More Kicks From Jackie Chan

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 26, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

With martial arts superstar Jackie Chan, older may be better. "Supercop," shot four years ago, is superior to last year's "Rumble in the Bronx," also directed by veteran Chan-champion Stanley Tong.

Chan has typecast himself, so it hardly matters what the plot or setting is. He's the affable warrior, always ready to flirt or fight while (almost always) doing the right thing the wrong way.

This time around, he's Detective Kevin Chan, sent to China to inflitrate a drug cartel run by the evil Chaibat (Ken Tsang) and his equally evil, temporarily imprisoned brother Panther (Yuen Wah). ...

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