Rumble in the Bronx . Tucson Weekly . 02-29-96

Rumble in the Bronx

DIRECTED BY: Stanley Tong

REVIEWED: 02-29-96

Hong Kong film fans rejoice! It's a Jackie Chan film shot in New York! And it's in English, sort of! Jackie Chan, the Buster Keaton of Hong Kong, is one of the most engaging action stars of all time. He's credited with inventing the kung fu comedy and is famous for choreographing and performing all his amazing stunts himself. Rumble In The Bronx has the impish underdog protecting his uncle's grocery store in the bad South Bronx from a coed band of marauding motorcycle thugs. Thrill to one breath-taking stunt after another of Roadrunner-and-Coyote-style action come to life! Marvel at the campy coolness of the production values! The English voices of the Cantonese-speaking actors are overdubbed and the whole thing is charmingly out-of-synch. Plus, the plot seems to have been dreamed up by someone whose primary contact with American culture is '70s action movies. What could be more delightful?

--Stacey Richter

Other Films by Stanley Tong
Mr. Magoo
Supercop

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