Theater Release Date: 2004 Length: 120 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 11/02/2004 Director: Frank Coraci Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Cecile de France, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Rob Schneider, Mark Addy, Karen Mok, Will Forte, John Cleese, Ewen Bremmer, Ian MacNeice
Plot: In this raucous Disney adaptation of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel Around The World In 80 Days, Steve Coogan plays Phileas Fogg, a quirky inventor at the turn of the 20th century. After suffering rejection by England's Royal Academy of Science, Fogg strives to prove his scientific worth by accepting a challenge to circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days. Fogg, his cohort Passepartout (Jackie Chan), and his new love Monique (Cecile de France), find trouble and excitement as they make their way from Turkey to Morocco to the United States, and ultimately Fogg discovers that scientific validation is not all he needs for a successful life. Jackie Chan shines in his role as Passepartout, who masquerades as Fogg's valet in an attempt to escape authorities after he robs the Bank of England. As he evades his enemies and keeps Fogg in the dark about his true background, Chan provides stellar comedic action and performs daring stunts. Celebrity cameos punctuate the film, with Arnold Schwarzenegger playing a polygamous Turkish ruler (filmed before the start of his campaign for California governor) and Owen and Luke Wilson playing the hilariously squabbling Wright Brothers. In addition to the lavish sets and nonstop action, this version of the classic remains true to the idea that one should hold on to dreams, no matter how improbable or outlandish.
Black Belt Theatre Double Feature - Brutal Boxer/Shaolin One
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/23/2003 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Michael Chow, Richard Ng, Dick Wei
Plot: This Dvd 2-Pack combines Jackie Chan's 1989 action title, Black Dragon, with Art Of Action, a 2002 documentary hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, which examines the world of martial arts films.
Length: 98 minutes Distributor: Tai Seng Video Marketing, Inc. DVD Release Date: 07/11/2000 Director: Wong Jing Cast: Jackie Chan, Chingmy Yau, Joey Wong, Mike Abbott, Gary Daniels, Eric Kot, Leon Lai, Jan Lam, Ken Lo
Plot: This taut, thrilling, and funny Hong Kong production follows the adventures of notoriously hungry detective Ryu Saeba (Jackie Chan) and his female partner, Kaori (Joey Wong), as they search for the daughter of a publishing tycoon. In the process, they become involved in a cruise ship hijacking. The film based on a popular Japanese comic strip.
Theater Release Date: 1979 Length: 111 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 04/02/2002 Director: Yuen Woo-ping Cast: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Casanova Wong
Plot: Though teenage Wong Fei Hong (Jackie Chan) is the son of a martial arts teacher, he'd much rather clown around and get in and out of trouble on the streets of Hong Kong than learn kung fu. When one of his pranks causes injury to the son of a powerful man, his father calls in a sadistic uncle to teach Fei Hung some self-discipline. The uncle specializes in a bizarre form of kung fu known as the "Drunken Boxer," and after losing a fight with a local assassin who has been hired to kill his father, Fei Hung realizes that it may be worth learning. This martial arts classic was the second collaboration between Chan and director Yuen Woo Ping, fight choreographer for The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Theater Release Date: 1994 Length: 102 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 03/13/2001 Director: Lau Kar-Leung Cast: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Lau Kar-Leung, Ken Lo, Andy Lau
Plot: This sequel to 1978's Drunken Master features Jackie Chan returning to his role as the mischievous martial artist who outsmarts his father and tangles with Euro-thugs in the streets of Hong Kong in order to rescue stolen Chinese artifacts. Chan employs the hilarious but effective style of kung fu known as the "drunken" style. The movie is a true action masterpiece featuring some of the most intense fighting sequences ever filmed.
Length: 90 minutes Distributor: Tapeworm Video DVD Release Date: 12/07/2000 Director: Zhu Wu Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Chan plays a famous actor of the Chinese Theatre, who becomes a legendary resistance fighter against the Japanese. This was Jackie Chan's first martial arts film.
Theater Release Date: 1998 Length: 263 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 01/17/2003 Director: Stanley Tong Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Richard Norton, Chen Chun Wu, Francoise Yip
Plot: Three cassette/disc set includes three explosive Jackie Chan hits: First Strike, Mr. Nice Guy, and Rumble In The Bronx.
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death / Master With Cracked Fingers
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: GoodTimes Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/17/2002 Director: Matthew Mallison Cast: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Adolph Caesar
Plot: Two martial arts superstars on one double feature feature Dvd disc. Fist Of Fear, Touch Of Death: Three masters of martial arts put on a violent performance in this electrifying karate film starring the one and only Bruce Lee. Master With Cracked Fingers: A bitter, orphaned Chan learns the "snake fist" technique in hopes of payback for his father's murder. This was Jackie Chan's first film as a leading man.
Length: 50 minutes Distributor: Westlake Entertainment Group DVD Release Date: 06/18/2001 Cast: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee
Plot: This documentary dares to compare the styles of two masters of martial arts, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. These two artists never had a chance to meet and spar, but through contemporary technology we can now imagine what it might have looked like.
