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2

(nothing substantial)


 

6

(drug use, mild violence, strong language)

2

(for Jackie Chan completists only)

I found Rumble in Hong Kong on DVD under the title Young Tiger. Its primary title, as listed in I Am Jackie Chan, is Police Woman. If you see a terrible old movie with Jackie as a bad guy with a huge mole on his face then it’s the same one no matter which title it's under. Since you will probably kick yourself if you buy it once, I thought I’d better share the title differences so that you don’t accidentally buy it twice! I also don’t want anyone thinking this one has anything to do with Rumble In The Bronx. That's a Kung Fu of a different color.Of the many Jackie Chan movies I own this is by far the worst. It can barely be considered a Chan movie at all. He has a small role as a villain, and not even the main one! He doesn’t have much in the way of fighting, and when he is featured it sucks.Nothing against him, mind you (I wouldn’t have gotten this movie in the first place if I didn’t think he was the greatest), all the fighting sucks. In fact, it really isn’t a Martial Arts movie at all - it’s a drama with a few fight scenes. Problem is, it’s not a good drama. The story is weak, the acting sucks, and the quality is horrible.Here’s a quick summary: a girl being chased by a gang dies in a cab but not before she hides her purse containing evidence of the gang’s crimes. The gang begins harassing the cab driver, who they figure has the purse, until the woman’s sister, a cop, steps in to bring them to justice.

 

I cringe when I hear some of the awful dialogue and laugh (it’s not a comedy, by the way) at the logic of thinking the cop sister is an imposter while the imposter is genuine. The lighting is so dark and the sound so distorted that it can be disorienting at times leaving you to wonder what exactly is going on.

 

There is a little character development with some of the male hero’s fellow cab drivers realizing they should come together to help him. One guy in particular goes from not wanting to help to rallying the others together. The druggie girl, friend of the dead woman, fights her addictions to do the right thing which I find more interesting than the primary plot, but it gets only a small portion of the movie.

 

We spend a lot of time getting to know the cab driver, but the police woman just kind of pops in with no development at all. We don’t even know if what she’s doing (stopping the gang) is out of revenge, pure justice, guilt, gratitude for the cab driver trying to help her sister, or what. There’s not enough strength in any of it (character development, social commentary, etc.) to make the movie worth watching.In fact, it is so bad that Jackie gives little information about it in his book other than the title variations. He obviously hated it, and it bombed in the theatres.

Morality

I would call this PG13 I guess, mostly for drug content and a little strong language. The violence is by and large not bloody or graphic.

Spirituality

There’s an interesting debate over whether contemporary entertainment is corrupting the minds of children and what can be done about it, but it seems out of place with the rest of the movie. It's barely enough to spark some conversations about the topic.

Final Thoughts

The only real value it has is a little nostalgia for the Jackie Chan completist. If you get it for that reason you at least won’t beat yourself up for spending the money.

 

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