One of the many things I love about Jackie Chan fight scenes: he's been vocal before about his dislike for scenes where a hero takes on 20 bad guys but is really just fighting them one at a time while the rest are dancing around in the background. So when Jackie fights a group of bad guys, there are significant portions where he's fighting 3 or 4 simultaneously, and for the rest of the time he's using the environment and choreography to create logical reasons for why they can't all attack him at once.

@a-blivvy-yus

2 жыл бұрын

His fight scenes also make it clear that in those moments where he hasn't been able to break away from the group of enemies, he's taking hits and struggling to find a way to get out of that situation. The fact that the hero gets hurt even while fighting seemingly "perfectly" simply because his defenses can't be everywhere at once, only reinforces the idea that his fights are more real than most.

@josephgriffiths9151

2 жыл бұрын

@@a-blivvy-yus exactly, he's not some perfect badass who can almost dismissively take down everyone. His films make it clear that he's pretty much always at a disadvantage and has to work hard for the victory.

@snikerz5886

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephgriffiths9151 there is a great quote from Jackie's biography that sums that up actually. "When bruce Lee hits someone, he yells to convey power and ferocity. When I hit someone and yell it's to show how much it hurts to hit someone."

@authorias2532

2 жыл бұрын

This information alone is just awesome

@sledbaron1

Жыл бұрын

@@a-blivvy-yus fz545

It'd take an exponential amount of people to replicate Jackie and his stunt team. And 9 of them would die by the time the movie was finished filming. For sake of the art, Jackie and his boys were lunatics.

@DevilKrin

2 жыл бұрын

Or endless amounts of jumpcuts, shaky cam, and CGI to replicate even Jackie's basic stunts. XD You might even be lucky if you'd ever see even one wide shot.

This scene is legendary. Noone ever came close to Jackie's stuff.

That pole drop was his most dangerous stunt till his skyscraper slide.

Dude, this one and the tower scene from Project A are one of the best stunts from Jackie Chan back in the 80s. I am so excited and eager to see your reaction on his other stunts. He puts his own life on the line for our entertainment, no other actor has come close to doing that other than Yuen Biao or Sammo Hung.

@kgunitkeese17

2 жыл бұрын

You cannot forget that 24 story slide in Who Am I. He had no harness or wires to hold him when he slid down Willemswerf building in Rotterdam.

@GawrGurasBathTubPizza

2 жыл бұрын

3.05 on the david letterman show he admitted in his films he used real glass before he switch to sugar later on because he didnt know about it

I watch Jackie Chan movie so many time..especialy the old one..because the stunt really amazing.

Mad respect for the stunts teams from 80' HK.

This is probably my Fav film of his it has some of the Best Fights n Stunts ever infact the whole series is Fuqing cool!!

Just destroying every glass they come in contact with😂😂😂

@BurridgeMartialArts604

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be a Jackie Chan scene without him breaking everything in sight

@RadeticDaniel

2 жыл бұрын

If you think extreme self defense like his character's situation, broken glass is about the most damaging and easily available improvised weapon you can get. Die hard, with Bruce Willis, also has a scene with shattered glass used to create sort of a "mine field"

Jackie is the definition of master of perfection he always wants his fight sequence to be flawless

They had like 16 hours to shoot the mall fight. I think a lot of the scenes were one shot or just a few. I think I remember reading in his book that the entire scene was hastily shot. They practiced in a warehouse for weeks and then did the real thing in the mall between closing and opening. They had to get the mall looking pretty before it re-opened the next day.

I love that Jackie put himself on the line as much as the stunt team God bless him.

@Texy88

Жыл бұрын

According to the autobiography _I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action,_ during his pre-stardom time a stunt co-ordinator told Jackie a rule that he abided by ever since: something about never asking someone to do something that he was not willing to do himself (cannot remember the exact wording from the book off-hand, but it was something like that).

I went to this shopping mall in HK. When watching this film I recognise the locations quite well. The criterion Police Story 1 and 2 is packed full of extra goodies on the blu ray. Well worth getting. The transfer looks amazing as if it was filmed yesterday.

