A Secret Agent loses his memory after falling from a crashing helicopter. He is then chased by several other agency operatives, but he has no idea why.A Secret Agent loses his memory after falling from a crashing helicopter. He is then chased by several other agency operatives, but he has no idea why.A Secret Agent loses his memory after falling from a crashing helicopter. He is then chased by several other agency operatives, but he has no idea why.
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- 2 wins & 10 nominations total
Ton Pompert
- CIA Chairman
- (as Tom Pompert)
Glory Simon
- CIA Secretary
- (as Gloria Simon)
Fred van Ditmarsch
- Airforce
- (as Johan van Ditmarsch)
Jeremiah Fleming
- Marine Assistant
- (as Jeremiah Flemming)
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Jackie Chan is a special operative, part of an elite military unit who are employed to capture a group of scientist working on a potent force that can be a power source or a weapon of mass destruction. After the job the group is betrayed and their helicopter forced to crash Jackie is the only survivor. He comes too much later in an African village having lost his memory. When he has regained full strength he begins to try and find who he is however his ex-employers are also keen to ensure he knows nothing and that they can complete their work.
The story here is solid not much more can be said than that. It works quite well as a thriller plot but it wouldn't stand up by itself. Happily we have two things saving the plot. The first is the strand of physical comedy that runs through Chan's work here we have plenty of little jokes scattered around, e.g. Chan is fighting one man and uses the man's tie against him, another man waits to fight Chan but pointedly removes his tie first! The second (and more important) aspect is the fight scenes. For much of the film the action seems to be toned down indeed there are only 4 or 5 main scenes in the movie where Chan lets rip. However all of these are good, however the final roof top fight (in fact the whole last 20 minutes) is excellent and worth watching the film for.
As always the film doesn't worry about details rather it focuses on choreography. This means we have bad support actors .and we do! It means that things like realism and continuity go out the window ..a car slides on it's side, spins and then turns over again however seconds later it has no scratches anywhere! And some of the early special effects are a little ropy. Although these are minor problems.
Chan is excellent in the lead and is a real wonder to watch I wish I could move like him now never mind when I'm his age. His ability at both martial arts and comedy helps this film immensely. It is hard to fault him for effort.
Overall this is a good Chan movie it has the same faults as all his movies do, but it's funny, has some good action scenes and ends with a really good conclusion. Well worth watching.
The story here is solid not much more can be said than that. It works quite well as a thriller plot but it wouldn't stand up by itself. Happily we have two things saving the plot. The first is the strand of physical comedy that runs through Chan's work here we have plenty of little jokes scattered around, e.g. Chan is fighting one man and uses the man's tie against him, another man waits to fight Chan but pointedly removes his tie first! The second (and more important) aspect is the fight scenes. For much of the film the action seems to be toned down indeed there are only 4 or 5 main scenes in the movie where Chan lets rip. However all of these are good, however the final roof top fight (in fact the whole last 20 minutes) is excellent and worth watching the film for.
As always the film doesn't worry about details rather it focuses on choreography. This means we have bad support actors .and we do! It means that things like realism and continuity go out the window ..a car slides on it's side, spins and then turns over again however seconds later it has no scratches anywhere! And some of the early special effects are a little ropy. Although these are minor problems.
Chan is excellent in the lead and is a real wonder to watch I wish I could move like him now never mind when I'm his age. His ability at both martial arts and comedy helps this film immensely. It is hard to fault him for effort.
Overall this is a good Chan movie it has the same faults as all his movies do, but it's funny, has some good action scenes and ends with a really good conclusion. Well worth watching.
Great great kung fu film. The plot is a farce on the typical James Bond fare of secret government conspiracies and evil men attempting to gain the means to take over the world. The strength here, instead of a huge budget full of beautiful women and nifty gadgets, is in the action sequences. The fight scenes are so much fun to watch, and Chan's car chase is also a wonderful piece of footage (with some physics+ involved). If you are looking for a great time with the kind of fast fighting and physical comedy that come with Jackie Chan then make sure you sit down to Who Am I? Also, I will say that the final fight scene between Chan and the two toughest badies in the the bad men's stock fight is incredible. My favorite fight scene of all moviedom, especially the man whose specialty is his incredible legwork.
