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October 06, 2006
Who Am I
Who Am I is a Jackie Chan film, and it is wonderful. It is full of some terrible acting, both from Jackie, and from his female co-star Michell Ferre (who according to the IMDB page never worked again!). It has a car chase with appalling continuity errors. It has a fairly dodgy amnesia plot. And yet the sheer skill and exhuberence of Chan as a man fighting to live, and to find out his identity, is complete screen gold.
The thing that raises this film up so much from what could have been a disaster, is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It's not actually a comedy, but the fight sequences and chases always have elements of humour thrown in. The best bit is where he has a leg kicking contest with a huge opponent, and afterwards they both sit down and rub their shins for a minute. Famously Jackie creates and performs all his own stunts. He runs down skyscrapers, he slides down gaps in walls, he inventively escapes being handcuffed to a chair.
The plot is completely incidential here, but this film is excellent, fun entertainment.
Posted by se71 at October 6, 2006 10:54 AM
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