Jackie Chan is back again in this fast paced action comedy. The action starts in Hong Kong, where Jackie works as a sales assistant selling exercise equipment. The viewer is immediately thrown into an action packed chase scene where Jackie pursues robbers in a shopping mall. Jackie Chan always makes good use of the props surrounding him, which is always a delight to witness. The action is then tranferred to Korea where he meets his missing Korean father, who worked as a double agent for the Koreans and the Turkish drug lords. Jackie is now involved in the unwrapping of the mystery which surrounded his father. The decoding of a telephone number leads him to a bank in Turkey. Here he is pursued by both Turkish and Korean drug barons who are looking for the Opiate Maxe, a highly addictive drug.

Although the plot is nothing to shout about, the action scenes more than make up for it. The best chasing/fighting scene had me in fits of giggles, when Jackie is chased through a Turkish market naked with nothing but props he picks up on the way to cover his modesty! This is classic Jackie Chan, where the fight scenes are brilliantly orchestrated and with dashing of humour thrown in. One thing I can't figure out is who are the girls on the cover of the DVD. They certainly weren't featured in the film as the two main girls who do paly in the film are orientals.

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Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look acting so dumb by English Dubb. For ANY of HK movies, ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots though.

I WROTE THIS BEFORE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. JACKIE CHAN IS VERY FUNNY IN THIS MOVIE. I'VE NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD AT THAT SPECIAL SCENE IN THE MOVIE(YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN). SEE THIS MOVIE AND FORM YOUR OWN OPINION. SOME MIGHT FIND IT SILLY.
NO MATTER, I ENJOYED IT. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT TOO...

First of all, I'd like to say that I love this movie. I had begun to lose faith in Jackie Chan after seeing some of his latest films like The Tuxedo and Shanghai Knights, but this film reminded me why I love him. The stunts are wonderful and very nicely choreographed. The camera work is tight and very nice. The writing is well above par for a Jackie Chan film.

The only thing about this film that bothers me is the DVD itself. Whoever made the cover for this DVD was on crack. You see the three other people on the cover besides Jackie Chan? Well, they're not in the film at all. I was waiting to see the silly blonde or the angry guy with the gun show up, but they weren't there. Not at all. Also, the copy on the back is full of flaws. There's several major differences between the copy and what actually happens in the film. Aside from the cover being horribly incorrect, there's no original language track option. That made me very sad. Also, there are absolutely no extras on this DVD. Unless you count a badly dubbed French language track as an extra. I know that I don't.

In conclusion, awesome film, terrible packaging and DVD. But the actual film is amazing. Pure Jackie Chan.