Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.

Director:

Stanley Tong

Writers:

Edward Tang, Fibe Ma

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip

2 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Keung
Anita Mui	...	Elaine
Françoise Yip	...	Nancy (as Francois Yip)
Bill Tung	...	Uncle Bill
Marc Akerstream	...	Tony
Garvin Cross	...	Angelo
Morgan Lam	...	Danny
Ailen Sit	...	Tony's Gang Member
Man-Ching Chan	...	Tony's Gang Member (as Chan Man Ching)
Fred Andrucci	...	Tony's Gang Member
Mark Antoniuk	...	Tony's Gang Member
Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle	...	Tony's Gang Member (as Lauro Chartrand)
Chris Franco	...	Tony's Gang Member
Lance Gibson	...	Tony's Gang Member
David Hooper	...	Tony's Gang Member

Storyline

Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow....

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Plot Keywords:

one way mirror | baseball bat used as a weapon | backhand slap | briefcase of money | pipe wrench | 

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Taglines:

No Fear. No Stuntman. No Equal

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language and violent sequences

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English

Release Date:

23 February 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rumble in the Bronx

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$7,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$74,907, 19 July 1996

Gross USA:

$32,392,047

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$39,748,899

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd., Maple Ridge Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 89 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby (original release) Dolby SR (US version) SDDS (US version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of beach scene was shot in Hong Kong.

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Goofs

When the gang chases Jackie on motorcycles, Tony begins to chase him on a motorcycle with the number 36. However, after a while, the motorcycle 36 is no longer sitting Tony, but a bandit in a helmet. He is trying to hit Jackie, and he dives head first into the hatch of a sports car. But after a few seconds, Tony turns up on this bike again.

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Quotes

Ah Keung: Uncle, you still practise?
Uncle Bill: That old thing? Your dad gave it to me. Otherwise I'd have used it for firewood long ago.
[Keung takes A few punches From The dummy]
Uncle Bill: I see you kept up.
Ah Keung: Just sometime.
[Keeps Punching & Training The wing Chun dummy Until A boy Claps & Cheers Keung for His martial arts skills]

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Crazy Credits

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

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Alternate Versions

For the VHS and DVD releases in the UK, the BBFC ordered 42 seconds of cuts to the bottle scene. The footage was re-instated for the Blu-ray release.

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Connections

Referenced in Nostalgia Critic: Video Game Review (2008)

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Soundtracks

Stigmata
Written by Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker
Performed by Ministry

User Reviews

Great introduction to Chan's work

This was the first film I saw of Jackie's (first one released in the US that I can remember despite The Protector and The Big Brawl in the 80s) and I have to say it's a great introduction to Chan's work. The fighting is great and well shot while the stunts are amazing. The humor (a Jackie trademark) is also hilarious. People from the US really don't know what a good martial arts film is. Some have grown up with Bruce Lee and it's appreciated but many of them are constantly renting Van Damme and Steven Segal films (working at a video store, I see it all the time). Seeing someone who really is impressive at martial arts, dosen't need fast cuts and choppy editing, and does his own stunts puts all the Van Damme's and Segal's to shame. Take the warehouse fight for example and compare it to any American martial arts film and you will see the difference.

For those who haven't seen this film yet and love martial arts films - rent this movie. For those who have seen it and want to see more Jackie - I recommend Drunken Master I and II (II is very hard to find in the US), The Young Master (great final fight), Who Am I? (unbelieveable stunts), Police Story I, II, and III (all around Jackie Chan films, III is known in the US as just Supercop), Operation Condor (tons of martial arts), and Project A I and II (II is another hard to find one in the US). You may also want to check out Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon - they aren't as good as the ones listed above but they are entertaining and Jackie Chan films nonetheless. As for Rumble In The Bronx, make it your first Chan film.