Movie Description
In director Stanley Tong's action-packed film, martial arts megastar Jackie Chan (as a Hong Kong police officer named Jackie) battles on land, in the air, and underwater in his efforts to help both the CIA and a Russian intelligence agency retrieve a stolen Ukrainian nuclear warhead. Sent on an easy tailing job, Jackie gets more than he bargained for and is soon fighting for survival on a frozen mountaintop against gun-toting baddies on skis and snowmobiles. Luckily the chase sends him to warm Australia, but danger still comes at Jackie from all angles--including sharks from below. As with other scintillating Tong-Chan partnerships, FIRST STRIKE features classic Chan-style slapstick comedy and balletic fight sequences, including an unforgettable warehouse brawl in which his only allies are a stepladder and a broomstick. Chan's already incomparable legend as a daredevil stuntman is fortified by a virtually unbroken string of dangerous acrobatics and by the news, upon the film's release, that its star contracted severe hypothermia after filming a plunge into an ice-glutted lake.
| Credits | | Producer: | Barbie Tung | | Cast: | Grishajeva Nonna, Kristoff Kaczmarek, Terry Woo |
Editorial Reviews
"...There's definitely more than three rings' worth of death-defying feats, high-flying slapstick and even a few well-trained animal acts..."
USA Today - p.4D - Susan Wloszczyna
"...[A] combination of energy, invention and humor....There's also plenty of Chan's signature acrobatic martial-arts wizardry to satisfy fans..."
Variety - Leonard Klady
"...Euphorically frothy....Talk about good, clean fun: here it is..."
New York Times - p.C3 - Stephen Holden
"...Amusing....As always, Chan displays a balletic grace in his elaborate martial arts stunts..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (01/10/1997)
"...Chan himself is a graceful and skilled physical actor, immensely likable, and there's a kind of Boy Scout innocence in the action that's refreshing..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/10/1997)
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