I usually like Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, but this is one of the weaker films I've seen from either of them.
Granted, each gets one really good action scene at least. Chan basically steals the film with a car/rollerskate chase with some extremely entertaining stunts that culminates in a huge car crash/pileup that rivals The Blues Brothers. Hung gets a really entertaining hand-to-hand fight scene with a bunch of goons near the end, too.
There's some other decent action sprinkled throughout, but otherwise this is a mess. I didn't know what was going on for the first 20 minutes, and then I realised nothing was really going on plot wise. It's aimless and even a bit boring when there's no action happening, especially because most of the comedy misfires.
Kinda reminiscent of Bruce Lee's posthumously released Game of Death, where the only watchable stuff is a few great action scenes the legendary star filmed just before he passed away that are shoehorned into an otherwise messy film.
This has a few fun action scenes too, like Game of Death, and to be fair, it has the benefit of not being somewhat disrespectful to a late star's legacy... but it doesn't have a whole lot else to offer, besides maybe some of the natural charm that Chan and Hung have as actors (the other characters are pretty forgettable).
Granted, each gets one really good action scene at least. Chan basically steals the film with a car/rollerskate chase with some extremely entertaining stunts that culminates in a huge car crash/pileup that rivals The Blues Brothers. Hung gets a really entertaining hand-to-hand fight scene with a bunch of goons near the end, too.
There's some other decent action sprinkled throughout, but otherwise this is a mess. I didn't know what was going on for the first 20 minutes, and then I realised nothing was really going on plot wise. It's aimless and even a bit boring when there's no action happening, especially because most of the comedy misfires.
Kinda reminiscent of Bruce Lee's posthumously released Game of Death, where the only watchable stuff is a few great action scenes the legendary star filmed just before he passed away that are shoehorned into an otherwise messy film.
This has a few fun action scenes too, like Game of Death, and to be fair, it has the benefit of not being somewhat disrespectful to a late star's legacy... but it doesn't have a whole lot else to offer, besides maybe some of the natural charm that Chan and Hung have as actors (the other characters are pretty forgettable).