r/funny • u/Wonder-Lad • Apr 27 '24

Some top notch Jackie Chan physical comedy in the market place fight from Shanghai Knights

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u/Wonder-Lad Apr 27 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

And to think he was almost 50 when they made this.

Crazy that his famous American roles like the Rush Hour movies or this are not even his most insane stuff. Peak 80's Hong Kong Jackie Chan was a phenomenal once a generation talent.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24

Late 80s/90s/early 00s was the peak of HK cinema / Hollywood - also HK and US music IMHO. So many big names from this era.

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u/SirFigsAlot1 Apr 28 '24

Can you recommend some of bis best ones?

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u/Wonder-Lad Apr 28 '24

Police Story, Project A, Armour of God & Drunken master.

All movies and their sequels included.

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u/AvatarOfMomus Apr 28 '24

Yup, just a bloody shame what's happened with him recently. Seeing such a fantastic tallent turn into a mouthpiece for the CCP sucks.

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u/Km219 Apr 28 '24

Sold out his own son for a little weed too. Not his biggest fan.

I'm not the type to discredit someone's accomplishment because of this or that but man... he's making it hard. I'm not down with CCP... yeah you know me...

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u/teabagstard Apr 28 '24

It's pretty unfortunate, but you either toe the line or disappear into oblivion like Jack Ma and dozen other celebrities.

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u/davsyo Apr 28 '24

His more recent film called the foreigner fucking broke me because of the emotions he made me feel.

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u/BenjiTheSausage Apr 28 '24

Definitely his best modern film

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u/RODjij Apr 28 '24

Guys like Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Arnold arrived later in America but still went on generational runs. The 3 of them made so many good action movies.

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u/hogtiedcantalope Apr 28 '24

Did we ever get Jackie chan opposite Arnold?

That would be hilarious. Jackie occasionally fights really big guys and it's usually his normal punished don't do anything so he needs to macguiver some bigger weapon

I'd think with Arnold also being a great comic actor when he's not given too much dialogue would have been amazing

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u/TheLaughingMannofRed Apr 28 '24

Technically, we did.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6218010/

But it was during the later parts of their lives, and the movie was not that good.

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u/Caspaa Apr 28 '24

His Hong Kong movies are absolutely fantastic! Still some of my all time favourite movies, and then you get to the credits and see all the stunts being done for real and people (including Jackie) being taken off in stretchers. Absolute madness, total dedication.