Thunderbolt (1995)
"Pik lik for" (original title)

In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.

Director:

Gordon Chan

Writers:

Gordon Chan, Hing-Ka Chan,

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Michael Wong

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Chan Foh To (Alfred Tung in US version)
Anita Yuen	...	Amy Yip
Michael Wong	...	Steve Cannon
Thorsten Nickel	...	Warner 'Cougar' Kaugman
Yuen Chor	...	Uncle Tung / Foh's father (Alfred's father in US version) (as Yun Chor)
Oi-Yan Wu	...	Dai Mui (Daphne in US version) (as Daisy Wu Oi-Yan)
Chung-Han Man	...	Sai Mui / May (Sammi in US version) (as Man Chun-Han)
Yûzô Kayama	...	Coach Mirakami (as Kayama Yuzo)
Kenya Sawada	...	Saw (as Sawada Kenya)
Ken Lo	...	Kong (as Houi-Kang Low)
Chi Wah Wong	...	Mr. Lam (as Tze-Wah Wong)
Kar Lok Chin	...	Coach's Assistant (as Ka-Lok Chin)
Corey Yuen	...	The Doctor (as Cory Yuen)
Marie Eguro	...	Miss Kenya (as Eguro Mari)
Kam-Cheong Yung	...	Cheong, mechanic (as Peter Yung Kam-Cheong)

Storyline

Jackie plays Foh, an expert mechanic who has returned from Japan after a master course at Mitsubishi Motors. He runs a small business in Hong Kong along with his father and two sisters. In his spare time, he also helps the police out by checking cars that have been illegally upgraded. One night, psychotic street racing driver Warner Krugerman, aka Cougar, speeds past Foh and the cops. Foh gets into a car and stops Cougar heroically. Cougar lands in jail, but breaks out eventually. He gets revenge on Foh by trashing his business and kidnapping his sisters. The only way Foh can get his sisters back is by racing cougar in Japan. He now must retrain himself in race car driving so he can be at his best to race Cougar.

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Plot Keywords:

car | mechanic | kidnapping | street racing | jail | 

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Taglines:

Oddsen kan inte bli mycket högre än så här

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English Japanese

Release Date:

5 August 1995 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Thunderbolt

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Box Office

Budget:

HKD 2,000,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because of the injured ankle Chan had sustained in Rumble in the Bronx a year before, a stunt double was used for most of the the fight scenes.

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Goofs

When Amy uses the phone booth after entering the casino, some of the film crew, particularly the boom operator, are reflected in the glass.

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Connections

Spoofed in Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib (1998)

User Reviews

Not typical Jackie Chan and a slow starter, but great once it gets up to speed

An odd choice it may be, but in many ways Thunderbolt is my favorite Jackie Chan film (but not his by a very long shot) even though it's far from his best. It's a very slow starter but once it gets going has some of his best stunts, not least because this time it's not played for laughs and when the punches land, people really get hurt. The step-printing in some scenes is a bit irritating and there is one obvious bit of doubling (the fight in the Pachinko parlour is partially shot with a double when Chan was in hospital: the style of fighting and movement is noticeably different), but it's a satisfyingly down and dirty car-chases-and-fights number thanks to the Sammo Hung choreographed fights and Frankie Chan's car stunts. Indeed, there's one amazing car stunt in the final race that has to be seen to be disbelieved, with car flipping over midair and landing upside down on top of another car as it races by: how the hell they shot that for real is beyond me.