Thunderbolt (1995 film)
- Jackie Chan: Chan Foh To
- Michael Wong: Steve Cannon
- Thorsten Nickel: Cougar
Thunderbolt (Chinese霹雳 火, pinyin Pili huǒ, alternatively: Dead Heat, more titles see below ) is a 1995 Hong Kong turned into action and martial arts movie with Jackie Chan.
Action
Jackie ( in the original: Chan Foh To) is an excellent Chinese auto mechanics and racers. In the search for Cougar who has run over a police officer with an illegal car race, there will be a race between Jackie and Cougar, which wins Jackie. After Prison Break Cougar kidnapped the two sisters of the Chinese and forces him to come to Japan and an official race to race against him. Jackie works with the staff of his workshop supported by the reporter Amy Ip at a race car with which he wants to participate in the race. Due to an accident during the qualification race, the car is destroyed. With the support of "Mitsubishi", whose apparent boss had become trapped hand in a car door at the beginning of the film Jackie's, but he can still do the race and wins.
Criticism
" One in the action scenes perfectly staged material Battle of Jackie Chan as a human focus that has failed too seriously, however, and lacks the charm of comparable Chan movies. ( 1996: 25 million U.S. dollars) Bottom line, the most expensive Hong Kong production ever falls short of expectations and operated fans with a keen interest in destruction. "
This and That
- The film, how many films starring Jackie Chan, many different titles. In Germany also common are " Thunderbolt - Showdown 1000 PS", " Jackie Chan - Showdown with 1000 hp " (TV title ) and "Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt " (DVD title ).
- During the filming of Jackie Chan suffered in a car explosion severe burns to the eyebrows.
- The film was very expensive with a budget of about 25 million U.S. dollars, but played nowhere near as much as one of the previous film Rumble in the Bronx.
- All driven by Chan vehicles are Mitsubishi
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards 1996: Nominated in the category "Best Action Choreography ".