RUMBLE IN THE BRONX * (Released to Theaters Hong Kong and USA 1995/1996)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.4|5.0 Stars ìììì

Rumble in the Bronx—a classic Jackie Chan movie—makes the Ben Meyers International 1995 Favorite Films list. It’s a film you can see more than once, an example of honest acting. The moral of the story becomes: stand up and fight for your right to live life to the fullest no matter who/what you currently are. Don’t apologize for limitations or abilities. Move forward in life.

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Storyline

Keung (Jackie Chan),who comes to help his uncle run a convenience store in New York City’s The Bronx—a neighborhood controlled by gangs and crime—gets a good clean-up Jackie Chan style.

Additional Thanks

Great Work for Director Stanley Tong. Thank you to Executive Producers Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho for making the film possible. Good work by Musical Composer J. Peter Robinson. Great job by Script Writers Edward Tang and Fibe Ma. Additional casting includes: Jackie Chan, Marc Akerstream, Kris Lord, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung, Garvin Cross, and Morgan Lam.

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. Great action. Good storyline.

*Also known as Hung fan kui

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KUNG FU YOGA (Theatrical Release USA 2017)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.3|5.0 Starsììì

Kung Fu Yoga does not deliver the Jackie Chan action nor the persona we expect and love. It’s a wannabe action flick on par with Skiptrace and The Chinese Zodiac. The film is boring except for two scenes­—an ice cave fight scene and a market place fight scene. It will be interesting to see his next scheduled movie Foreigner. Hopefully, it will deliver a quality product that far surpasses this film.

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Storyline

Jack (Jackie Chan) teams with Indian Professor Ashmita (Disha Patani) to find a lost treasure in Tibet.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Stanley Tong for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers Jackie Chan, Joe Tam, Iris Wang, Chuck Zhang, and Sailesh Pathak for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Kyra (Amyra Dastur), Jones (Aarif Rahman), Nuomin (Miya Muqi), Randall (Sonu Sood), Max (Paul Philip Clark), Xiaoguang (Yixing Zhang), Circe (Yuxian Shang), Jiang Wen (Jiang Wen), Snowmobile henchman (Agust Bjarnason), Jianghua (Eric Tsang), Jonathan (Guoli Zhang), and Professor (Lavlin Thadani).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. But Jackie Chan’s 2016 movie Railroad Tigers delivers more punch for the entertainment dollar than this 2017 film.

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