Rumble in the Bronx (1996)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 53
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 11
An entertaining Jackie Chan stunt-fest in which the impressive action sequences overcome the low production value and by-the-numbers plot.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 3
An entertaining Jackie Chan stunt-fest in which the impressive action sequences overcome the low production value and by-the-numbers plot.
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After years as a major star in most of the rest of the world, Jackie Chan finally broke through to stardom in the United States with Rumble in the Bronx, a dubbed and re-edited version of Hung Fan Kui. Here Chan plays Keung, a police officer from Hong Kong who travels to New York to attend the wedding of his uncle, Bill (Bill Tung). Bill has just sold his grocery store to Elaine (Anita Mui), and Keung finds Elaine to be a pretty good reason to extend his visit to New York. However, a
Jan 21, 1995 Wide
Sep 4, 2001
New Line Cinema
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Chan's insistence on his own fallibility and vulnerability, taken with virtuoso scenes like the fight involving 101 domestic appliances, shows why he means more to his countless fans than six US action stars put together.
Top CriticIt's light on plot and character, but the stunts are well staged.
For once a film's ad line has a whiff of truth about it: 'No Fear. No Stuntman. No Equal.'
The fun of Rumble in the Bronx is watching Chan build up one inventive and off-the-wall action scene after another.
Awe-inspiring.
The whole point is Jackie Chan - and, like Astaire and Rogers, he does what he does better than anybody.
I've seen Jackie Chan movies in Cantonese with no subtitles, and it's easy to shake off the plot that you don't understand and just root for the good guys. The same goes here.
Yes, the production values for support acting, dubbing, and photography are marginal, at best. But, the stunts and action sequences are a breath of fresh air when compared to the bloated, hi-tech Hollywood actioners we're seeing.
Great action strung together by the weakest of plots.
Some dizzyingly exciting action marks Chan's stateside debut.
A daft, but hugely enjoyable gangster romp.
Whoever demands three-dimensional characters, thoughtful exploration of some important issues or even some semblance of plot from a movie should never watch Rumble in the Bronx.
Great fun despite cheap, shoddy production and dubbing.
It's Jackie Chan delivering tasty kung fu smackdown. As long as that's what you go in looking for, you won't be disappointed.
It's really complicated: see, there's these bad guys... and then Jackie Chan beats the crap out of them.
Chan's U.S. breakthrough may not be his best, but it's up there.
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Foreign Titles
- Rumble in the Bronx (Hung fan au) (DE)
- Rumble in the Bronx (Hung fan au) (UK)