Theater Release Date: 1999 Format: Closed Captioned Length: 99 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 08/28/2001 Director: Vincent Kok Cast: Jackie Chan, Qi Shu, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Hsien-Chi Jen, Elaine Jin, Ken Lo, Sung Young Chen, Bradly James Allan, Stephen Chow, Emil Chow
Plot: International superstar Chan (Rumble In The Bronx) strikes again with an effervescent, screwball comedy that combines a sweet romantic plot with his trademark action sequences and wit. When hopeless romantic Ah Bu (uber-pixie Shu - Sex And Zen Ii) finds a glass bottle with a love letter stuffed inside it, she decides to leave her provincial fishing village in Taiwan for Hong Kong in search of its author. However, when she catches up with her would-be Prince Charming (Leung - Happy Together), he admits that he's not exactly searching for a princess. Dismayed, Ah feels she'll never find love, but quickly changes her mind when she meets the millionaire playboy C.N. Chan (Chan). With her faith in romance restored, Ah unfurls an outrageous plan to win his undivided affection.
Length: 99 minutes Distributor: Tai Seng Video Marketing, Inc. DVD Release Date: 11/14/2000 Director: John Woo Cast: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, James Tien, Yuen Biao, Tao-liang Tan
Plot: Former "Little Fortunes" Chan, Biao, and Hung team up with director Woo as a legion of fighters determined to protect the Shaolin school from a megalomaniacal lord.
Length: 60 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 03/05/2002 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Three episodes of the successful animated series chronicling the adventures of the international action star are featured in this video release. In "Enter The Viper," Jade and Jackie meet the Viper, a female jewel thief, attempt to "steal" a talisman from a museum to prevent it from falling in the the hands of the Dark Hand. In "Project A, for Astral," a new talisman give Jade the power of astral projection. While she is out of her body, Shendu takes it over, leaving Jade to figure out how to warn Jackie that the Jade he sees is an imposter. Then, in "Shell Game," Jackie, Jade, and the Dark Hand converge on the Bay Aquarium to try and get their hands on an endangered tortoise with the rabbit talisman encrusted in his shell.
Jackie Chan Adventures: The Search for the Talismans
Length: 65 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 10/23/2001 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Three episodes of the successful animated series chronicling the adventures of the international action star are featured in this video release. In "The Dark Hand," Jackie must race against crime syndicate The Dark Hand to obtain twelve magical talismans while caring for his twelve year-old niece. In "The Power Within," Jade, who has just discovered that she is telekinetic, must save Jackie and herself from The Dark Hand. Finally, in "The Mask of El Toro Fuerte," Jackie and Jade find the Ox talisman on a wrestler in the Yucatan.
Length: 60 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 03/05/2002 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Three episodes of the successful animated series chronicling the adventures of the international action star are featured in this video release. In "Bullies," Jackie must travel to Fort Knox to battle Valmont, who has used to Dragon Talisman to empty the Us mint and injure Captain Black. In "Tough Break," the reanimating Rat Talisman falls into one of Jade's toys bringing it to life. Jackie and Jade must chase it across the city in an attempt to retrieve it. Finally, in "The Rock," Jackie is infected with a poison that could turn him to stone. The Dark Hand promises an antidote in exchange for the talismans that are kept in Section 13.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: Passport Entertainment DVD Release Date: 02/04/2003 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Not since the great Bruce Lee has a Chinese martial artist taken Hollywood
by storm. Jackie Chan, who became Hong Kong's top film draw in the '70s and '80s, has become a Hollywood sensation with his Kung Fu acrobatics and action stunts. This inside look at the life of Jackie chronicles his humble beginnings, rise to stardom and international fame.
Jackie Chan - Jackie Chan Double Feature - The Invincible Fighter/Crime Force
Length: 74 minutes Distributor: Tai Seng Video Marketing, Inc. DVD Release Date: 11/17/1998 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: My Story gives an in-depth profile of the international action star, from his early days in the film industry as a stunt man on Bruce Lee's films to his status as the one of the world's foremost action stars. Filmed during the time his film Mr. Nice Guy was in production, My Story is filled with rare footage from Chan's personal archives as well as interviews from friends, family and admirers and clips from all of his hit movies.
Theater Release Date: 2002 Length: 109 minutes Distributor: Universal Studios Home Video DVD Release Date: 10/15/2002 Director: Benny Chan Cast: Paul Rudd, Stephen Fung, Sam Lee, Christy Chung, Maggie Q
Plot: This sequel to Gen-X Cops begins as terrorists steal a deadly American military robot and deploy it in the streets of Hong Kong. Called in to stop the android from demolishing the city and decimating its population, the Gen-Y cops soon find themselves targeted by the government when their newest member, Edison, is fingered as the robot's thief. Joined by maverick Fbi agent Jane Quigley, the Gen-Y team set out to destroy the robot and prove Edison's innocence.
