The movie centers on Chen Zhen, a Chinese student in Japan in the 1920s who returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese. He has but one choice - to avenge his master's murder and restore his school's honor.
[VIDEO ESSAY] Jackie Chan's physical ingenuity brings with it an enormous history as a naturally gifted storyteller whose development dates back to his life as a childhood actor.
Anita Mui all but pulls a heist herself in every scene she's in, but make no mistake. This is Chan's movie, and he holds his own, whether it's using his comedic talents to feign drunkenness or strike a goofy face, or showing off those impressive martial a
The extended fight scenes [have been] justly hailed by aficionados as classics of the genre.
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
March 22, 2002
A spectacularly silly comic epic in which almost every known camera trick, stunt and fight choreography known to the genre is squished into one story.
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review
August 07, 2008
This 1994 sequel... includes Chan's exhilarating battle with a horde of ax-wielding thugs and a classic 20-minute finale fight that's set in a steel mill.
Nell Minow
December 28, 2010
One of Jackie Chan's best, but not for everyone.
Lisa Schwarzbaum
September 07, 2011
Heeere's Jackie, ageless and great, before refitting himself to Western specs.