@Texy88

Жыл бұрын

I'm from the UK and later on this month (September 2022) we're about to get the first three _Police Story_ movies in a 4K Ultra HD box-set (the first two are already available on Blu-Ray from the same company: Eureka! Entertainment, so _Police Story III: Supercop_ is due to be released by itself on Blu-Ray at the same time). Yesterday I saw all three of them in a cinema triple-bill in London and those were 4K remasters; if the quality of those is anything to go by, those forthcoming 4K Ultra HD versions are going to rock! I also visited the Wing-On Plaza when I went to Hong Kong in 2015; it was quite eerie being there and seeing just how far down it was from the uppermost balcony - wow!

Man I love this movie so much thanks for reacting to this going to rewatch it now thanks man

@BurridgeMartialArts604

2 жыл бұрын

This was awesome!

FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

Jackie is the GOAT. And he certainly seems to be one hell of a nice guy as well.

Got to give thanks to Channel 4 back in the day. As a young kid they used to show many eastern martial arts films after 10pm and I lapped them all up including this one.

Jackie absolutely deserved that lifetime award.

Jackie got seriously hurt doing the fire pole gag as his hands were burnt and he hit his head bad. After doing this he slept for few hours in a car getting to his next movie location, he tried walking out but collapsed on the sidewalk and was rushed to the hospital with burns and a nasty fracture. It’s why he punched out the bad guy and mauled the bad guy at the end of the movie. He honestly couldn’t think and randomly started punching things. He was completely out of it. They played it up in the next film though as a joke to change filming location outside Hong Kong. So it worked out.

The end fight from Police Story 2 is awesome too.

Yeah, Most Jackie Chan fight scenes were huge in the evolution of movie fight scenes. and even at his current age is still something to behold.

Steven Spielberg - ”How did you do all those dangerous stunts, jumping off rooftops and over cliffs?” Jackie Chan - ”Oh, that’s simple. It’s just rolling, action, jump, cut, hospital!”

One of Jackie chan best moments in when he went down that poll with the lights even though he got injured doing it but that how Jackie chan is practically fearless.

Fun watching it after all this time.

@BurridgeMartialArts604

2 жыл бұрын

Was great fun haha

@veritasardens6547

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurridgeMartialArts604 yup :)

Jackie chan is a master of his art, taking real hits in his fight scene🙇‍♂️

Jackie Chan is the Undisputed GOAT Martial Arts Superstar 🔥🔥🔥

I’m aware this is an fight scene reaction channel, but would be great if you were to react to Jackie’s bloopers as well just for the sear appreciation of what he puts his body through. Great reactions and thoroughly enjoyed it!!

@donovanbradford8231

Жыл бұрын

oh man his bloopers from films like Rumble in the Bronx and the Rush Hour films yeah even when he falls in a funny way you got think he is waking up with bruises in all the wrong placez.

safety was always the priority but so was it to make the scenes look as real as possible. these guys just know how to fall without taking any serious injuries, they got some cover under their clothes too for protection and the furnishes etc are mostly even prepped to break easier. you can see it in jackie chan my stunts, one of his documentaries explaining many of his stunts

@christiang5209

2 жыл бұрын

I am quite sure, he said he hadn't the budget for safer stunts on 'my stunts' just because they could be more dangerous doesn't mean they are safe ... So i disagree that safety was priority, i think also injury list will proove this ;) And a normal movie would cancel to expensiv stunts, if they couldn't be done safe, or reduce other to get the budget (all the shattered 'glas' is ie quite expensiv). This real action hero Jackie was makes hier movie better, but to be honest i am quite happy that no one else do this to this extreme since i don't want to hear about death or disabled actors just for my entertainment.

@pruitsrajak8901

2 жыл бұрын

@@christiang5209 yes, thats true too, but for many stunts, they just couldnt do much about safety, except laying a matress on the floor or something. they still did it as safe as possible with a very low budget, they covered him with some protectors underneath his clothes etc but that was it. just like the jump on the escalator, he explained that too, that it was dangerous, if the escalator comes against his direction, so they changed its direction to go up, to make the landing safer.

