Perfect cast and a good story

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Review: This is the 4th instalment from the Police Story franchise, which see Jackie Chan return as Detective Chan. At the beginning of the movie he heads to Ukraine to take down the ruthless baddies whose stolen a nuclear warhead and then he's sent to sunny Australia to finish the task. He uses the baddies sister to try and get clues to were he is and when they finally come face to face with each other, he realises that all is not what it seems. He also gets framed for a murder so he's constantly proving his innocence whilst trying to find the baddie who can clear his name. With clever action scenes and some amazing stunts, including fighting underwater, this movie is a action packed ride from beginning to end, with a decent script and many twists and turns. I quite enjoyed this film because of the detailed action scenes and the straight forward storyline but the scenes with the sharks, really went a bit too far. Apart from that, it's basically Chan playing a one man army role, taking out the bad men with style, which we have seen a few times before but it's well put together with some amazing stunts. Watchable!Round-Up: This film sees Chan teamed up with director Stanley Tong again, who seems to bring the best stunts to the big screen when they join forces. I'm a bit gutted that I didn't get to see the 3rd Police Story because I would have liked to have seen Jackie Chan kicking butt with Michelle Yeoh. Anyway, the beginning of this movie is a complete rip off from a Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only I think, and I don't know how the hell little Chan was able to take on those massive Ukraines, who looked like they could eat him for breakfast. That is what makes Chan the ultimate hero in his movies and I'm yet to see him play a mean baddie. Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $22millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their action/adventure/martial arts/comedies starring Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu and Annie Wu. 4/10

As a kid, I watched a lot of Jackie Chan films. A month or so ago, I watched and reviewed his film, Mister Nice Guy. Today, I'll be judging First Strike, a film starring Chan that I got from a flea market a little while back.As usual, the film is a martial arts film that doesn't take itself very seriously, resulting in some ridiculously entertaining moments. It's funny and offers plenty of kickass fight scenes.Dialogue is very well written and executed. The plot isn't very great; merely serviceable. My biggest problem is that the movie is a bit short. Most movies are at least 90 minutes long, which is a good run time. This one's barely over 70 minutes; not counting bloopers. However, it's well paced and exciting enough that this still is a minor gripe to me. The acting isn't very great outside of Chan. Same thing for the characters. Besides Jackie Chan's (he plays himself btw), I either didn't care about any of them or I hated them. Some characters have little point and just feel ignored.It feels disjointed at times, but it's still incredibly fun and I enjoyed every minute of it. Jackie Chan's First Strike gets an 8.5/10. It's what I want from a Jackie Chan film. But the short run time, acting, characters, and plot keep it from a higher score.

Part 4 of the Police Story series sees Jackie Chan's agile Hong Kong police inspector Chan Ka Kui become embroiled in James Bond-style international espionage after he is given the seemingly simple task of following beautiful suspect Natasha to Ukraine. When Natasha is abducted at the airport, Chan sets off in hot pursuit only to discover that she is involved with international arms dealers and the sale of a nuclear warhead.First Strike was made in the mid 90s, a transitional period for Jackie Chan, who was priming himself for his big move to the US. In order to broaden the star's appeal with the Western market, this one has a much more international flavour than many of his earlier films, with the action skipping round the globe, from Hong Kong to Ukraine to Russia and, finally, to Australia. The film is also less focused on pure martial arts mayhem, with more in the way of straight forward Hollywood style stunt-filled action, but when the kung fu does happen it is extremely well handled, with Jackie displaying his usual athleticism, impeccable timing, and flair for physical comedy.The rather messy plot and occasionally slow pacing prevents First Strike from being a bona fide Chan classic, but there is still plenty of inventive stuff to make this one a whole lot of fun, best bits being a wonderful fight scene in which Chan uses a stepladder as a weapon, an exhilarating ski chase down a mountain, some underwater shenanigans with sharks, and a scrap with two Russian man-mountains that involves Chan making a vertiginous leap onto a narrow ledge of a high-rise building.

This is the adventures of Bond's cousin from Hong Kong. Forget the name or the job (Insp. Chan Ka Kui), because this is the Bond formula without the sexual appetizers, the Sci-Fi toys, the huge sets, and the elegant suits. Unfortunately it got the same Bondy plot which's always too thin to be visible. Most likely they wrote and designed the Action firstly, then they looked to trivial matters like putting a story, any story, to fit that, or not ! Obviously Jackie was so desperate to achieve a First Strike in America. After the failure of (The Big Brawl - 1980), he had been forced to be a spoof of himself (The Cannonball Run - 1981), or Dirty Harry (The Protector - 1985), then they let him to be himself (Rumble in the Bronx - 1995), and all of these movies went wrong. Therefore why not to give the western audience what they used to have and mostly love. So here it is a Bond flick done by Chan, yet somehow inside his kind of worlds.But here, badly I think, you'll witness the abstract case of (Chan). Nothing here to watch but (Chan)'s action – very detached - sequences, and nothing disrupts (Chan) to perform his stuff and perfectly, however that's not satisfyingly perfect as a whole. I don't mean a lack of dramatic depth or something, (Shanghai Noon - 2000) is just pure fun and works fine, but here there is nothing else Chan in Action after Action, which wasn't that solidly made as cliffhanger after another ! The absence of some real thrill or comedy makes you want to sleep. No good music, acting, one-liners, or even one-liner ! Nothing is done as good as the certain sequences. You can watch it as 'The Boldest Action Scenes' show – Jackie Chan special episode, and never feel any difference !Despite how this cousin is nicer, how this Bond doing all the madly dangerous stunts by himself, or how it contains historical fearless stunts, I must admit the final result was so ridiculous. Compared to Bond movies it's less entertaining, and to Chan's worlds it's not funny. This non-movie kind of stacking action was at its best nothing but another round into Chan's own circus.. Which was quite tasteless this time.