Project A (1983)

Just so...so bad

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

jackie chan's most well loved, and respected action comedy 'project a' was in many ways the first pure jackie chan movie, and a blockbuster hit that has gone on to win millions of fans. im not going to talk about the story, this is a jackie chan film remember, but as for the action, it still remains some of chan's best, the fight scenes are his best yet, and the stunts remain a joy to watch, the two highlights bieng his bicycle chase, and clock tower fall. the comedy is still very funny, and jackie chan is at his peak, and is at his best here. there is a reason why 'project a' is such a well loved movie, but you need to go and see it for yourself, go buy this movie now, you wont regret it, i highly recommend

This movie is heavy on the humor and has a few stunning action scenes, which is honestly all anyone wants from a Jackie Chan movie, right? Most of the scenes are pretty typical barroom brawler type things, skillfully choreographed but not quite as creative and fun as what Chan would show us in the next two decades.The movie's most famous scene is the clocktower fight, which is both an homage to Buster Keaton and one of Chan's most dangerous stunts in his entire career, where he fell 60 feet with only two awnings to break his fall. Also above average is the great bicycle chase which is vintage Chan with all kinds of gags that work quite well.The non-action scenes are fine. Don't expect anything too spectacular, after all you watch these movies for the laughs and the action, but the movie does avoid being boring as we watch the escapades of Chan's character Dragon, an goodhearted but hapless sailor determined to bring justice to the pirates plaguing the coast. He runs into all kinds of bureaucratic problems, of course.I watched the dubbed version, which from the other reviews, I gather is the one to watch, as it includes all the best scenes.

Another completely over the top Jackie Chan adventure but fairly enjoyable if you are into this sort of thing.Jackie and his brothers fight pirates (!) off the coast of Hong Kong. That's the basic (nonsensical) plot which allows plenty of martial arts and overwrought Asian melodrama.Sadly Jackie is forced to share the limelight with other actors, who can't match his charisma or sheer athletic ability. The film is not as polished as his Police Story efforts or his recent Hollywood stuff (Shanghai Noon, Shanghai Knights), but makes for a decent home viewing choice.overall 6/10

Okay, let's judge this film overall, and not just by the fighting, which is obviously the best thing about this film.The sets are very good, and you can tell that this was a big-budget film for the time. You get the feel of being in colonial turn-of-the-century Hong Kong. The costumes add to this feel too, not to mention the fact that a lot of the buildings used actually ARE Hong Kong landmarks from all those years ago. On top of this, there's the fact that the film ages less because it is a period piece. Police Story might as well be called, "Eighties Story." Acting - well, although I watched this movie in Chinese with English subtitles, and with English dubbing, I cannot find anything wrong with the acting. It's all done pretty well, with the obvious quirks that make Hong Kong movie acting what it is: strained facial expressions, a lot of pointing, and a lot of laughing that is laughable itself.Sound - not very good, but when you consider that all the sound had to be re-dubbed, it makes sense, and allow for more leniency.The plot is not wafer-thin, as has happened in earlier Chan movies, but this isn't Pi. To be honest, it's about as complicated as a Jackie Chan movie is ever going to get, and if the only reason for watching a kung-fu movie is plot, you're an idiot, anyway.Right, then - action - and boy oh boy, this film is full of incredible action. I have over sixty Jackie Chan films in my collection, so I know what I'm talking about when analysing his films. Project A ranks among the best of his films, when looking at the action. There are so many fights staged, and so many pay-offs. You get to see Jackie, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biu fighting each other, and the bad guys in such a fast, furious, and creative way that this is an action movie you'll never forget. Dick Wei is muscular and mean as the head of the pirates, and is a formidable foe, who forces the three brothers to come together to dispose of him.As usual, the stunts would not have been allowed in Britain or America, but hey, this is Kong Kong, so let's blow these guys up, and watch them flip and fly across the set for our own satisfaction.Overall, this is a top notch film, with wonderfully edited fights, excellent creativity, and superb Chanesque humour along the way. It's a showpiece of the efforts of the three special ones of Hong Kong cinema in the eighties, and any fan of Hong Kong cinema should only miss this at their peril.