Length: 90 minutes Distributor: Brentwood Home Video (BCI Eclipse LLC) DVD Release Date: 05/29/2001 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Ku Feng, Hsiun Kuang, Jen Shin Kuan, Liu Chia Yung
Plot: When an orphan boy is rejected by kung-fu masters at a monastery, he is taken in by a beggar and a wiseman who teach him the martial arts. Now he's out for revenge on those who killed his father--and on those who abandoned him.
Theater Release Date: 1997 Length: 85 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 09/04/2001 Director: Stanley Tong Cast: Jackie Chan, Jackson Lau, Chen Chun Wu, Bill Tung, Jouri Petrov, Grishajeva Nonna, John Eaves, Terry Woo, Kristoff Kaczmarek
Plot: In director Stanley Tong's action-packed film, martial arts megastar Jackie Chan (as a Hong Kong police officer named Jackie) battles on land, in the air, and underwater in his efforts to help both the Cia and a Russian intelligence agency retrieve a stolen Ukrainian nuclear warhead. Sent on an easy tailing job, Jackie gets more than he bargained for and is soon fighting for survival on a frozen mountaintop against gun-toting baddies on skis and snowmobiles. Luckily the chase sends him to warm Australia, but danger still comes at Jackie from all angles--including sharks from below. As with other scintillating Tong-Chan partnerships, First Strike features classic Chan-style slapstick comedy and balletic fight sequences, including an unforgettable warehouse brawl in which his only allies are a stepladder and a broomstick. Chan's already incomparable legend as a daredevil stuntman is fortified by a virtually unbroken string of dangerous acrobatics and by the news, upon the film's release, that its star contracted severe hypothermia after filming a plunge into an ice-glutted lake.
Length: 102 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 05/20/2003 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, John Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, David Lam, Carina Lau, Bill Tung
Plot: Jackie Chan finds a new set of adventures as Dragon Ma, the only good cop in turn-of-the-century Hong Kong. This time he's assigned to clean up corruption in a local town while getting involved with a band of rebels. Chan wrote, directed and starred in this exciting blend of action and comedy.
Theater Release Date: 1990 Length: 98 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/11/2001 Director: Chu Yen Ping Cast: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung Ka Fai
Plot: Jackie Chan plays a shrewd cop who goes undercover with a team of mercenaries when a man he put away two years before commits a murder. The film features the great Sammo Hung as well as the terrific Tony Leung Ka Fai.
Length: 90 minutes Distributor: Ventura Distribution DVD Release Date: 11/09/2004 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: This documentary serves as a best-of of superstar Jackie Chan's early film career. Collecting his best and most acrobatic moments and fight scenes from his 1970's and 80's Hong Kong work, this assemblage of clips and highlights is sure to delight any Chan fan.
Length: 283 minutes Distributor: Vintage Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 11/11/2003 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Jackie Chan packs a triple punch in this collection of three of his zany martial arts classics. Includes: Young Master (1980), Fantasy Mission Force (1984), and The 36 Crazy Fists (1977).
Length: 284 minutes Distributor: Vintage Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 11/11/2003 Cast: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Bolo Yeung
Plot: A collection of martial arts films featuring three of the genre's biggest superstars: Jackie Chan, Bolo Yeung, and Bruce Lee. Includes Fearless Hyena Ii (1983), Bloodfight (1989), and The Image Of Bruce Lee (1978).
Length: 275 minutes Distributor: Vintage Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 11/11/2003 Director: Lou Kennedy Cast: Jackie Chan, Bolo Yeung
Plot: Jackie Chan is just one of the Shaolin masters featured in these three martial arts classics. Includes: Breathing Fire (1991), Young Tiger (1973), and Snake & Crane Secret (1978).
Length: 90 minutes Distributor: Ventura Distribution DVD Release Date: 08/17/2004 Director: Chin Hsin Cast: Jackie Chan, Cheung Lung
Plot: As a child, Jackie (Jackie Chan) is fascinated by kung-fu, but has been forbidden by his father to learn it. Later, after his father is killed, he learns the "snake fist" technique as a means for vengeance. This was Jackie Chan's first film as a leading man.
Length: 170 minutes Distributor: Madacy Entertainment Group DVD Release Date: 11/08/2000 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Two action-packed feature films starring the legendary Jackie Chan. In Fantasy Mission Force Chan plays a member of an elite squad assigned to rescue a group of allied generals, to save the world from global domination, in one of his most bizarrely entertaining films. In Master With Cracked Fingers Jackie wants to learn Kung Fu but his uncle disapproves. Jackie trains secretly until he has to reveal his skills to defend his uncle's restaurant.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/23/2003 Director: Gordon Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, Lee Evans
Plot: Two Jackie Chan titles--1998's Who Am I? and 2003's The Medallion, are packaged together in this Dvd 2-Pack.