This overlong Jackie vehicle looks like a DTV flick (of course it WAS a DTV flick, but that's no excuse), has an exposition-heavy script, and some of the action set-pieces (including the car chase) lack energy, but all's forgiven when we get to the last 20 minutes, where we witness one of the most exhilarating fight sequences ever filmed, followed shortly afterwards by (arguably) THE most breathtaking stunt Chan has ever attempted on-screen - and that's saying something! (**1/2)
This is the first Jackie Chan film I saw and I loved it. I was a little bit young to understand the storyline but now that I'm older, the storyline is actually very great.
The action in this movie is a key part of this film, as it is in any martial arts film. Jackie Chan brings his usual unique fighting style on screen and the best fight of all is atop the roof of the CIA building at the films climax which is followed by an awesome stunt which I won't give away. The villain is a decent antagonist and Chan's sidekicks come in handy this time around.
Great film, it is dubbed by a few actors/actresses but just plain fun and awesome overall.
The action in this movie is a key part of this film, as it is in any martial arts film. Jackie Chan brings his usual unique fighting style on screen and the best fight of all is atop the roof of the CIA building at the films climax which is followed by an awesome stunt which I won't give away. The villain is a decent antagonist and Chan's sidekicks come in handy this time around.
Great film, it is dubbed by a few actors/actresses but just plain fun and awesome overall.
ok, so the acting wasn't the greatest, but the excellence in every other aspect of the movie completely compensated for it. It had a good story, amazing action sequences, and a good combination of action and comedy (what Jackie does so well). the fight scene on top of the building is the best fight scene i've ever seen. what makes it the best is how real it is, today's movies' fight scenes are full of wires and quick cuts in editing to confuse the audience into thinking there's more going on. this fight had amazing stunts with guys who really knew what they were doing, with Jackie's trademark funny expressions mixed in. By far JC's best, and I didn't even say anything about the car stunts.
Did you know
- TriviaMichelle Ferre never considered acting, but on the set of this movie, when she tried to interview Jackie Chan, he was struck by her, and asked her to audition for the movie, which she did, and landed a co-starring role.
- GoofsWhen Jacki runs up the hill on top of the rocks and screams, "Who am I?" you can see a member of the crew underneath the bridge area. When the chopper shot starts to move around you can see him look up at the camera and move back under the bridge trying to hide.
- Quotes
Morgan's hitman: You've got two choices. Give us the disk and jump off.
Morgan's Hitman: Or number two, we take the disk and throw you off.
Who Am I?: I like the third choice: I keep the disk, and I throw you both off.
- Crazy creditsIn the tradition of every Jackie Chan film, outtakes appear under the end credits. All of Jackie's outtakes involve bloopers only. The only injury on the outtakes is a stunt driver being brought out on a stretcher.
- Alternate versionsThe American version is cut by 9 minutes. Scenes omitted from the American version: -In the Hong Kong version, we do not see Jackie's unit get double crossed right after the mission is over (The American edit shows the unit getting double crossed after the mission). When the mission is over, it immediately cuts to the CIA briefing room. The scene with the double cross is shown during a flashback.
- There are more scenes with Jackie and his time with the African tribe. These include:
- Jackie talks in Chinese most of the time (The American version shows him talking in English as the film was shot in English).
- A conversation with tribal child Baba about the sun and the moon in hopes of finding out what happened to him.
- A confrontation with Jackie and a lion after Jackie picks up one of the lion's cubs.
- A ceremony where Jackie is made a member of the tribe.
- Before he leaves his tribal friends to go journey to find out his true identity, he does a traditional tribal dance for them and they return the favor with a dance of their own.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)
- SoundtracksYa Kuo Hu Di Ren (A Man in the Past)
Written by Lam Si
Performed by Emil Chow Wah-Kin
Details
- Runtime
- 2h(120 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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