

 I've watched 27 Jackie Chan films, and here are all the ones you need to watch AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

• Enter the Dragon 1973 - While not a Jackie Chan movie [he appears in only 11 seconds] it is a Lee movie and his best.
  
• Snake in The Eagle's Shadow 1978 - Chan's first breakout movie, and the first out of seven released in 1978. While Drunken Master comes in a close second, this film is MUCH better
• The Young Master 1980 - Incredible! Let Jackie take the lead when he makes films.
• Dragon Lord 1982 - Missing a lot, but also has a lot. Very great
• Project A 1983 - The three dragons star in this film all-together. It's amazing.
• Dragons Forever 1988 - Great movie after a long day of school.. and a great movie on the weekends.
• Drunken Master II 1994 - Much better then the original film
  
• Supercop 1996 - WATCH IT NOW. IT IS AMAZING.
• My Stunts 1998 - The only documentary I don't get bored 5 minutes in.
  
• New Police Story 2004 - Darkest film in Police Story series but also very good.
• The Karate Kid 2010 - Emotional, funny, and has some kick butt scenes. Jackie fights TWICE in this movie (one of them is an alternate ending).

Operation Condor is an action-packed flight

 It might be weird to review Armour of God 2 without watching the first movie, but there's extreme nudity in that one, and the first 2 minutes were weird enough for me to turn off the TV and watch something else.

 

Starring, written and directed by Jackie Chan  

Written by  
Edward Tang
Produced by Raymond Chow
Leonard Ho
Starring   
    Carol Cheng
    Eva Cobo de Garcia
    Shôko Ikeda (池田昌子)

 

Synopsis

Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) -- code name Condor -- is a secret agent for hire. Assigned by a Turkish duke to find stolen Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert, Condor must face mercenaries, guards and one remaining Nazi (Aldo Sánchez) who wants the treasure he helped steal all those years ago. Even after teaming up with three inept ladies (Carol "Do Do" Cheng, Eva Cobo de Garcia, Masako Ikeda), Condor still has his work cut out for him on his hunt for the stolen loot.

 

Review 

So, Armour of God 2 is a pretty mediocre movie but the film has a good plot and good fight scenes.

I don't have a lot to say, except in my opinion the film started out a bit boring. Police Story started out with an epic gun-fight, Police Story 2 started with a recap of Police Story, Die Hard started out with hilarious dialogue by McClane and Argyle, Drunken Master started out with a fight, Snake in The Eagle's Shadow started out with comedy, and this movie started out boring. If you do get your hands on this film, fly away like a condor and watch something else - like Die Hard or Project S.

Oh yeah, there are 3 butts in this movie, so you might wanna stick around for that.

To clarify, this was not marketed as Armour of God 2 in Hong Kong.

Watch Armour of God II: Operation Condor on

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/armour-of-god-ii-operation-condor/1464153155606 (Chinese audio, English subtitles)

Rating: 6/10

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DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER - Will blow you through the ceiling

 Normally, the post titles depend on what version of the film I've watched. The film was released as Die Hard 2 in cinemas and on the movie's title card, but in Australia, we call the film Die Hard 2: Die Harder. So that's why instead of using the correct title, I used Die Hard 2 - Die Harder

Directed by Renny Harlin

Screenplay by   
    Steven E. de Souza
    Doug Richardson
Based on 58 Minutes by Walter Wager

       Produced by   
    Charles Gordon
    Lawrence Gordon
    Joel Silver
Starring Bruce Willis
    Bonnie Bedelia
    William Atherton
    Reginald VelJohnson
    Franco Nero
    William Sadler
    John Amos

Release date: July 3, 1990

August 30, 1990 (Australia)

Synopsis

In 1990, A year after his heroics in L.A, detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is mixed up in another terrorist plot, this time at Washington Dulles International Airport, where he is waiting for his wife (Bonnie Bedelia). That same night, South American politico and drug profiteer Ramon Esperanza (Franco Nero) is arriving in U.S. custody. McClane takes action when a treasonous ex-colonel (William Sadler) seizes control of the airport, threatening to crash every inbound flight unless Esperanza is freed.

 

Review 

Hard take but Die Harder is better then Die Hard. Why? Well, this movie is funnier, has better writing, and better fight scenes. Also, the villian's death in this movie is incredible.

Die Hard 2 is a Christmas flick that can be watched at any time of the year. It's great, the villains are better, and the writing in this movie is more genius.

When we cut to Holly on the plane with the old lady and Thornburg, we get countless funny scenes, but also some other serious ones like when they're praying after finding out about the other plane crash.

Constanza does a great job at being the bad protagonist, and Willis' acting is actually better in this one then last time.

Die Hard 2 is a great flick with a great cast and writing, and you should watch it NOW.

