In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Chan Foh To (Jackie Chan) has to beat a supercriminal street racer.In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Chan Foh To (Jackie Chan) has to beat a supercriminal street racer.In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Chan Foh To (Jackie Chan) has to beat a supercriminal street racer.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Yuen Chor
- Uncle Tung
- (as Yun Chor)
- …
Hoi-Yan Woo
- Dai Mui (Daphne in US version)
- (as Daisy Wu Oi-Yan)
Yûzô Kayama
- Coach Mirakami
- (as Kayama Yuzo)
Kenya Sawada
- Saw
- (as Sawada Kenya)
Wai-Kwong Lo
- Kong
- (as Houi-Kang Low)
Kar Lok Chin
- Coach's Assistant
- (as Ka-Lok Chin)
Corey Yuen
- The Doctor
- (as Cory Yuen)
Marie Eguro
- Miss Kenya
- (as Eguro Mari)
Kam-Cheong Yung
- Cheong, mechanic
- (as Peter Yung Kam-Cheong)
William Wai-Lun Duen
- Koo
- (as William Tuen Wai-Lun)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe rain in Japan kept the climactic race scenes from being filmed there, so the crew moved to Malaysia to film them. However, a problem occurred when the Malaysian government became worried that people would get hurt during filming, so the race was filmed at regular speed and sped up during post-production.
- GoofsIn the beginning of the race, Foh enters the pitlane. Krugman has already passed the pit entry. Foh gets a 30 second penalty, and has to stay in the pit for 1 minute 31 seconds. At 1 minute 15 or so, Krugman comes in, which means he did a very fast lap (q-time was 1:39). During his part of the race, Krugman laps Foh, but Foh is never seen relapping him, while winning the race.
- Alternate versionsTwo different openings were shot for the film. In the Japanese print, Jackie, while training at the Mitsubishi car plant in Japan, breaks company rules by test driving a prototype without permission. As a result, he has to return to Hong Kong. In the Hong Kong print, Jackie simply completes his training, has an amusing encounter with the boss's daughter, then leaves Japan of his own accord.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Rage (1995)
Featured review
One of the most important things in a Jackie Chan movie is the direction. It is important for us, the viewer, to be able to clearly see what's going on. If we can't then we might've just rented a generic Steven Seagal-type martial arts movie because the fights in those movies are completely incomprehensible as well.
So then. This movie has some great car-chases and relevant crashes, it has some amazing fight-scenes and a few really cool stunts. Most of it is completely lost due to crap direction. We get slow-motion photography at totally inappropriate moments (in one case even during the middle of a fight) and occasionally we even get an effect that shows 6 frames per second instead of 24. The fact that the camera is always about 5 inches away from the action doesn't help matters.
All in all, it would've been a great movie if it was possible to figure out what was happening on-screen. Pity.
So then. This movie has some great car-chases and relevant crashes, it has some amazing fight-scenes and a few really cool stunts. Most of it is completely lost due to crap direction. We get slow-motion photography at totally inappropriate moments (in one case even during the middle of a fight) and occasionally we even get an effect that shows 6 frames per second instead of 24. The fact that the camera is always about 5 inches away from the action doesn't help matters.
All in all, it would've been a great movie if it was possible to figure out what was happening on-screen. Pity.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Громобій
- Filming locations
- Shah Alam Circuit, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia(racing circuit)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- HK$2,000,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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