Rumble in the Bronx
By Sophean Morn

I have been a fan of Jackie Chan for a long time, my favorite movies being The Protector, Armor of God, and Police Story. I liked these movies not just for the amazing stunts, which are almost always spectacular, but for the humor in his productions. I went to this movie with similar high expectations, and I wasn't disappointed. The movie was over all really good. It’s a pretty old movie now but still is one of my favorite and classic movies of all time.

In Rumble in the Bronx, Chan plays Keung, who has just arrived from Hong Kong to attend his uncle's wedding. His uncle sells the grocery store he owns, in the Bronx, to a young Chinese lady, who recruits Chan for help in the store. Right after his arrival, Keung gets on the wrong side of a motorcycle gang (a girl member of which is also his neighbor; the sister of a crippled young boy), and the market pays the price for it. The motorcycle gang trashed the whole market, they took everything down. They also stole a lot of things from the market, broke things, but Chan stepped in and gave a couple of the motorcycle members a piece of him.

This sets up a feud between Keung and the rest of the motorcycle gang. Mixed in with all this is a rich mobster who is behind a diamond heist. They end up crossing paths with Keung and the motorcycle gang after losing his diamonds. The market also pays the price for the mobster's wrath. As usual, Chan plays a character that is pitted against hundreds of others and manages to beat them all into submission single-handedly and humorously.

I was primarily not disappointed because the movie is standard fare for Jackie Chan. The dubbing is horrible, and the acting isn't the best. But the stunts are great and there are plenty of high-action high-speed chases, coupled with some spectacular stunts that are simply unrivalled. But the icing on the cake is that all the stunts and other actions are combined with Chaplin-like slapstick humor, and attention must be paid every moment to make sure one doesn't miss a laugh.

 It's refreshing to see a movie which doesn't take itself too seriously and is without the usual Hollywood slickness. This adds a great deal of honesty and character to the movie, and even plots that are traditional appear exciting in such a setting. Like in other movies they take everything do serious when they are fighting, but on the other hand, Chan make the fighting experiment into a laughter experiment. It stands out from other movie; the vibe of the movie is more different than many others. It gives the movie a better personality kind of.

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