Rapid Fire

R

1992

1h 35m

Action

List

45%

22 Reviews

Tomatometer

55%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

At a dinner party, art student Jake Lo (Brandon Lee) sees mafia gangster Antonio Serrano (Nick Mancuso) murder his Chinese rival, Carl Chang (Michael Paul Chan). Jake is assigned to the custody of corrupt FBI agent Frank Stewart (Raymond J. Barry) until he can testify, but he quickly realizes he is in danger and escapes. After being won over by honest policeman Mace Ryan (Powers Boothe), Jake agrees to team up with Ryan to bring down both the Italian and Chinese gangs.

Read More

Read Less

Watch on Fandango at Home

Premiered Aug 15

Buy Now

Fandango at Home

Prime Video

Rent Rapid Fire on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video.

N. G

A real gem from the past! I run across in Starz and jumped to the chance of watching it again. Full of action from start to finish. Its a shame that Brandon Lee is not around anymore. A complete loss for Hollywood and the world.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Rapid of mindless chaos with lame actions for sure

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Brandon Lee plays a university student who finds himself caught up between rival drug kingpins and a group of undercover cops, led by the great Powers Boothe, who are trying to take them down. Lee originally wanted John Woo ("The Killer" "Hard Boiled" "A Better Tomorrow") to direct this film, but this was prior to Woo making his Hollywood debut as director with "Hard Target," "Mission Impossible 2" and "Face-Off." A John Woo directed action film staring the son of Bruce Lee might have been an action film classic, but what you do end up with is Hollywood's best approximation of a Hong Kong style action film up to that point in time (Dolph Lundgren in 1993's "Army of One" directed by legendary stutman Vic Armstrong is my runner-up pick). Woo would make his US debut the following year and that's when Hong Kong directors would bring their style of action mayhem to American films with the likes of John Woo's "Broken Arrow," Ringo Lam's "Maximum Risk," or Ronny Yu's "Freddy vs. Jason" which brought a level on insanity to action films that had not ever been seen before in American films. That style of action is now standard, but at the time it was revolutionary and that's what this film could have been. Still, director Dwight H. Little's action does a pretty solid approximation of Hong Kong style of action mayhem. Brandon Lee also exudes charism and charm in his first major US film (I'm not sure "Laser Mission" or "Showdown in Little Tokyo" count.) Outside of "The Crow" this is his only other film of any note, but it's well worth watching for fans of martial arts action films. Michael Paul Chan ("Major Crimes" "The Closer" and Al Leong (the crazy Asian bad guy in "Die Hard" "Lethal Weapon" and "Big Trouble in Little China") also appear in the film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Muay Thai combined make for outstanding fight choreography in this action flick!!!!! Brandon Lee at his finest!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

Full Review

joseph b

Absolutely loved this film, the martial arts is fantastic, Brandon ooze's with charm and wit and has a presence on screen much his father showed. The plot is basic but for a pop-corn action flick it does the job it meant to do and that is entertain. Powers Booth as the renegade cop and father figure to Brandon's character, the love interest serves her purpose for Brandon's character and Nick Mancuso excels as a mob boss obsessed in finding and eliminating Brandon Lee's Jake Lo. This is an explosive martial arts action adventure for any martial arts fan.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

Full Review

steve d

Lee shows sparks of the star he could have been but the story is weak.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Post a rating

Dwight H. Little

Director

Brandon Lee

Jake Lo

Powers Boothe

Mace Ryan

Nick Mancuso

Antonio Serrano

Raymond J. Barry

Agent Frank Stewart

Kate Hodge

Karla Withers

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

12%

27%

Firestorm

82%

62%

French Connection II

67%

68%

Commando

27%

38%

Passenger 57

36%

55%

Sniper

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Joseph McBride

Variety

Director Dwight H. Little expertly handles implausible but entertaining action sequences that keep the pic lively despite a schlocky plot and cardboard characterizations.

Mar 26, 2009

Full Review

Stephen Holden

New York Times

The movie is shameless in exploiting the father-son connection to try to make the star, who exudes a bored, dead-eyed cool, seem sympathetic.

Rated: 1/4

May 20, 2003

Full Review

Richard Harrington

Washington Post

Brandon Lee may want to follow in his father's kick-steps, but unlike martial arts legend Bruce Lee, he's far too pretty for the job.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

Full Review

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A disposable action yarn.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 24, 2021

Full Review

Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The plot is so flimsy that it's actually moderately comical when one gunfight segues into the next gunfight (the firepower does get increasingly bigger and louder, however).

Rated: 6/10

Sep 24, 2020

Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...the picture remains surprisingly watchable for the duration of its appropriately (and appreciatively) brisk running time ...

Rated: 2.5/4

May 24, 2020

Full Review

Read all reviews

Synopsis

At a dinner party, art student Jake Lo (Brandon Lee) sees mafia gangster Antonio Serrano (Nick Mancuso) murder his Chinese rival, Carl Chang (Michael Paul Chan). Jake is assigned to the custody of corrupt FBI agent Frank Stewart (Raymond J. Barry) until he can testify, but he quickly realizes he is in danger and escapes. After being won over by honest policeman Mace Ryan (Powers Boothe), Jake agrees to team up with Ryan to bring down both the Italian and Chinese gangs.

Director: Dwight H. Little
Screenwriter: Alan B. McElroy
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.6M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

Most Popular at Home Now