Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996)
"Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo" (original title)

This installment of Chan's Police Story series has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead.

Director:

Stanley Tong

Writers:

Greg Mellott, Elliot Tong,

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu, Annie Wu

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Insp. Chan Ka Kui
Jackson Liu	...	Jackson Tsui (as Jackson Lou)
Annie Wu	...	Annie Tsui (as Chen Chun Wu)
Bill Tung	...	'Uncle' Bill Wong
Yuri Petrov	...	Col. Gregor Yegorov (as Jouri Petrov)
Nonna Grishaeva	...	Natasha (as Grishajeva Nonna)
John Eaves	...	Mark
Terry Woo	...	Uncle Seven
Kristopher Kazmarek	...	Cmdr. Korda (as Kristoff Kaczmarek)
Ailen Sit	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Man-Ching Chan	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Rocky Lai	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Chan Wai To	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Brett Arthur	...	Hit Man
Mark French	...	Hit Man

Storyline

Jackie, a cop, participates in a sting operation on an international spy-ring. But when one of them (Tsui) gets away, Jackie is ordered to apprehend him. This leads Jackie all over the globe starting with Tsui's sister in Australia. The story follows him as he tries to stay alive and capture the villain.

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Plot Keywords:

australia | hero | knife | skiing | pistol | 

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Taglines:

They thought they possessed the ultimate weapon. They hadn't counted on Jackie Chan.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for plentiful action/violence

Details

Country:

Hong Kong USA

Language:

English Cantonese Mandarin Russian Ukrainian

Release Date:

10 January 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jackie Chan's First Strike

Filming Locations:

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,778,933 (USA) (10 January 1997)

Gross:

$14,511,338 (USA) (21 February 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, New Line Cinema, Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS (US version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Since Annie Wu didn't speak Cantonese at that time (she was just learning the language), all of her scenes and those of Uncle Seven and his family (including Jackson Lau) were done in Mandarin. Thus, most of this film was shot in Mandarin, not Cantonese.

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Goofs

After Jackie meets up with Annie with the security guards at the elevator, the security guard talking on the walkie-talkie says that they are on the top floor, but after Jackie pushes both guards into the elevator, you clearly see the elevator going up, clearly indicating there is at least one more floor.

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Quotes

Col. Gregor Yegorov: You even share the same coffin as your father.
Jackson Tsui: The coffin is for you. You killed my father!
Col. Gregor Yegorov: He had to die somehow. At least it was for a reason.

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes of the stunts that went wrong, injuries and funny scenes.

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Connections

Referenced in The Creeps (1997)

User Reviews

Bad Bond, Great Jackie.

"First Strike" is at its worst when it tries to be a James Bond spoof and comes off as a cut-rate Bond imitation. It's at its best when it lets Jackie Chan do what he does best: performing awesome physical stunts and engaging in lightning-paced fight scenes. The plot is utterly disjointed, and I would go so far as to say that there are only two or three really good scenes here, but these are SO good they make the movie worth watching anyway. The "ladder scene", in particular, simply defies belief; Jackie Chan seems to be pushing the boundaries of what we consider "humanly possible". (**1/2)