Jackie Chans Who Am I? starring
Neil Berger, Dik Brinksma, Jackie
Chan, Pim Daane, Michelle Ferre
Pure Action And Entertainment.
Shot in English and budgeted higher than any of his previous Asian
features, Jackie Chans last film under his Hong Kong contract is an
action-packed globe-trotting adventure shot with the American audience in
mind. The spies and secret agent-laden plot is packed with car chases,
explosions, gunfire aplenty, and of course Jackies own brand of gymnastic
martial arts. But the flood of his older films between his hits Rumble in the
Bronx and Rush Hour had sated American viewers and Who Am I? wound
up being sold directly to cable. Its our loss, for this mix of goofy slapstick
and jaw-dropping action is his most impressive film since Drunken Master
II. Playing a special forces agent (named, naturally, Jackie) struck with
amnesia and adopted by an African bush tribe following a failed
assassination attempt, he embarks on a quest to discover his true identity
while armies of killers pour after him. After an explosive opening, the story
gets momentarily bogged down in the kind of mugging humor that leaves
most American audiences scratching their heads, but once Jackie kicks
into gear the film is a high-speed action flurry that culminates in a furious
battle atop a Rotterdam skyscraper. Jackie is at his most charmingly naive
(he berates the villains, pleading Why do you want to destroy when you
can make things better?) and athletically impressive: the marvelous stunts-
-including a flight down the side of the skyscraper--and fight choreography
make Rush Hour look like a Sunday drive. --Sean Axmaker
I normally do not enjoy this gene. But this movie has the right combination
of comedy and continuous action. It is not sophisticated. It is just great
entertainment.
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