Theater Release Date: 1989 Length: 127 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/23/2003 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Michael Chow, Richard Ng, Dick Wei, Yuen Biao
Plot: A simple boy from the country (Chan) travels to Hong Kong in the 1930s where he accidentally saves the life of a mob boss. He soon moves through the world of crime until he finds himself on top, where he has to fight off a rival gang, while falling in love with a beautiful nightclub singer. A loose Hong Kong remake of the classic Frank Capra film A Pocketful Of Miracles, featuring some of Chan's most charming and thrilling work. Winner of awards for Best Actor and Best Action Sequence at the 1990 Hong Kong Film Awards.
Theater Release Date: 1997 Length: 87 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 09/04/2001 Director: Sammo Hung Cast: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Miki Lee, Karen McLymont, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Vince Poletto, Barry Otto, Joyce Godenzi, Peter Houghton, Peter Lindsay, Sammo Hung
Plot: In Sammo Hung's Mr. Nice Guy, Jackie Chan plays a popular TV chef (also named Jackie) who accidentally saves a reporter pursued by two warring gangs--one that looks like the standard Cosa Nostra types, the other a group of upstarts who could have been cast in The Warriors. After the two gangs decide to come after Jackie, he drops his nice guy image and fights back. Originally slated to be the fifth movie in Chan's Police Story series, the film is filled with Chan's trademark physical comedy and stunts--one of which went awry and briefly confined him to a neck brace. A battle at a construction site recalls the best Keystone Cop gags, and the finale involving a 120-ton truck tops the hovercraft sequence in Rumble In The Bronx for sheer destructiveness. Filmed in English, this is the second collaboration between director Sammo Hung and Chan in the 1990s and the first time Hung directed Chan since Dragons Forever (1987). Taiwanese singer Miki Lee makes her film debut as Chan's girlfriend, and there are cameos by Hung; his wife, Joyce Godenzi; and the Pepsi Corporation.
Length: 99 minutes Distributor: Tai Seng Video Marketing, Inc. DVD Release Date: 08/28/2001 Director: Sammo Hung Cast: Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Richard Ng, Sammo Hung, Sibelle Hu, Eric Tsang, Michiko Nishiwaki, Andy Lau, Stanley Fung, Bolo Yeung
Plot: Because the success of the first Lucky Stars film (Winners And Sinners) had a lot to do with the Japanese market, the second film in the series takes place in the land of the rising sun and features Michiko Nishiwaki, the Japanese female bodybuilder. Jackie Chan plays an undercover cop who solicits the help of his gang of childhood friends--the five Lucky Stars, each of whom specializes in petty crimes and minor mishaps--to help him catch Japanese gangsters. Dough-faced Eric Tsang replaces John Sham as one of the Lucky Stars, while Sibelle Hu plays the femme du jour and the object of the Lucky Stars' lust. The film features several notable fights, including a surreal sequence in which Chan rumbles in an outlandish amusement park costume; in another memorable fight, director Sammo Hung battles in a yellow jumpsuit, à la Bruce Lee's Game Of Death. The fantastic showdown at a haunted house attraction pits the Lucky Stars against a stellar cast of opponents: Hu versus Nishiwaki, Hung versus Lau Kar-wing, Yuen Biao versus Lam Ching-ying, and Chan versus Dick Wei.
Length: 120 minutes Distributor: Tapeworm Video DVD Release Date: 12/07/2000 Director: Wei Lo Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Lo Wei's sequel to Bruce Lee's Fist Of Fury is set during WW II in Japanese-occupied Taiwan. In one of his first starring roles, Jackie Chan portrays a nonviolent pickpocket who decides that he must learn to fight when he sees one too many of his fellow Chinese citizens suffer at the hands of the Japanese. After his fiancee's school is destroyed and its master savagely murdered by an opposing Japanese kung fu master intent on controlling all martial arts schools, he learns the Fist of Fury fighting style and takes matters into his own hands.
Length: 90 minutes Distributor: RED Distribution DVD Release Date: 10/05/2004 Director: Chung Ting Cast: Wu Ma, Chang Shen, Siu Lung Chan, Kun Li, Kai Chai
Plot: Of Cooks And Kung Fu is a zany martial arts romp in the tradition of Jackie Chan's classic action comedies. The film opens as the family and crew of the empress' head chef are suddenly and mysteriously murdered, leaving only an infant nephew as the massacre's sole survivor. As the child grows up, he is schooled by his uncle in the fine arts of cooking and kung fu, all the while preparing for the day when he will wreak vengeance upon the killer of his family--which seems imminent with the recent murders of several prominent chefs!
Theater Release Date: 1986 Length: 89 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 01/29/2002 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan, Bozidar Smiljanic, John Ladalski
Plot: A fortune hunter's ex-girlfriend is kidnapped by an evil cult. Her fiancee enlists his help in finding and delivering the ransom - the priceless and powerful Armour of the Gods. With the help of a sexy woman and a wacky sidekick, the mission begins.
