Year: 1985
Plot: The first in Chan's self-directed, rightly acclaimed Police Story series cast our hero as an undercover cop, playing a lead role in a crucial sting against a super-shady local crime syndicate.
The bust is a success, and the head honcho put away - but, while he awaits trial, his former secretary decides to testify and thus becomes a target for the remaining gang members. Chan is assigned to protect her, culminating in an epic shopping centre beat-down.
Trivia: A famous scene in which a car chase is diverted through (and pretty much destroys) a hillside shantytown is an early coup, but the most visually stunning solo stunt in the movie is Chan's slide down a long pole covered with electric light bulbs, after which he crashes through a glass ceiling to collar his man (6:50 in the above clip).
Chan suffered second-degree burns due to the rapid unexpected heating of the pole from the light bulbs, and dislocated his pelvis as he crashed through the ceiling. Now that's gonna ache in the morning...
Check out the Total Film page on Chan's latest, The Karate Kid (2010), over here.
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Serrano
Jul 30th 2010, 16:24
Fantasy Mission Force is easily my favourite Jackie Chan film. I am not kidding.
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Hadouken76
Aug 1st 2010, 10:03
Armour of God 1 & 2, Snake in the Eagles shadow. Classic Chan.
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hago1
Aug 1st 2010, 10:47
No mention of Shanghai Noon/Shanghai Knights?
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Carl1984
Aug 1st 2010, 23:13
I am a self proclaimed massive fan of Jackie's I have every one of his films (some more then once), I also have his Hong Kong albums, books, magazines, posters ect anyway about this list I agree with some of the worst ones for instance Police Woman (A.K.A Rumble In Hong Kong) and Fantasy Mission Force deserve to be in the wost list completely also sorry to say so does The Tuxedo and The Medallion if them two had a better story they wouldn't be there. The other three Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu, Master With Cracked Fingers and Battle Creek Brawl (A.K.A The Big Brawl) don't deserve to be there. You've missed a few off the best list i.e New Police Story, The Myth, Rob-B-Hood and Shinjuku Incident. As for Drunken Master 2 it does deserve to be in the best list but the only thing that annoys me is it has never been released in the UK and I've never found a reason why.
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