Released on Sep 01, 1995 |
Thunderbolt (traditional Chinese: ???) (Piklik Foh) is a 1995 Hong Kong action film, directed by Gordon Chan and starring Jackie Chan. In some early North American releases, it was known as Dead Heat.
The film is set around the world of racing. The film is also multi-lingual with characters speaking Cantonese, English and Japanese interchangeably. Because Jackie had injured his leg during the shooting of Rumble in the Bronx he was unable to perform some of the stunts. During the fight-scene at the Japanese arcade he was forced to use a stunt-double for the wideshots.
Foh (Jackie Chan) is a mechanic and part time racing car driver, playing the Good Samaritan for the police force by helping them to apprehend a dangerous criminal named Cougar (Thorsten Nickel) by means of a car chase. The criminal soon breaks free however and takes revenge on Foh by trashing his business and home and kidnapping his two younger sisters. The only way Foh can free them is by taking part in a race with Cougar a rematch after the criminal’s earlier defeat.
Box office
Despite generally poor reviews, Thunderbolt was a box office hit in Hong Kong, grossing HK $45,647,210 in its theatrical run.
Cast and roles
- Jackie Chan - Chan Foh To (Alfred Tung in US version)
- Anita Yuen - Amy Yip
- Michael Wong - Steve Cannon
- Thorsten Nickel - Warner ‘Cougar’ Kaugman
- Chor Yuen - Chan Chun Tung, Foh’s father (Alfred’s father in US version)
- Wu Oi-Yan - Dai Mui (Daphne in US version)
- Annie Man - Sai Mui (Sammi in US version)
- Y?z? Kayama - Coach
- Kenya Sawada - Saw
- Ken Lo - Kong
- Wong Chi Wah - Mr. Lam
- Chin Kar Lok - Assistant to Coach
- Corey Yuen - The Doctor
- Marie Eguro - Miss Kenya
- Yung Kam-Cheong - Cheong, mechanic
- William Tuen - Koo
- Bruce Law - Bruce
- Patrick Han - John
- Lam Wai-Kong - Inspector Cheung (Joe in US version)
- Shing Fui-On - Illegal racer
- Paul Rapovski - Kong’s gang member #1
- Michael Ian Lambert - Kong’s gang member #2
- Tom Lent (voice)
- Stephen Fung (uncredited)
- Blackie Ko - Mechanic (uncredited)
- Ailen Sit - Bribing thug (uncredited)
- Wong Ming-Sing - Police officer (uncredited)
Awards and nominations
- 1995 Golden Horse Film Festival
- Winner: Best Action Direction (Corey Yuen)
- 1996 Hong Kong Film Awards
- Nomination: Best Action Choreography
Released on Jan 21, 1995 |
Rumble in the Bronx (???; Hong faan kui in Cantonese) is a 1995 Hong Kong martial arts-action film starring Jackie Chan and the lateAnita Mui. Released in the US in 1996, Rumble in the Bronx had a successful theater run, and brought Chan into the American mainstream. The film is set in the Bronx area of New York City but was filmed in and around Vancouver.
Plot
Keung (Jackie Chan), a Hong Kong cop comes to New York to attend the wedding of his Uncle Bill (Bill Tung) who introduces his new wife to him down at his supermarket, which he owns and is in the process of selling to Elaine (Anita Mui). Uncle’s friend, Steven Lo, loans him a vintage automobile for the wedding. Later that night, a street gang starts a motorcycle race near Uncle Bill’s apartment. They are about to run over his friend’s car until Keung jumps down and stops them. He soon starts a rivalry with the street gang when he drives them away from the supermarket that they were robbing and vandalizing. When a member of the street gang named Angelo (Garvin Cross) gets involved in an illegal diamond deal gone bad and steals the diamonds, the small-time gangsters become the victims of a much larger criminal syndicate, and Keung agrees to help their leader, Tony (Marc Akerstream). Keung convinces the street gangsters to reform, then brings the big-time criminals to justice.
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Keung
- Anita Mui as Elaine
- Françoise Yip as Nancy
- Bill Tung as Uncle Bill
- Marc Akerstream as Tony
- Garvin Cross as Angelo
- Morgan Lam as Danny
- Kris Lord as White Tiger
- Carrie Cain Sparks as Whitney
- Yueh Hua as Realtor
- Eddy Ko as Prospective market buyer
- Emil Chau as Ice cream salesman
- Alex To as Ice cream customer
- Richard Faraci as bad guy with ponytail
- Jamie Luk as Steven Lo.
Awards and nominations
- 1996 Hong Kong Film Awards
- Winner: Best Action Choreography (Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong)
- Nomination: Best Actor (Jackie Chan)
- Nomination: Best Actress (Anita Mui)
- Nomination: Best Film Editing (Peter Cheung)
- Nomination: Best New Performer (Françoise Yip)
- Nomination: Best Picture (Barbie Tang)
- Nomination: Best Supporting Actress (Françoise Yip)
- 1997 Key Art Awards
- Winner: Best of Show – Audiovisual
For the “Ben Knows” comedy TV spot
- 1996 MTV Movie Awards
- Nomination: Best Fight (Jackie Chan)