Theater Release Date: 1983 Length: 105 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 05/16/2000 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao
Plot: Chan stars as Dragon Ma, an honest marine cadet in turn-of-the-century colonial Hong Kong, who must do battle with the smugglers and pirates terrorizing the south China sea in order to preserve his company's honor. Revered by Chan-devotees as one of his finest films, Project A seamlessly combines exhilarating action sequences with classic-style slapstick comedy. Chan's energy, timing, and grace are truly infectious, as demonstrated by the hilarious opening bicycle chase and his now legendary homage to Harold Lloyd's Safety Last, in which he plummets from the face of a clock tower with only a series of window awnings to break his fall. A must see for fans of the genre! Sequel: Project A Ii.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: Music Video Distributors DVD Release Date: 12/02/2003 Director: Hdeng Tsu Cast: Jackie Chan, Charlie Chin, Gam Woo, Fung Yi
Plot: Rumble In Hong Kong is an early Jackie Chan film where he plays the ruthless leader of a gang who needs to find the purse of an ex-gang member before someone else does. An innocent taxi driver was the last person to see the dead woman, and he enlists his sister, who is a policewoman and martial arts master, to help him.
Rumble in Hong Kong/ Master with Cracked Fingers/ Fantasy Mission Force
Length: 245 minutes Distributor: Madacy Entertainment Group DVD Release Date: 05/21/2001 Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: Includes three Jackie Chan action extravaganzas. In Fantasy Mission Force Chan plays a member of an elite squad assigned to rescue a group of allied generals, to save the world from global domination, in one of his most bizarrely entertaining films. In Master With Cracked Fingers Jackie wants to learn Kung Fu but his uncle disapproves. Jackie trains secretly until he has to reveal his skills to defend his uncle's restaurant. In Rumble In Hong Kong Chan plays the villain against a female cop.
Theater Release Date: 1996 Length: 91 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 09/04/2001 Director: Stanley Tong Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Francoise Yip
Plot: After years as the biggest star in Asia, Jackie Chan (abetted by his able collaborator director Stanley Tong) took North America by storm in 1996 with Rumble In The Bronx, the first Hong Kong film to make it to number one at the U.S. box office. Keung (Chan) visits his uncle in the Bronx and ends up helping protect a local grocery store from thugs. A beautiful neighbor's involvement with the gang catapults Keung into even more trouble, and it will take all of his wits--and whiplike kicks--to save himself. The film introduced Chan's original combination of masterful martial arts and goofy comedy to a widespread American audience. As in other Chan movies, blooper scenes run during the credits, showcasing the hilarious and disastrous blunders made during filming and revealing that Chan, who performs all his own stunts, seems willing to take mind-boggling risks to create his distinctive brand of celluloid magic.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 12/07/2004 Director: Stanley Tong Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: First Strike: In director Stanley Tong's action-packed film, martial arts megastar Jackie Chan (as a Hong Kong police officer named Jackie) battles on land, in the air, and underwater in his efforts to help both the Cia and a Russian intelligence agency retrieve a stolen Ukrainian nuclear warhead. Sent on an easy tailing job, Jackie gets more than he bargained for and is soon fighting for survival on a frozen mountaintop against gun-toting baddies on skis and snowmobiles. Luckily the chase sends him to warm Australia, but danger still comes at Jackie from all angles--including sharks from below. As with other scintillating Tong-Chan partnerships, First Strike features classic Chan-style slapstick comedy and balletic fight sequences, including an unforgettable warehouse brawl in which his only allies are a stepladder and a broomstick. Chan's already incomparable legend as a daredevil stuntman is fortified by a virtually unbroken string of dangerous acrobatics and by the news, upon the film's release, that its star contracted severe hypothermia after filming a plunge into an ice-glutted lake. Rumble In The Bronx: After years as the biggest star in Asia, Jackie Chan (abetted by his able collaborator director Stanley Tong) took North America by storm in 1996 with Rumble In The Bronx, the first Hong Kong film to make it to number one at the U.S. box office. Keung (Chan) visits his uncle in the Bronx and ends up helping protect a local grocery store from thugs. A beautiful neighbor's involvement with the gang catapults Keung into even more trouble, and it will take all of his wits--and whiplike kicks--to save himself. The film introduced Chan's original combination of masterful martial arts and goofy comedy to a widespread American audience. As in other Chan movies, blooper scenes run during the credits, showcasing the hilarious and disastrous blunders made during filming and revealing that Chan, who performs all his own stunts, seems willing to take mind-boggling risks to create his distinctive brand of celluloid magic.
Theater Release Date: 1998 Format: Platinum Series Length: 97 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 03/02/1999 Director: Brett Ratner Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Peña
Plot: A box office smash, this film combines the comic stylings of funny-man Chris Tucker with the explosive action of superstar Jackie Chan. The two team up to battle the bad guys and, along the way, meet their fair share of dangerous situations.
