Very best movie i ever watch

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Project A is in my opinion the three brothers best work(Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao). It features great fight scenes, jaw-dropping stunts, well-played tongue-in-cheek humor, and a fun, complicated plot full of misunderstandings and amazing coincidences. It's just awesome and I'm gonna tell you why.Firstly, the story. Now since this is a Jackie Chan film, you don't expect to see a well-layered, complex story with poignant messages about the horrors of war and why should you? Jackie Chan's films are just made for entertainment. They aren't made to make you think about "what it means to be human" or "what is the definition of evil", they are films made to entertain and in that regard, Project A MORE than succeeds. The plot here is full of misunderstandings, amazing coincidences, and extraordinary cases of people being in places they shouldn't have been, and it's a lot of fun! While this movie, like a lot Chan's films, is really just goofy, slapstick humor after fight scene after goofy, slapstick humor, after fight scene, and repeat that pattern 100 times more, the plot here is so tongue-in-cheek and fast-paced, it'll keep you entertained the entire time. So yeah, there's certainly not a whole lot to talk about as it becomes very complicated if you try to describe it and there's no real character arcs or themes, I'll say this. The plot here is perfectly fun and entertaining and it'll keep you interested till the very end.More importantly, how are the fight scenes and stunts? They are GREAT! The fighting here is the usual Jackie Chan fighting style, people punching and kicking each other repeatedly without a whole lot of grace or obvious choreography integrated with Three Stooges-esque comedy, and a clever use of props as weapons. While the fights are just punches and kicks with no real gore, the various falls and hits that the stuntmen take do feel very real and brutal at times which is cool, as it makes the fights feel more real. Something lacking in his American films. Jackie here, is in his physical prime. He does some truly daring and creative stunts in this film without mentioning the most famous of which, the clock tower drop. While Sammo and Yuen don't do nearly the amount of hardcore stunts as Jackie does, their talent for comedy and screen fighting make up for it. Speaking of Sammo and Yuen, how's the rest of the cast? Well, since this is HK comedy, everybody does kinda play their part in an exaggerated manner. But with this sort of film, it works and the entire cast got me laughing at least once so I can't say they did particularly a bad job but I would say, that the villain, Pirate Lo, really should've gotten more screen time. They built him up the whole movie to be this big bad pirate but yet, when we meet him, he's just a very generic villain. But other than that, the cast is pretty solid and entertaining.There are some flaws with this film. While most of the film is light- hearted and tongue-in-cheek, there's some really dark and unsettling moments on occasion that are meant to be funny, but feel out of place. There's a scene where Yuen Biao orders one of his police cadets to be EXECUTED for laughing in class! Wow, that's just WAY too dark for this kind of movie and it makes Yuen look like a psychopath. Though, the guy fainted before they could shoot him so he changed the punishment to washing the bathroom instead. Still, a complete tone-killer for what's supposed to be a fun, breezy film. There's also scene where Jackie tries to get information from some pirate associate how to meet Pirate Lo but for some reason, Jackie gets SO mad at him, he starts beating the crap out of him with a baton! Seriously, was that necessary? I know he's supposed to be a righteous, compassionate guy who would never let bad things happen but was that really necessary? It's just too brutal for this type of film.But overall, it's a very funny, exciting film that showcases the three brothers'talent best out of all their collaborations. I recommend it to all martial arts fans.

It's the turn of the 19th century where Dragon Mi Young (Chan) is a coastguard who leads his men after the ruthless Lor Sam Pau and his band of cutthroat pirates who terrorise the South China seas (although most of the time is spent on dry land), but the government what to rid themselves of the coastguards which leaves Dragon quitting the force to get to them. The film that made Jackie Chan a superstar… quite possibly the launching pad for those dangerous stunts and the important turning point of his career in an iconic character trait. Whenever I think of Chan; "Police Story" and "Project A" always shoot to mind as these benchmark films truly captured the talent of their star by effortlessly blending the goofy psychical humour and martial arts with amazing fight (watch the many uses of a bicycle) and stunt sequences (like 'Clock-tower fall'). Hey that's not to say I don't enjoy his early work with the likes of "Drunken Master" and "The Young Master", but those former films he had control and cooked up some very innovative and mind-boggling ideas where as his earlier stuff he was quite limited especially due to the cheap budgets and quick shoots. Another exciting inclusion is that it fuses together the remarkable talents of three legendary martial art stars; Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Mao. The dependable combination of the three simply crackles as they work off each other with ease. Playing the bad guys you got the established Dick Wei leading the way as the cackling leader of the pirates Lor Sam Pau. The final fight sequence between the four at the pirates' den is a masterful display in its execution of frenetic acrobatic choreography. The dialog and drama is light (so there's few distractions), as the impact comes from the boundless set-pieces in what is a busy framework complemented by a rousing score and vivid backdrop. An excellent kung-fu period action adventure comedy with plenty of colourful imagination and non-stop excitement.