@user-se6rv5rr6i

Жыл бұрын

If you think safety has any priority in 80's HK cinema, you don't know HK cinema.

@pruitsrajak8901

Жыл бұрын

@@user-se6rv5rr6i it was a priority, but for them it was also a priority to deliver great movies and great stunts. they were dangerous, but they still tried to look for safety measures as good as possible.

Jackie Chan is still one of my favorite martial artists. There's no one else that can come close

Jackie 'The Man' Chan . Legend.

In the mean time, Tom Cruise wants to take credit for doing his own stunts after he say Jacki Chan come to American doing Rumble in the Bronx. When he takes off all of his protections when doing the stunts, then he can pretend he is on par enough with Jackie to claim he is doing his own stunts.

Max! Thank you bro! I’ve been looking forward to you going over this one! Respect ✊

I think we should change the saying from "bull in a China shop" to "Jackie Chan film in a glass botique/mall"

2:20 stunt was done in one take. I can’t remember what injuries he got, but either way it still hurts to look at them. Every fall, I groan and flinch away every time I watch it. The pole slide, he also burned the skin on his hands.

Rumble in the Bronx and First Strike are my top two but so many good ones to choose from. Great commentary. Love to watch Jackie but hate to think of the pain he goes through.

The bus stunt early in the film put the stunt guys in hospital. If I recall correctly, they hadn't taken the then-new anti-lock brakes into account when stopping the bus, so they just sort of fell out of the window and dropped, rather than flying out as planned.

Not missing much from the dialogue (I speak Chinese). Met Jackie in 2005, best day ever!

an absolute brutal scene to watch. I am not suprised people got injured because these scenes and stunts look stiff and you can see just how hard some of these surfaces were.

Apparently the mall was open too so the people you see watching the stunt were just regular people

Being someone who can understand cantonese this is so much funnier

The guy in the White/Cream Jacket who fights Jackie ALOT in this scene also plays one of the Three Masters Donnie Yen has to fight on the table in Ip Man 2 by the way.

@Texy88

Жыл бұрын

Fung Hak-On (who sadly passed away in 2016). He was in a lot of Sammo Hung's films, most prominently in the likes of _The Magnificent Butcher, The Iron-Fisted Monk_ and _Warriors Two._

You were correct: that was a double for Jackie in the bit where his character is riding the motorcycle through those glass cabinets. The double in question, according to Bey Logan's audio commentary on the Hong Kong Legends DVD release, was Blackie Ko Shau-Liang (1953-2003). It is also not Jackie at the bit where that same bike first knocks Jackie's character down onto his back (7:05).

@cherylcohen5700

4 ай бұрын

Jackie was quite open in interviews about using a double if he wasn't trained in something that could result in severe injury to another that would be caused by him not knowing how to do something. Ie: flying a plane, expertly crashing a car or safely running into another human being with a motorcycle.

Jackie is the hardest working man, in cinema history

This and the first chase scene from Blues Brothers just proves that more big action set pieces need to happen in malls

I'd love to see you react to the Ruroni Kenshin Live action Fights. Some of them are pretty great. They are on Netflix. Keep up the good work, Love the vids!

@donovanbradford8231

Жыл бұрын

Damn never knew Batoshi the Man Slayer popped up in Netflix

I think everyone of these movies always start with " So, Jackie Chan almost died"

Jackie also suffered 2nd degree burn on his hands from sliding down through the lamps.

No one tells a story through action or innovates like Jackie

I remember reading some interesting facts about Jackie, he had over a dozen time broken spine, and each time the doctors said that he would not be able to walk anymore, for the rest of his life in a wheelchair, and after 2 months he was running and jumping,WTF whit this dude.

Jackie and his team were always competing to see who could do the most epic stunts and falls. They were dedicated to their craft!

The foot out of nowhere is definitely a shoe and pant leg on someone's arm.