Theater Release Date: 2001 Length: 91 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 12/11/2001 Director: Brett Ratner Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Don Cheadle, Alan King, John Lone, Roselyn Sanchez, Chris Penn, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Tsang, Zhang Ziyi
Plot: Crime fighting has never been so hazardous--or funny. Chopsocky action star Jackie Chan reteams with motormouth Chris Tucker in this Rush Hour sequel as the mismatched cop duo investigate several bombings in Hong Kong attributed to Chinese gang leader Ricky Tan (John Lone) and assassin Zhang Ziyi, whose beautiful, balletic kick packs a head-ringing wallop. A fish out of water in exotic Hong Kong, Tucker talks his way into reams of trouble, saved time and again by Chan's frantic fighting. Though the two detectives are taken off the bombing case, unpaid debts between Chan and the criminals lead the detectives back to the U.S. and into the middle of an international counterfeiting racket that only Chan and Tucker can expose. Fans of the first Rush Hour can't miss this hilarious sequel, and buddy-cop movie aficionados will recognize the dazzling zingers slammed back and forth between Chan and Tucker as the true sign of a winning film.
Theater Release Date: 2003 Length: 114 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 07/15/2003 Director: David Dobkin Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fan Man-Fong, Aidan Gillen, Tom Fisher, Donnie Yen, Aaron Johnson, Gemma Jones
Plot: In this entertaining sequel to Shanghai Noon, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are reunited on an adventure that leads them to Great Britain. Upon hearing of his father's murder in China at the hands of Englishman Lord Rathbone (Aidan Gillen), Wang leaves his law-enforcing life in Nevada and heads east. In New York City, he tracks down Roy, who now works as a waiter/gigolo. After a close encounter with New York's finest, Wang and Roy travel to London, where they team up with Wang's sister, Lin (Fann Wong), also out to avenge their father's death. Their search uncovers a plot to assassinate the royal family and brings them into contact with many touchstones of turn-of-the-20th-century British culture. A fitting follow-up to Chan and Wilson's first pairing, Shanghai Knights takes the fish-out-of-water element of the original and doubles it, as both Wang and Roy navigate the highs and lows of Victorian London. Chan, as always, astounds with a series of acrobatic fight sequences that involves unusual accessories such as revolving doors, fruit stands, and Chinese vases. And Wilson once again aptly fills the role of the wisecracking opportunist with a conscience who has a wry quip for every occasion. Meanwhile, Fann Wong is luminous as Wang's high-kicking sister; Aidan Gillen sneers superbly as the scheming Rathbone, and Hong Kong legend Donnie Yen makes the most of his small role as Rathbone's co-conspirator. In addition to incorporating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlie Chaplin, and Jack the Ripper into the story, David Dobkin's amusing film also features knowing nods to Singing In The Rain and the Harold Lloyd classic Safety Last.
Theater Release Date: 2000 Length: 110 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 10/10/2000 Director: Tom Dey Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Roger Yuan, Rafael Baez, Xander Berkeley, Yu Rong Guang, Jason Connery, Curtis Armstrong
Plot: An action-comedy with a decidedly Western twist, Shanghai Noon features more acrobatics from superstar Jackie Chan. Chon Wang (Chan) is a dedicated member of the Chinese Imperial Guard. When the emperor's former captain, Lo Fong (Yuan), oversees an illegal operation that involves kidnapping Princess Pei Pei (Liu) and bringing her to America's wild West, it's up to Chong to save the day. Eventually partnering with the wise-cracking bandit Roy O'Bannon (Wilson), Chong uses his Eastern skills to tackle the wild West. Shanghai Noon is an high-kicking adventure with great comic chemistry between stars Chan and Wilson.
Theater Release Date: 2000 Length: 240 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 11/06/2001 Director: Tom Dey Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Dana Delany, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe
Plot: Includes two action-packed Westerns. Tombstone is the story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and their battle against a murderous gang of bandits called the Cowboys. Shanghai Noon stars Jackie Chan as an Imperial Guard assigned to track down a kidnapped Chinese princess in the confusing American West.
Theater Release Date: 1992 Format: Widescreen Length: 95 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/13/2002 Director: Stanley Tong Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Khan, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang, Yuen Wah, Bill Tung, Josephine Koo, Wong Siu, Philip Chan, Law Lit, Shum Wai, Hon Yee San, Sze Tsuen Wai, Lowei Kwong
Plot: Director Stanley Tong's wildly successful collaboration with international action hero Jackie Chan gets off to a flying start in Supercop, the story of an affable, tenacious, and unstoppable Hong Kong cop's quest to bring down the biggest drug syndicate in the Pacific Rim. Kevin Chan (Chan) and a stunningly beautiful female police officer from mainland China, Hanna Yang (Michelle Khan), pose as brother and sister to infiltrate the crooked operation and once there unleash their spectacular arsenal of high-kicking, bone-rattling kung fu. Chan, whose irresistible onscreen persona suggests a hybrid cinematic reincarnation of Buster Keaton and Bruce Lee, was already the biggest box-office draw in the world when Supercop (originally produced in 1992) gained a U.S. theatrical release in 1996. The film displays Chan's dual mastery of physical comedy and martial arts while also (in outtakes shown behind the closing credits) showcasing his notorious predilection for handling his own stunts. Chan's daredevil approach was shared in the film by his breathtaking costar, Khan, also known as Michelle Yeoh, a former Miss Malaysia who would go on to solidify her reputation as a peerless action star in her own right with the stupendous critical and popular success of the 1999 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Theater Release Date: 2002 Length: 87 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 08/13/2002 Director: Teddy Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Vivian Hsu, Wu Hsing Kuo, Eric Tsang, Kim Ming Jeong
Plot: A thrilling adventure directed by Teddy Chan and starring Jackie Chan, The Accidental Spy follows Buck (Chan), a man whose dull day job as a fitness equipment salesman makes him yearn for a greater purpose. When he accidentally witnesses a jewelry store robbery, he finds himself teaming up with a fast-moving private investigator on the trail of an international crime network. An added dimension is the threat of deadly lung cancer virus that could cause massive death if it is released before Buck can find and contain it.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: York Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/04/2001 Director: Steve Wang
Plot: In the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Three Stooges comes this wildly funny action comedy from director Steve Wang. When chased by mutated monsters, crafty ninjas and a 300 foot tall stone god, the bumbling heroes battle against the powers of darkness.
