First Strike . Tucson Weekly . 01-23-97

First Strike

DIRECTED BY: Stanley Tong Kwai-lai

REVIEWED: 01-23-97

The newest Jackie Chan vehicle takes our Hong Kong hero from the frozen tundra of Russia to the sandy beaches of the Australian coast on a quest to recapture a nuclear warhead and kick ass. This time around, Chan does less of the ballet-inspired, choreographed fight scenes and more traditional stunt work: high-speed crashes on snowboards, hand-to-hand combat in shark-infested aquariums, and crashing expensive cars through solid objects. It's a little more James Bond and a little less Kung-fu theatre, but the result is, as always, thoroughly entertaining.

--Mari Wadsworth

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