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

The rain in Japan kept the climatic racing scenes from being filmed. The crew moved to Malaysia to film the race scenes. Another problem occurred when the Malaysian government was worried that people would get hurt during filming, so the race was filmed at regular speed, and sped up during post production.

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Goofs

In the beginning of the race, Foh enters the pitlane. Krugman has already passed the pit entry. Foh gets a 30 second penalty, and has to stay in the pit for 1 minute 31 seconds. At 1 minute 15 or so, Krugman comes in, which means he did a very fast lap (q-time was 1:39). During his part of the race, Krugman laps Foh, but Foh is never seen relapping him, while winning the race.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tuxedo (2002)

User Reviews

Not one of Chan's better movies

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it, but I'd much rather watch a better Chan film, such as "Police Story" or "Legend of Drunken master." The Story was good, and the racing was an interesting Idea, but I don't think there were enough fights, and even when there were fights, bad camera work made it impossible to see what was going on. one good thing about the movie, there was one shootout scene, and it was awesome! This one is a good "Renter" but not a "Buyer." If your a fan of Jackie Chan, you need to see this movie, but don't buy it without seeing it first. This is one of the only Jackie Chan films I won't buy, unless I have a lot of money to spare, and i'm in a store with the DVD in front of me.