Length: 95 minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/07/2004 Director: Robert Clouse Cast: Jackie Chan, José Ferrer, Mako, Kristine De Bell, Ng Man-Tat
Plot: Set in the wild days of the roaring 1920s, The Big Brawl tells the story of a courageous martial arts expert (Jackie Chan) who almost single-handedly takes on the mob. Machine guns are of no avail against his lightning-quick hands and feet. The film, directed by Robert Clouse (Enter The Dragon), marks Chan's first starring role in an American production.
Theater Release Date: 1978 Length: 98 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 06/18/2002 Director: Yuen Woo-ping Cast: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Dean Shek, Roy Horan
Plot: In this, the first film to unite the martial arts mastery of Jackie Chan and director/choreographer Yuen Woo Ping (Iron Monkey), action fuses with comedy to create a masterpiece of the genre. It is the end of the China Dynasty, and the 200 year-old clan known as the Eagle Claw Society has wiped out all forms of martial arts except their own style--with the exception of a few remaining members of the Snake Fist School. The leader of Eagle Claw is intent on finding and killing the remaining Snake Fist members. However, the elderly member of Snake Fist is in hiding, teaching a young servant (Jackie Chan) his ancient fighting style in hopes that it will survive for future generations. But is this young, Snake Fist upstart any match for the enter Eagle Claw Society? Chan and Ping would reunite for Drunken Master.
Length: 94 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/18/2001 Director: Chuen Chan Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: In this sequel to the martial arts classic, Jackie Chan once again portrays Chang Lung, a member of the Yin/Yang clan, who for years has been pursued by evil gangsters known only as Heaven and Earth. When Chang is reunited with his long lost brother after the tragic death of their father, they decide to band together to defeat the scourge of Heaven and Earth once and for all! This deft mix of fast-paced action and wild comedy is a must for any fan of Chan.
Length: 99 minutes Distributor: Music Video Distributors DVD Release Date: 12/02/2003 Director: Wei Lo Cast: Jackie Chan, James Tien, Hsiao Liang, Ping Wang
Plot: The heroic Lord Ting Chun (Jackie Chan) accompanies a woman and her ill brother on a perilous journey through rural Medieval China to see an unorthodox healer.
Theater Release Date: 2003 Length: 88 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/23/2003 Director: Gordon Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, Lee Evans
Plot: Jackie Chan is back in action with The Medallion, yet another fast-paced martial arts action-comedy. Chan plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong cop who is working with Interpol officer Arthur Watson (Lee Evans) in order to protect a gifted young child. Aware that the child holds a centuries-old medallion that could give him limitless powers, Snakehead (Julian Sands) and his band of criminals kidnap the child and head for Dublin. It isn't long before Eddie arrives in Ireland where he is teamed up with beautiful Interpol officer Nicole James (Claire Forlani), who also happens to be a former flame. Together Eddie, Nicole, and the bumbling Watson manage to track down the child, but after an accident in which Eddie appears to have died, it's up to the gifted boy to put the trusty medallion to work and resuscitate him. While Chan appears to have lost a bit of a bounce from his early days, he still pulls off moves that would leave most actors flatfooted. This time around, director Gordon Chan uses special effects alongside superstar choreographer Sammo Hung's action sequences, giving the audience a double dose of adrenaline. As is the case with most Chan films, hilarious outtakes and bloopers accompany the film's closing credits.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/23/2003 Director: Gordon Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, Lee Evans
Plot: This Dvd 2-Pack combines Jackie Chan's 2003 action title, The Medallion, with Art Of Action, a 2002 documentary, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, which examines the world of martial arts films.
Theater Release Date: 1985 Format: Widescreen Length: 94 minutes Distributor: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 06/04/2002 Director: James Glickenhaus Cast: Jackie Chan
Plot: A martial arts expert struggles to free the kidnapped daughter of a mobster and smash the world's largest drug connection in the process. Jackie Chan stars in the title role.
