Jackie Chan ist Nobody (1998)

Jackie Chan ist Nobody: Directed by Benny Chan, Jackie Chan. With Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre, Mirai Yamamoto, Ron Smerczak. A Secret Agent loses his memory after falling from a crashing helicopter. He is then chased by several other agency operatives, but he has no idea why.

“As with Mr Nice Guy,this Jackie Chan vehicle is basically a Hong Kong production filmed in English with mostly western actors. Itu0026#39;s actually an odd Chan film in some respects. For a start,the first third of the film hardly seems like a Chan film at all,apart from a few comic bits of business {Chan chased up a tree by a lion}which are mostly cut from the US version anyway. Even in shortened form,and with some good desert photography,the whole u0026#39;Chan finds himself among desert tribesmenu0026#39; subplot seems an unnecessarily laborious way of getting into the amnesia story that becomes the main thrust of the story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNevertheless,after this the film becomes solid Chan fare with the same fast pacing of Mr Nice Guy. Thereu0026#39;s a great car chase and while the fights are quite short {as with most recent Chan films,he spends a lot of time running away from opponents},itu0026#39;s good to see Chan bashed about a bit-he looks very vulnerable in this film. Of course the acting is weak and some of the dialogue laughable {Iu0026#39;m not sure I agree with the reviewer here who says it was intentionally comic,but opinions differ!},while the intrigue of the amnesia/spy plot just becomes an excuse for the usual chasing around. However,one can almost forgive all this when the climax features a great fight on top of a skyscraper followed quite simply one of the most awesome and downright foolhardy stunts Chan has done. I wonu0026#39;t describe it in detail,just see for yourself! You WILL be amazed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is a sense with Who Am I that the filmmakers attempted to tell a fairly complex story and then realised they were making a Jackie Chan movie and changed it accordingly,leaving a fair bit of confusion. Interestingly,Chanu0026#39;s original cut was around 3 hours long,and maybe that made more sense and balanced the two elements of the film better. Still,thereu0026#39;s a lot of fun to be had here nevertherless. And just listen to Chan rap the part English,part Chinese theme song during the end credits.”