Police Story and Police Story 2 were made during this decade and have been added to The Criterion Collection , along with Project A , Project A2 , and Armour of God — all representing an explosive debut of a relentless entertainer willing to leap off buildings, hang on the sides of fast-moving vehicles, avoiding heavy lethal objects at the last second, and do just about every punishing stunt conceivable for our enjoyment.
Fun fact: Rotten Tomatoes founder Senh Duong was inspired to create the site after an inconvenient night searching for reviews on movies like First Strike and Who Am I? So no Jackie Chan, no Rotten Tomatoes. And then where would we be? After a string of mediocre big-budget Hollywood affairs The Tuxedo , The Medallion , and The Spy Next Door among them , Chan has mainly been working in China, continuing to produce, direct, and explore more dramatic roles.
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Imagine a needle in your flesh and a tube of liquid injected in your body So scary! Chan waited for the injection, lying on a bed with wheels. People gathered around me and laughed really hard when they found out the reason. In his book, Chan talks about his first love, his wife and a few girlfriends, including the famous Taiwanese pop singer Teresa Teng. Ng gave birth to a daughter in named Etta; Ng says Chan is the father, but Chan has never publicly acknowledged the girl as his daughter.
All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. The Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation, launched in , originally offered scholarships to Hong Kong youth, but has since broadened its scope to provide medical services and aid to the victims of natural disasters. Encouraged by the efforts of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, Chan has pledged to will at least half of his estate to charity upon his death. Much like Chan's Rush Hour co-star Chris Tucker, Time magazine columnist Austin Ramzy struggled to understand the words coming out of Chan's mouth following a statement the actor made while sitting on a panel at the Boao Forum for Asia.
We Chinese need to be controlled. Pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators were more certain in their reactions. Leung Kwok-hung said, " He's insulted the Chinese people. Chinese people aren't pets. Reportedly, Sylvester Stallone, the film's protagonist, originally lobbied for his friend Chan to play the role of the violent sociopath Simon Phoenix, but the iconic part went to Wesley Snipes after Chan refused to play an evil character.
Other than the minor roles he took as nameless thugs opposite Bruce Lee and a few others in his early career, Chan has only played a villain once. As the "Gang Leader" in 's Police Woman , Chan antagonizes a cab driver Charlie Chin in possession of incriminating evidence until the driver's sister, the titular female police officer Qiu Yuen comes to her brother's defense.
Chan's role is primarily notable because the film was later renamed Rumble in Hong Kong in an effort to capitalize on the actor's success in the U. Shinjuku Incident features Chan as a dramatic antihero, and though it could not be released in China because of its graphic violence, it's about the closest he's strayed from being an onscreen hero since. Chan's mother, Lee-lee, meanwhile, was a gambler and opium smuggler known as "Third Sister" in the Shanghai underworld.
The two reportedly met when Fang — working as an anti-Communist intelligence officer — arrested Lee-lee for running drugs by the docks, but took pity on the mother of two and let her go. Chan's parents later fled to Hong Kong, where they lived considerably more comfortable lives under different names. While this all sounds like the plot of an action film, Cheung explains that Chan's parents' struggle to survive during this turbulent point in history is typical of the difficult decisions people faced in the violent lead-up to World War II — a tragic time when a civil war and a Japanese invasion caused mass death and poverty.
As one of the most recognizable movie stars in the world, Chan is often hired as a commercial spokesperson, and he has appeared in advertisements for health and beauty products, automobiles, appliances, food, and anti-virus software.
Chan's popularity, however, doesn't seem to translate to automatic success for these companies. Last year, some Chinese news outlets began to speculate that the opposite was closer to the truth, reporting that many of the products he endorsed failed in highly visible ways and suggesting the actor's blessing might actually be a "curse. A newspaper editorial on the "curse" called Chan " A man who can destroy anything. Described as a "comedy", All in the Family is remembered today almost exclusively for the fact that it contains Chan in an extremely rare sex scene, a sight not seen again until 's banned-in-China Shinjuku Incident.
The historical epic was also rumored to feature the actor in a steamy bedroom scene, but the shots were cut from the film before its release. Not surprisingly, Chan seemed no happier with the critically panned Rush Hour 3 , writing, " Nothing particularly exciting stood out that made this movie special for me
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