My only advice is that if you're on a plane and they have this movie in the film selection, don't watch it. It's probably cut by... 1hr, 55m. (p.s. the film is 1hr, 57m)

Rating: 8/10 

Watch Die Harder at

https://tubitv.com/movies/610524/die-hard-2

 

Police Story Part II: China becomes Boomtown

 

 

Starring, directed and written by Jackie Chan

 Written by
    Edward Tang
    Masahiro Kakefuda

Produced by Leonard Ho

Starring

Maggie Cheung

Bill Tung 

Lam Kwok-Hung
Chor Yuen
Charlie Cho
Benny Lai
Mars

Release date (Hong Kong): 20 August, 1988

October 10, 2007 (Australia)

Synopsis

 His personal war against crime has earned Royal Hong Kong Police Force Detective Kevin Chan (Jackie Chan) a demotion from detective to traffic cop just as Hong Kong is hit with a wave of bomb scares. Chan tracks down the bombers but not before his girlfriend, May (Maggie Cheung) is abducted.

 

Review

While Police Story 2 is an amazing film, there's something that Police Story 1 just had that Police Story 2 doesn't. Police Story 2 has 4 major fight/stunt/beat up scenes like with Police Story, but Police Story 2 had more comedy, and all the fights were for a reason. Two fights in Police Story 2 is started by the villains of Police Story (John and Tom Chu) disrespecting May and Kevin, but the fights in Police Story were started by the bad guys. The first fight was another attempt to get Selina, the second was an attempt to beat Kevin so he didn't rescue Selina, and the third was so that all of Chu's men didn't get the briefcase with the proof of a murder in it. 

Anyways, Police Story 2 also lacks funny parts. May entering the men's bathroom and acting like a moron is supposed to be funny, but it isn't. It just makes me not like May even more. That's how you know they're a good actor. 

The big stunt in Police Story 2 was also very cool, but it wasn't played at 3 angles (and wasn't as cool as the mall slide in Police Story 1).

Maybe one day Australia will be hit with a bomb and I'll stop the bombs...

Watch Police Story 2 at

www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/jackie-chans-police-story-2/1464150595940 (Extended Japanese version, Chinese audio, English subtitles)

Rating: 7/10

Believe's rating: 7/10

Die Hard will blow you through the backwall of the room

 

Directed by John McTiernan

Starring Bruce Willis

Bonny Bedelia

Alan Rickman

Written by Steven Souza

Jeb Stuart

Based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Rodrick Thorp

Produced by Lawrence Gordon

Joel Silver

Release Date: July 15, 1988

October 6, 1988 (Australia)

 

Synopsis 

 New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him.

 

Review 

Everyone's heard of Die Hard or Bruce Willis or Alan Rickman at least once. This was me for a long time, but then in February of this year after my family finally got a Disney+ subscription, I finally got to watch the movie, and it was amazing.

The main character is actually a believable realistic person who'd you want to be around. Alan Rickman does a great job as being the charming killer (even though he still bad) and Reginald VelJohnson was the funniest part of the movie, and the only reason I mark it as an action-comedy.

Not to mention the epic Yippie Ki Yay catchphrase by McClane. The film might not have any over-the-top stunts (if jumping off a 80 something story building isn't an over the top stunt), but it's a great flick and is a great option to watch, bored or not.

The film has a lot of swearing, a nude magazine, extreme violence and deaths. But what were you expecting from a film named "Die Hard"?

Watch Die Hard on 

https://archive.org/details/DieHard_201804 | Original version

https://tubitv.com/movies/610703/die-hard

Original version

Rating: 7.5/10

Believe's rating: 55/10

35 Things You Might Not Have Known About The Action Stars #9 - Arnold Schwarznegger.

1.  He saved a man's life while on vacation.
2. He has been selected Governor of California
3. He grew up with no phone.
4. He grew up with no toilet.
5. He grew up with no fridge.
6. Father in law of Chris Pratt.
7. Broke six ribs in a motorcycle crash, Dec. 2001.
8.  He has 135 IQ.
9. He has a black belt in Taekwondo.
10. He is not a citizen of Austria.
11. He supports the death penalty.
12. That is why he is not a citizen of Austria.
13. He became a US citizen in 1983.
14. He was originally going to play the lead in Robocop.
15. He is referenced in Die Hard.
16. This is when McClane says "They got missiles and enough plastic explosives to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger."
17. Ironically, he turned down the role of John McClane.
18.  Called by the Guinness Book of World Records, "the most perfectly developed man in the history of the world."
19. He had pictures of oiled-up men on his bedroom walls.
20. His mother thought he was LGTBQIA+.
21. His favourite film of his own is Kindergarten Cop.
22. He kept the sword he used in Conan the Barbarian (1982) in the Governor's office when he served as California's governor.
23. As a kid he had 3 things he wanted to do when he grew up.
24. Marry a Kennedy.
25. Become an actor.
26. Move to America.
27. He accomplished all those things.
28.  Performed many of his own stunts in his films, owing largely to the fact that it was hard to find stunt doubles who matched his size.
29. His wife is John F. Kennedy's niece.
30. Won Mr. Olympia title seven times (1970-1975, 1980).
31. He was originally a soccer player.
32. He began bodybuilding at age 17.
33. Competetively.
34. He served in the Austrian army.
35. His first language was German.