With this production, a smash hit all over the world, Asian superstar Jackie Chan at long last went mainstream in the United States after cracking their movie market, after his previous starring attempts like “Battle Creek Brawl” (1980) and “The Protector” (1986) got him nowhere. Moreover, it went on to win the Best Action Choreography Award at the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1996. “And just like that, I was a big star in America after fifteen years of trying.” Chan later wrote in his autobiography “Never Grow Old”.
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Hong Kong policeman and kung fu expert, Ma Hon Keung (Jackie Chan) arrives in New York to attend the wedding of his Uncle Bill (Bill Tung Biu) who is also in the process of selling his supermarket in the Bronx. Almost overnight, Keung gets himself involved with a biker gang, a syndicate, stolen diamonds and the police. Soon...
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Hong Kong policeman and kung fu expert, Ma Hon Keung (Jackie Chan) arrives in New York to attend the wedding of his Uncle Bill (Bill Tung Biu) who is also in the process of selling his supermarket in the Bronx. Almost overnight, Keung gets himself involved with a biker gang, a syndicate, stolen diamonds and the police. Soon...
- 3/6/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
There are some who think The Crow is a cursed production given the subject matter and the deaths of actor Brandon Lee and The Crow: Stairway to Heaven stuntman, Marc Akerstream. But Luke Evans is unfazed by any such rumors. Evans told The Metro, "I’m not one of those superstitious people. It is incredibly sad that Brendon died making the movie. He was a very talented actor. It is a very beautiful story, The Crow. It is a very tragic story with huge emotional themes. We plan to tell the story differently and with a lot of integrity to the original comic book." Evans recent comments concerning the comic book source material are completely different from the statement he made back in May when he said his version would essentially be a remake of the original 1994 Brandon Lee film. Perhaps there's been a change in the script since...
- 12/11/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
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