Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Rumble in the Bronx (1995)*** (out of 4) Keung (Jackie Chan) comes to America to help his uncle sell his store but before long he's caught in a battle between a vicious biker gang and the mob.Jackie Chan was known throughout the world but it seemed the exception was America. Success hadn't really came to America but RUMBLE IN THE BRONX changed all of that. Yes, the story is pretty awful and there's no question that the dubbing is pretty bad but at the same time the most important thing is the action and on that level alone the film really delivers. This was Chan's first major success in America and when the movie was over people were wanting more.What makes this film work is obviously Chan and his amazing talent that is all over the screen. There are a lot of great stunts here and some incredibly entertaining fights. I remember the first time I watched this film was when it was released theatrically and it was my first Chan movie. I remember reading a review that said if there was ever a live action Bugs Bunny movie then this would be it and I can't help but agree. Some of the wildness you see here is something you'd expect to see in an animated movie so getting to see it happen live and for real is where the charm comes from.There are countless memorable action scenes but the highlight has to be the sequence inside the biker gang's lair where Chan pretty much battles everyone. There are so many different props used that it's rather amazing that the camera could even keep up. There's also a very fun ending with a hovercraft, which has to be seen to be believed. RUMBLE IN THE BRONX isn't a flawless movie and there are certainly many issues but it's pure entertainment from start to finish.

Review: Its been years since I've seen this film and it does seem a bit dated in places but I still enjoyed it. A lot of the action scenes were unnecessary, until the diamonds come into play, and the punk-type baddies looked ridiculous, along with the massive baddies posing as FBI agents. Anyway, this movie sees Chan (Keung), travel to America to visit his uncle so he can be there for his wedding. While his uncle is off on his honeymoon, he helps to sell his uncles shop and he sticks around until she gets the shop up and running, under her management. As the shop is in a bad area, the Bronx, he helps to fight of the local baddies who steal and damage the shop and he soon becomes targeted by the thugs because he shows them up. Whilst fighting them of, there is a diamond deal going on in the area, which goes totally bad and after a big shoot out, one of the thugs gets his hands on the diamonds and he hides them in Chans next door neighbours wheel chair. Chan then becomes the action hero by fighting of the baddies who want to get there hands on the diamonds, by saving the young kid who has the diamonds stuck in the pillow on his wheelchair. They then hand the diamonds over to the police and with the help of the young boys sister, they fight of the many hit men who work for the mafia to retrieve the diamonds, along with the local thug who wants to recover the loot that he put in the wheelchair. The action scenes were quite impressive in this film and I liked Chans acting throughout. I actually found some of the comedy funny, for once, and the different characters all brought something fresh to the project. As with many Jackie Chan movies, he does push some of the stunts to the extreme, by jumping across buildings and crashing through the city in a hovercraft but it's all put together well and I liked the chemistry between Chan and the disabled boy. Basically, it's a watchable movie which has a decent mixture of elements which made it enjoyable but it's not in the same class as his old, authentic films which are in a class of there own. Watchable!Round-Up: This movie was directed by Stanley Tong, who also made Police Story: Supercop, Supercop 2, Police Story 4: First Strike and the Myth with Chan, so that might explain why a lot of the stunts were so amazing. They obviously built a relationship of trust which gives Chan the ability to push his stunts to the limit but with the many different laws in America, I still thought that the actual fighting scenes weren't that great. I missed the epic, one to one fight at the end but he did bring something original to the project with the hovercraft scene. This was another one of those films were Chan was trying to crack America, which wasn't the best move for his career but this movie certainly went down well at the time and it brought his action skills to a worldwide market.Budget: $7.5million Worldwide Gross: $32millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their action/crime/martial arts/comedies starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Francoise Yip and Bill Tung. 5/10

Where Jackie Chan missed his intro in either "The Big Brawl" or the "Cannonball" movies now got the chance in this 1995 movie.A visiting nephew of a Chinese grocer who is about to sell his business and get married, gets involved with street gangs and the Mob about stolen diamonds. Heavy fights, blood and big final pursuit adds to this movie.However, without removing admiration and due respect to Jackie Chan's talent for doing his own stunts (and got injured as well), there was a bit too much of stunt overdose in this movie, but it had its good moments, especially when the main characters gives a lesson of morality to the thugs in their lair.The version I saw was pre-2001, so the former Twin Towers were not edited, however, did discover the movie was mainly shot in Vancouver, as we see mostly Granville Island, Cordova Street and the former Woodwards department store and parking lot (now demolished), and Burrard Inlet as we see parts of B.C.Place Stadium. And by the way, can we see mountains from the Bronx shore ????However, I reserve this movie to hard core Jackie Chan fans only.

This movie is about a boy and his quest for a new cushion. Watch it for its creative fight scenes and for that girl who plays the boy's sister. Watch it also to laugh at the atrocious acting and dialog. Other than that, there's really no reason to watch. This film is basically a bunch of action sequences strung together with some dialog in between. The dialog can be summed up as "where are the diamonds?", "give me the diamonds!" and, of course, "someone stole my cushion!" But the action is where this film excels. As is the custom in all Jackie Chan films, this film is loaded with creative martial arts fighting and spectacular stunts.This film is definitely fun to watch. But it's kind of like watching porn. You will be tempted to fast forward through all the dialog to get to the good parts.