Theater Release Date: 2002 Format: Full Frame Length: N/A minutes Distributor: Universal Studios Home Video DVD Release Date: 02/25/2003 Director: Kevin Donovan Cast: Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs, Debi Mazar, Ritchie Coster, Peter Stormare, Romany Malco, Mia Cottet, Jody Racicot, Scott Wickware
Plot: In The Tuxedo, Jackie Chan stars as Jimmy Tong, a taxi driver who's aggressive behind the wheel, but painfully shy outside of his cab. Jimmy's driving talents garner the attention of a secret organization, and soon he's hired as the chauffeur for the suave, enigmatic agent Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs). However, when Devlin is severely injured in an assassination attempt, Jimmy must don Devlin's suit--which just happens to be a state-of-the-art, two-billion-dollar weapon loaded with special capabilities and gadgets. Paired up with ambitious but inexperienced agent Del Blaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Jimmy must continue Devlin's mission, which involves foiling Dietrich Banning (Ritchie Coster), a power-mad bottled-water mogul. Kevin Donovan's action-packed comedy gives the talented Chan an unusual opportunity to play a character not adept at martial arts. Of course, once he puts on the tuxedo, he's capable of amazing physical feats, but Chan revels in hamming it up as someone who's literally not in control of his actions. Meanwhile, Hewitt provides catty support, and Isaacs (the villain in The Patriot) makes the most of his good-guy role. A goofy Bond-ish romp, The Tuxedo also features Debi Mazar as a tough secret agent and Peter Stormare as a nerdy mad scientist.
Length: 101 minutes Distributor: Tai Seng Video Marketing, Inc. DVD Release Date: 02/22/2000 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Wei Pai
Plot: Youthful master Jackie Chan is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the lam. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail. A highly entertaining action/comedy from Hong Kong superstar Chan.
Theater Release Date: 1992 Length: 90 minutes Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/07/1999 Director: Ringo Lam Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Anthony Chan
Plot: It is a tradition in the Hong Kong film community for actors and directors to donate their time and the profits from a film in order to raise funds for various causes. Twin Dragons was part of an effort of the Hong Kong Directors Guild to build a new headquarters. Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui split the directors job and Jackie Chan splits the lead in two by playing twins separated at birth. They are brought back together when the nonviolent concert pianist John Ma comes to Hong Kong and becomes involved in the life of his streetfighting twin, Boomer. Although it is conceived as a comedy and an obvious satire of Jean-Claude Van Dammes own twin brother film, Double Impact, there is plenty of action, including both car and boat chases. A complicated love story develops, with the usual mistaken identity problems, when Tammy (Nina Li Chi) and Barbara (Maggie Cheung) keep wondering why their boyfriends personalities keep changing. Cheung, who is best known for her stunning performance in Wong Kar-Wais In The Mood For Love, plays the foil to both characters with her usual sparkle. Chan provides the well-choreographed fights. Directors Lam, Tsui, and John Woo make cameo appearances.
Length: 54 minutes Distributor: Universal Studios Home Video DVD Release Date: 04/16/2002 Cast: Jackie Chan, Russell Crowe, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Al Pacino, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brad Pitt, Yun-Fat Chow
Plot: A compendium of some of the most exciting fight scenes in recent motion picture history, Ultimate Fights provides a whole new perspective on scenes from films such as Blade, Snatch, Scarface, The Killer, First Blood, Rumble In The Bronx, and The Killer.
Theater Release Date: 1998 Length: 108 minutes Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/11/2001 Director: Jackie Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre, Mirai Yamamoto
Plot: International action superstar Jackie Chan portrays a secret government agent of the same name who develops amnesia after a plan to assassinate him goes awry. In order to put the pieces of his life back together, he seeks refuge within the confines of an African tribe. From there, he garners the aid of two lovely sidekicks, struggling to regain his memory and expose an international espionage ring before their fiendish plot put the people of Earth in grave danger. Who Am I? features the usual high-kicking Chan action and wonderful choreography, including a fight along the Belgian skyline.
Length: 102 minutes Distributor: Tai Seng Video Marketing, Inc. DVD Release Date: 07/11/2000 Director: Sammo Hung Cast: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Richard Ng, John Sham, Stanley Fung, James Tien, Ching-Ying Lam
Plot: Teapot, Curly, Windpipe, Vaseline, and Ranks are a band of bumbling thieves who try to clean up their act by starting a janitorial service. They run afoul of a pair of gangsters when they find a briefcase containing counterfeit money. Made in response to the popular Aces Go Places series, Winners And Sinners is the opening salvo in a series of seven Lucky Stars films, though the film is only loosely related to the other six. Directed by Sammo Hung, the film lays down the precedents for the other films: the five Lucky Stars are teamed with one beautiful female (in this case, Cherie Chung) whom they each try to grope and woo; the film then climaxes in a slapstick showdown with cartoonish villains. Winners And Sinners marks the second time in which Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao--the three "kung-fu-teers"--appear together. Though Chan is not the star, he has an exciting action sequence in which he roller-skates through traffic. Comedic high points include a spirited rendition of Rod Stewart's "Young Turks" and an invisibility gag later mimicked in Mystery Men.
