Rumble in The Bronx (1995) Review

Rating: 4 out of 5

Director: Stanley Tong

Year: 1995

Plot:

Keung is a Hong Kong cop that comes to New York city for his uncle’s wedding, and to house sit. He also decides to stick around an extra week to ensure that his uncle’s grocery store changes hands well. Things go off the rails when Keung goes face to face with a local gang that is looking to tear up the streets. Keung has to fight the gang in various locations when he becomes a target and is chased through various arenas. Meanwhile, a diamond heist goes bad, and Keung’s friend in the building he is staying in gets involved without meaning to, and now a larger syndicate is after the diamonds and much more. The movie moves from the gang after Keung to them joining forces to try and take out a syndicate that is trying to get their hands on stolen diamonds.

Thoughts:

Jackie Chan movies are great, we know this. This is a movie that features a more modern take on action. Action in this movie is nonstop, and involves Chan fighting uphill against the gang in modern locations with sets like a grocery store, a warehouse, an alley, and features incredible stunts. Chan jumps, fights, and features a lot of back and forth that you would expect from Jackie.

This is not just kung fu, mind you, while there is a lot of it. There are stunts that feature everyday objects, big jumps, and a hovercraft that is really cool. One of my favorite stunts features a Lamborghini and a large sword/metal object. The stunt involves Jackie breaking the doors off of the car, then pushing the sword through the hovercraft’s bottom area, which completely deflates the hovercraft. It’s an insane stunt that has nothing to do with kung fu, but all action, making it one of the finer moments in “Rumble in The Bronx”.

Despite the fact that production was difficult for Chan, and that this was the first major movie crossover into the United States, it’s stellar and holds up very well. It has a bit of comedy, a bit of romantic element, and more importantly kung fu back and forth. Overall, it’s a solid action movie with a lot of action from modern explosions to fights back and forth. It’s excellent, and one of my favorite performances of modern action, kung fu movies. I rate it a 4 out of 5.

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