@BurridgeMartialArts604

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@ibrohiem

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that filming technique is still used in the industry LOL. I guess for safety reason.

@Texy88

Жыл бұрын

Not just for safety. Sometimes using a fake leg is to help with choreography that would otherwise be physically/anatomically impossible (as demonstrated in _Jackie Chan: My Stunts_ when a fake leg was used in a specific section from the rooftop fight in _Who Am I?)._

I just want to say, your videos/reactions are amazing. Wish i'd been able to stay in Australia while I could .

Police Story has the Outstanding fight scenes and incredible stunts ever filmed Police Story is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING Jackie Chan is the greatest Hong Kong action star of all time Forget the so called Hollywood imitation, copycats and knockoffs

One of my favourite fight scenes is the final fight in "The Young Master". It is brutal and always gets a visceral reaction from me. When I saw it as a kid, I remember it being downright painful to watch. I'm not sure if you have covered it, but if you haven't, please do. I would love to hear your thoughts on this scene.

@Texy88

Жыл бұрын

Whang In-Sik was a brilliant opponent for Jackie in that.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this!!! Finally you reacted to one of the best Jackie Chan scenes in of his best movies! Now you only have to do SNAKE IN THE EAGLES SHADOW, this was one of his earlier films (1978) in which he created his slapstick comedy kung-fu style that we all love today!

@RadeticDaniel

2 жыл бұрын

that is something i'd like to see

@afreerobin5939

2 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite movie of all time! And psst, you can actually find the movie here on KZread! Both English dub and subtitles. I highly recommend it.

@renemuller5114

2 жыл бұрын

@@afreerobin5939 I already own it on blu-ray ;)

More jackie chan reaction pls

Back then, Jackie and his crew must have spent more time living at hospitals than their own homes.

I keep saying it man Last Hurrah for Chivalry! Thats the movie you need to watch. So many fantastic fight scenes...My favorite is the Cheng San vs Prey fight. Please review it!

How is Jackie still alive after all this time doing movies? I think the fact that he survives all this shit is impressive enough

There was a funny line there in that scene, it was after the pole slide... Inspector: We should write the report together Chief: I didn't see anything That was the funny line for me because its a police scam, they were there but they will never write a police report about the mall incident 😂😂😂.

Jackie is the man. But props to the female lead for insisting on not using a double, especially in Chinese cinema.

This is the standard for fighting cinematography.

That is one of JC greatest fight scenes and stunts from him and another movie I would recommend is Armour or God and scene with the amazonian women. One of the greatest scenes in that film.

Holy Crap

At 4:24 is Jacky unexpected hit the real glass if I'm not mistake. You can see after that he just really in painful holding both hands on head.

I love jackie chan, he raised a whole generation of martial arts loving people Pretty sad i never got into bruce lee

Damn. Finally max.

In first police story Jackie played a character that is basically him . There is a running Joke through the whole movie where he tries to cheat on his girlfriend . He really went all in with his character.

I don’t know if anyone else has picked up on it, but Brandon Lee pays homage to Jackie in Rapid Fire by doing a similar motorcycle stunt (first fight scene) and part of the clothes rack stunt (toward the end in the of Rapid Fire). Maybe you can react to scene from that movie some day. An underrated martial arts movie overall.

@freddi896

2 жыл бұрын

Love Rapid fire. Especially, when he back flips over the guy standing up. So, sad he died so early like his father. Such great and talented people. Kind hearts.

Fun fact: Jackie had burned himself when he went down the pole plus they were using electricity that was running through the mall. Jackie Chan is a living legend

Jackie Chan never uses stunt doubles. He did his own stunts even in his early years.

I believe at one point Jackie could get insurance because of all injuries he got during his movie shoots.

@kgunitkeese17

2 жыл бұрын

That is why he doesn’t like doing films in the U.S because he is actually blacklisted from most insurance companies.

Me: (cringing and flinching from the start) “Ooh.. That had to hurt.” 7:47 “Some of the worst ones are coming up..” “Whaaaat?!”

I really don't understand how is Jackie still alive. Idk if it's luck or he just got the best genetics ever.

