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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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:

$9,858,380, 25 February 1996

Gross USA:

$32,392,047

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$32,392,047

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

The warehouse fight scene took twenty days to film, with Jackie Chan having to teach the local stunt players to fight "Hong Kong style".

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Goofs

Camera in the back of beige Chrysler as it swerves around the oncoming hovercraft.

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Quotes

Angelo: I think he broke my nose.

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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

The cable station American Movie Channel aired this movie with some additional scenes. Uncle Bill's duet with his new wife is reinstated, as well as the market scene where Keung stares down some extortionists and calls the police on Tony's gang.

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Connections

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

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Soundtracks

Problem Child
Written by Charles Alexander Adams and Lamont Alexander Adams

User Reviews

Sometimes a bit silly but always very entertaining.

There are some moments in 'Rumble In The Bronx (1995)' where the dub causes unintentional hilarity ("my cushion") and occasional times when the silliness of the tone doesn't quite match up with the intentions of the plot, but for the most part this is a fun and fantastically well-choreographed action-adventure staring cinema's greatest stunt-man-come-actor. It finds that superb middle-ground between fight and dance and, as such, is a feast for the eyes in a ballet of brutality that favours the spectacle of motion far more than the violence of battle, even though there are segments of proper grisliness here and there, which adds up to a piece that's incredibly entertaining and impressive to boot. 7/10