Der Protector (1985)
61KDer Protector: Directed by James Glickenhaus. With Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Sandy Alexander, Victor Arnold. Two New York City cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.
“Everybody and their mothers bashed this movie including Jackie himself who reshot and added more action and fight scenes in Hong Kong. I think Jackie bashed the movie himself because it was a flop.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis was an above average 80u0026#39;s action cop-buddy movie with some very expensive action scenes. In NY harbor they blew up 2 boats and in HK they blew up a helicopter. The fights were good to excellent including a Jackie fight with legendary MMA fighter Bill Wallace and a crazy fight in a massage parlor and that is just off the top of my head. Probably my favorite scene is the fight and chase scene in Kowloon harbor on the water itself where a population of boat people live year round. He does 2 death defying stunts in that scene alone, one involving a motor-cross bike and one with a long pole.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was not a typical Jackie flick because Jackie curses a lot and is seemed to be a cocky womanizer and there is a lot of nudity in this movie and it wasnu0026#39;t a comedy. His acting wasnu0026#39;t bad and i thought his chemistry with Danny Aiello was pretty good too.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePersonally, i am a huge fan of Jackies being that i think i saw just about all his movies including some bad ones went he was just starting out in the early 70u0026#39;s and as a fan iu0026#39;m glad he switched to a new role in this movie…and i donu0026#39;t know but there is just something about this movie that makes me watch it again and again. People ripped the endsong and i thought there was nothing wrong and it was a good song.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt doesnu0026#39;t hurt that the gorgeous Moon Lee is in the movie too! All in all this is probably in my higher selection of Jackie movies that i like. When and if you do watch this movie, know that this is not a typical Jackie movie and just start from there and i hope you will like this movie also.”
