10-28-2018, 09:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-30-2018, 06:32 PM by ZpaceJ0ck0.
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So I watched two more old school action movies.
Winners and Sinners/5 Lucky Stars: I liked the interactions between the main cast, the actors had a good sense of chemistry. The amount of action and comedy scenes was balanced really well; and while the quality of the humor may depend on the viewer (personally it gave me a few chuckles here and there), the quality of the action scenes cannot be disputed.
Oh, and unlike Policewoman, Jackie Chan has a more active role in this film, being a private investigator rather than just a puny thug, which is a good thing.
James Glickenhaus' The Protector (Aka The original American release): it was.... Okay. One one hand, the main stars Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello did a decent job with their roles of Billy Wong and Danny Garon, respectively. The movie also has some nice cinematography, featuring some nice shots of Hong Kong.
On the other hand, the performances made by the rest of the cast were sometimes a little robotic. The pacing was humdrum, and the climatic fight had the potential to be much better compared to what we got. Is a shame James never took into account Jackie Chan's suggestions.
Fun fact: the relationship between James and Jackie during production was so contentious that not only Jackie Chan decided to make his own edit of the movie for distribution in Hong Kong (including new footage not present in the original release), he also decided to direct his own film know as "Police Story" as a direct response to James Glickenhaus' The Protector; to show him how action movies should be done.
Sources:
https://listverse.com/2014/09/05/10-awes...ckie-chan/ (number 4)
https://www.framerated.co.uk/police-story-1985-1988/
https://mubi.com/es/notebook/posts/revie...lice-story
Winners and Sinners/5 Lucky Stars: I liked the interactions between the main cast, the actors had a good sense of chemistry. The amount of action and comedy scenes was balanced really well; and while the quality of the humor may depend on the viewer (personally it gave me a few chuckles here and there), the quality of the action scenes cannot be disputed.
Oh, and unlike Policewoman, Jackie Chan has a more active role in this film, being a private investigator rather than just a puny thug, which is a good thing.
James Glickenhaus' The Protector (Aka The original American release): it was.... Okay. One one hand, the main stars Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello did a decent job with their roles of Billy Wong and Danny Garon, respectively. The movie also has some nice cinematography, featuring some nice shots of Hong Kong.
On the other hand, the performances made by the rest of the cast were sometimes a little robotic. The pacing was humdrum, and the climatic fight had the potential to be much better compared to what we got. Is a shame James never took into account Jackie Chan's suggestions.
Fun fact: the relationship between James and Jackie during production was so contentious that not only Jackie Chan decided to make his own edit of the movie for distribution in Hong Kong (including new footage not present in the original release), he also decided to direct his own film know as "Police Story" as a direct response to James Glickenhaus' The Protector; to show him how action movies should be done.
Sources:
https://listverse.com/2014/09/05/10-awes...ckie-chan/ (number 4)
https://www.framerated.co.uk/police-story-1985-1988/
https://mubi.com/es/notebook/posts/revie...lice-story