This movie is heavy on the humor and has a few stunning action scenes, which is honestly all anyone wants from a Jackie Chan movie, right? Most of the scenes are pretty typical barroom brawler type things, skillfully choreographed but not quite as creative and fun as what Chan would show us in the next two decades.The movie's most famous scene is the clocktower fight, which is both an homage to Buster Keaton and one of Chan's most dangerous stunts in his entire career, where he fell 60 feet with only two awnings to break his fall. Also above average is the great bicycle chase which is vintage Chan with all kinds of gags that work quite well.The non-action scenes are fine. Don't expect anything too spectacular, after all you watch these movies for the laughs and the action, but the movie does avoid being boring as we watch the escapades of Chan's character Dragon, an goodhearted but hapless sailor determined to bring justice to the pirates plaguing the coast. He runs into all kinds of bureaucratic problems, of course.I watched the dubbed version, which from the other reviews, I gather is the one to watch, as it includes all the best scenes.

There are certain cinema ideas that were just meant to work, no matter what the circumstances might be. Jackie Chan fighting pirates easily ranks up there as one of the slickest ideas ever composed. Thank goodness it delivered on the premise. Jackie Chan's Project A is a mesh of action, comedy, and homage to classic slapstick. Within the 100+ minutes you'll see some spectacular fights, even more spectacular physical stunts, hilarious physical humor, and of course, Chan at his best. Unlike the insurance-run Hollywood, the Jackie Chan Stunt Team wasn't afraid of taking risks or getting hurt at the sake of entertainment, and this beat-em-up' underrated classic overpowers any modern-day action film that Hollywood could muster. Project A is silly but viciously raw; and thanks to clever direction and choreography, its one of the better martial arts movies out there.Project A is about (Yes guys, there is a plot) a group of sailors, Navy-like men trying to stop Chinese pirates from wreaking havoc in the coastline. However, because of corruption amongst the government and the police force, they are unable to receive enough funding to continue the fight and are forced to thwart the terrorism when it strikes on their home turf. Jackie Chan and co. must try to stop the rivalry against the Chinese police force and unravel the web of corruption that's entangling everyone involved and heightening the danger present. Jackie Chan not only starred and directed the flick, but he wrote the script too, and it's quite clever at times. Other times, it can be quite confusing—usually in those instances you are anticipating the next fight, which is never too far away.In a martial arts movie, we watch for all about the fighting. While Enter the Dragon may have started the obsession and love towards the genre, Jackie Chan and his reliable crew perfected the art in the 80s. Project A is easily one of the best choreographed films of all-time in terms of the action; some of the fights are just flat-out unbelievable. Jackie Chan fights with a bicycle for crying out loud. While the punching and kicking combinations aren't as gruesome as his other films (Drunken Master, Meals on Wheels, Dragons Forever), the elaborate movements and avoidance of damage (example: Chan avoids a man swinging a sword at him for two minutes straight) more than make up for it. Not a single action fan should be disappointed. Plus, just like Chan's best comedic work, there has to be at least one humorous fight thrown in, and Project A delivers in this category as well.Chan's direction does two things: allows for the action to remain intense, and showcases just how elaborate everyone's movements are. There is no trickery; you shall see elongated shots of hand-to-hand combat that's too precise to be filmed in the United States. While Chan doesn't have the ability to capture emotions like Spielberg or Scorsese he knows how to flesh out the energy and craft of a good fight. And that's why we are watching this, correct? Nobody's acting here is award-worthy, but it gets the job done and maintains its silly-but-serious tone. Sammo Hung gives the best performance of the film as the thief that thwarts Chan's quest for justice and at the same time helps him.Bottom Line: While perfection or masterpiece isn't achieved here, Project A delivers everything you could possibly want in a martial arts film: amazing stunts, great fights, decent story, good acting, worthy adversary, explosive finale, and a tang of humor. Well-directed and written by the master himself, Project A remains one of Jackie Chan's best work and another example of how his foreign films are far superior to that of his work in America. It's not all his fault though; Hollywood doesn't lust as much over precision and perfection as the Chinese do when staging a fight. Legend of Drunken Master's final fight took months to film; one stunt here required a week of merely convincing Chan before actually filming it----we don't believe in investing that much time towards a couple of minutes. This is called effort, and Chan's career has more effort than twenty-five actors and actresses put together. Project A: Jackie Chan fighting pirates; it's too good to be true. Thank goodness it's true.P.S. Is it so hard to correctly dub a movie? Buena Vista pretty much butchered this film.