Hey, if you get a chance, take a look at Jackie's "Operation Condor" (aka "Armour of God 2) -- easily one of his best, and highly underrated! The entire wind tunnel sequence at the end is glorious!

@fzoid3534

2 жыл бұрын

is it really underrated? That's one my favorite movies with him. Lots of comedy and crazy action scenes... everything that makes a Jackie Chan movie. I mean he nearly died during filming.

I was told that in the car scene at the start of this movie somebody in the village got hit by a car and I think you can see it happen - been quite a few years since I watched this classic (and project a - the pirate one)

Please react to the slightly comically ridiculous but utterly epic 15 minute or so final fight of The Young Master, such skill involved and a very exciting fight :) (and since it's short, include the scene where they free the big bad guy coz that's pretty badass too, especially if you get a copy with Holst's Mars playing as he breaks free :)

Fearless Hyena final fight 💪 💙

I'm not sure if anyone actually answers the question, but what's going on currently with me is I'm eating vanilla drumstick icecream cone with a bag of extra pecan halves I'm eating it with about to enjoy the latest video max put out, and that, my friends, is what's going on lol.

Please react to Curo obi / Black Belt. Its one of the best movie about traditional karate. The fights are very technical and not flashy like hollywood movies.

Я начинающий художник из России . Искал драки из фильмов для зарисовки ( пластической анатомии) и нашёл ваши реакции. Пожалуй подпишусь. Рисую пока вы смеётесь))

Next: police story 3

Sir, would you make a video reaction on Jackie Chan's Mr. Nice Guy (1997) movie. The fight choreography in that film was also stunning. Thank you.

@RadeticDaniel

2 жыл бұрын

oh yes, one of my favourites of his I even dropped out early from a family reunion to set the VHS to record it from the TV

@Texy88

Жыл бұрын

Sammo Hung was the director of _Mr Nice Guy,_ and his choreography was incredible. :)

Amusing fact: some of the kicks that just appear in which you cannot see the kicker (such as at 3:25) are fake legs being pushed into view before being pulled back out of shot.

Ooh! This movie is amazing and Jackie Chan is known to have broken all his bones. I love this film but I’m surprised there’s no Hajime no Ippo on a Monday

This scene is dark - even philosophical -

One scene I would love to see review was the fast and furious 6 subway fight (doubles as gonna carano vs Michelle Rodriquez and 2 on 1 Roman/han vs shaws teammate)

He got badly hurt in the electrocution scene.

definitely check out some Yuen Biao parts of the Chan movies, Dragons Forever or Project A

So much glass

Just want to say the off-topic, I don’t know that there’s much martial arts for you to react to in it. But I think you’d like The cold open to wheel of time episode seven.

I think you'd enjoy scenes from Ben Affleck's character in The Accountant.

How many Oscar’s did Jackie receive for this movie? Whatever the number is, it’s too low!

The director of Police Story was in fact Jackie Chan.

Please react to The Dark Knight Returns: Batman vs. Mutant Leader and if you can, Angel vs. Skinner from Hot Fuzz. Thanks, Max! Hope you’re having a great day!

@rattlesnake270

2 жыл бұрын

Which one? The first fight or the mud pit?

@dallassteel625

2 жыл бұрын

Corvus Ronin The mud pit fight.

@rattlesnake270

2 жыл бұрын

@@dallassteel625 for sure, that's a real good one!

Raging jackie is best jackie

React to mortal kombat reptile fight scene 1995 movie 🥊

Was this in its orignal language, if so what was it? Also I notice you don't view Shaw Brother's movies back in the 70's to early 80's unless I'm missing something :)

@Texy88

Жыл бұрын

The film's original language is Cantonese.

Another cool one to check out is jet li vs dick wei in dragon story.

The only actors I can even think of that risk their lives more for our entertainment is MAYBE Tom Cruise or Tony Jaa?

@BurridgeMartialArts604

2 жыл бұрын

Tom and Tony are definitely madmen but I still don't think anybody comes close to Jackie and his team!