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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 .. Read more

Starring Jackie Chan, Chen Chun Wu, Jackson Lou
Director Stanley Tong
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Jackie Chan's First Strike

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.

Starring Jackie Chan, Chen Chun Wu, Jackson Lou
Director Stanley Tong
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 20 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 21 May 1999
Production year: 1996
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Placing less emphasis on kung fu action (although it does feature an amazing fight involving a stepladder) and more on spectacular stunts, this Jackie Chan comedy thriller is a Bondesque romp shot on location all over the globe. The idiotic plot has Chan playing a Hong Kong cop who is hired by both the CIA and Russian intelligence to recover a stolen nuclear warhead. The chase to get the weapon and capture a rogue CIA agent winds up in Melbourne where Chan is framed for murder and adds the police to his list of adversaries. As ever, the storyline is a thin excuse to string together a series of breathtaking action sequences.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 1 stars out of 4

    A typical Jackie Chan action film, not to be taken seriously but to be enjoyed for the panache and daring of its stunts, which are many and spectacular.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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    Rated - 5 stars

    100% Jackie Chan.

    Also known as Police Story Part Four, I must confess that this is one of my favourite J.C. films. It is an attempt to put Jackie into a James Bond kind of plot, and in a strange way it works. Funny in parts, with the usual quality stunts. This film has a stunning fight when Jackie takes on an ever growing gang with a step ladder as his only weapon/defence.

    The underwater Kung Fu is clever and funny, and the part when he is trying to escape two giants (for want of a better description) is another highlight.

    He is playing the same character as the previous Police Story films, but this one has a totally different pace. If you are more of an action rather than fight fan, this may be the perfect Jackie Chan film for you.

      • Ian Davies from South Wales
      • Posted 12 May 2005 19:02

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  • Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Very Good

    Excellent stunt man Jackie Chan. this film is very exciting, fast paced and funny in parts

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      • 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 ...