It's the joy of watching Chan, a Buster Keaton of kickboxing, hurling himself into every stunt with total commitment, astounding athleticism and oddly unflappable, shaggy-haired grace.

| Mar 7, 2019

[Chan's] impeccable sense for how to stage a sequence extends to simple conversations, and the films are built around what's possible in terms of action rather than filling in action to support the plot.

| Dec 28, 2018

Chan seems to do everything he can think of to ingratiate himself with viewers.

| Mar 6, 2018

One of the great 1980s action films. It's also one of the most 1980s action films.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 6, 2018

The likeable and graceful Chan directs, sings and performs jaw-dropping stunts. Few of his American or Austrian rivals attempt a fraction of that.

| Jun 24, 2006

In the course of the story, about drug traffickers, Mr. Chan gets three separate birthday cakes thrown into his face, and participates in several elaborately staged gun fights and car chases.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 30, 2004