Rumble in the Bronx
by Stanley Tong
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Actor: Anita Mui, Francoise Yip, Jackie ChanDirector: Stanley Tong
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Barbie Tung
Producer: Leonard Ho
Writer: Edward Tang
Writer: Fibe Ma
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
Published: 1997-06-01
DVD Release Date: 1997-06-28
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: N4410
Studio: New Line
Movie Reviews of Rumble in the Bronx
Movie Review: Only seen Rush Hour? You haven't seen Jackie Chan.
Summary: 5 Stars
I feel obligated to write this review. One day at dinner my sister mentioned she saw Rush Hour and she thought Jackie Chan was so cute. I don't want to disparage Rush Hour or its soon to be seen sequel but if all you have seen of Jackie Chan is Rush Hour, then you haven't seen a Jackie Chan movie. Jackie Chan's charisma and fight sequences are turned down to a two on a scale of ten on Rush Hour. Even Shanghai Noon only gives you a taste of Jackie. To really experience Jackie Chan at his best in an American film, your only true choice is Rumble in the Bronx. If you have never seen Jackie Chan at all, Rumble in the Bronx will instantly make you a fan. It is only here that you will see why people love him the world over. He does what I can only classify as the most amazing fighting you will ever see. What makes his fighting so unique is the fantastic speed, creativity and humor that go into it. As if that weren't enough to knock you out it is his winning smile and good heart that will amaze you even more. What will furthur slay you even more is when you see the outtakes at the end of the picture. He never uses a stuntman and he does some really dangerous stuff and actually gets hurt pretty bad on occasion all because he wants you to be totally entertained. In one outtake after he has broken his foot you will see they make him a fake cast to look like a tennis shoe so he can still do a crazy stunt where he gets dragged by a boat. Its insane but no matter what happens he always comes up smiling. People love him because they know that is always him putting it all out on the line for you. Anyway if all you have seen is American Jackie Chan films, please rent or buy Rumble in the Bronx. You are missing out on so much.(If you don't mind subtitles, his great Chinese film Drunken Master just became avalilable)
Summary of Rumble in the Bronx
This action-packed adventure film brings the international superstar to the mean street of America's toughest neighborhood. Performing all of his own stunts, Hong Kong veteran Jackie Chan comes alive on the screen! Year: 1995 Director: Stanley Tong Starring: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Francoise YipJackie Chan plays a visitor to America who agrees to fend off a biker gang's designs on his uncle's market in the Bronx. If you can get past the Vancouver skyline substituting for the New York City neighborhood, and the cheesy dubbing job, this is another of Chan's startling, balletic takes on martial arts action. (It's also his first breakthrough American film.) Even if you don't have an interest in fight films, this is worth seeing just for Chan's endless grace as a body in motion. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, Dolby sound, theatrical trailer, and background on the stars and production.--Tom Keogh
Jackie Chan finally conquered America with Rumble in the Bronx. If the mildly contorted English dialogue sounds peculiarly foreign and disembodied (most of it is dubbed), and the mountains of Vancouver, BC don't convincingly double for the skyline of New York City, well, peculiarities like these actually contribute something to the movie's ingenuous charm. With his disarming smile and feline physicality, the compact Chan radiates star quality. But there's more to him than charisma: at his best, the actor combines the relentlessly escalating, hyperkinetic action set-pieces for which Hong Kong is famous; the rigorous martial arts training of his idol, Bruce Lee; and the grace and daring that distinguish Buster Keaton's physical comedy. Chan also shares some of Keaton's cinematic integrity, which dictated that you shouldn't cheat the audience by faking stunts, on the set or in the editing room. Like Keaton, Chan does his own stunts, and you can see that it really is him jumping off a bridge onto a speeding boat, or clinging to the dangling ladder of a helicopter as the hostile pilot tries to shake him loose by smashing him into the sides of skyscrapers. Not that it matters, really, but the plot of Rumble in the Bronx has something to do with Chan helping the woman who has taken over his uncle's neighborhood market when she is harassed by local hoodlums. What really matters is Chan, and he's in fine form. Rumble in the Bronx doesn't rank with his best work, but it's a swell introduction to a unique star. And those stunt outtakes over the end credits are as delightfully spellbinding as ever. "See?" Chan seems to say every time he breaks a rib or twists an ankle (which happens often). "I'm doing this all for you." --Jim Emerson
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