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Emanuel Levy
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Rated: 2/5
Jul 27, 2005
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Fred Topel
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Awesome documentary. Jackie reveals all. A joy to watch him work, especially when he gets mad.
Rated: 5/5
Aug 14, 2003
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Sameir A
Are you a fan of Jackie Chan film's out takes? If yes, this is a must watch for you. In this documentary workshop, Jackie Chan takes you behind the scenes of some of the most exciting stunts he ever performed. He opens up the tricks and techniques used to create his own unique style. This is a great guide to those who want to start their career as an action choreographer. He explains how important is every small details. Even after two decades, this is worth watching.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
11/21/21
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If youre a fan of Jackie this is very interesting to watch
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/08/23
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dave j
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
(1999) Jackie Chan: My Stunts
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There's some nice interesting tricks of the trade about how Jackie Chan did some of those stunts but at times dwells a little too long on it especially on Drunken Master II and First Strike.
3 out of 4
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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Very informative boring at some parts when Jackie'a not in it
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/23/23
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Just by chance I found this and watched it, and was really fascinated. Not only am I a big Jackie Chan fan, but learning about some of the secrets of the trade was quite interesting. Way to go Jackie Chan!
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/16/23
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Cold Mountain - It's a well made film with good acting and cinematography. It's not my type of movie, but since it was nominated for a bunch of Academy Awards and did nearly $100M at the box office, I wanted to see it. It's a love story set during the Civil War. Jude Law plays a Confederate deserter who must travel through a long distance to return to his love (played by Nicole Kidman) while being persued by Confederate soldiers. Because he's Jude Law, he has to push away advances from various hotties (including Natalie Portman) during his journey. What's interesting and great is the way the love story is told so convincingly despite Jude Law's character being is a man of few words. Renee Zellweger's character also brought some fun to the straight-forward love story.
Red Trousers - Robin Shou's documentary about Hong Kong stuntmen is kinda interesting - although a lot of the stuff seem like something I've already seen or heard from other documentaries on Hong Kong films. The film within the documentary is also really, really bad; the fight choreography is not bad tho. I'm glad it's only used to illustrate the stunts. Still, it kinda feels like the documentary is an after-thought - as if he realized how incredibly bad his film was during shooting so he just kept the behind the scene stuff, added some interviews with a couple high profile stuntmen (Sammo, the Leung family), and turned it into a documentary.
Jackie Chan: My Stunts - Since I reviewed Red Trousers, I might as well review this documentary on the stuntwork on Jackie's films as a comparison. I saw this several years ago. It's simply the best documentary ever made about Hong Kong stuntwork and fight choreography. It's as if you have Jackie Chan, the man responsible for changing the way Hong Kong action films were made, unveiling the magic behind his films. Oh wait, that is Jackie Chan! He not only shows you how some of the stunts in his films were done, but he also shows you how it was edited and where the camera was placed. With Jackie, you get it from different perspectives - as stuntman, director, and editor. As far as documentaries go, this is one of the greats. It's too bad Documentaries weren't that popular then, because this would have scored really well with critics - even though the appeal may not be too wide.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/10/23
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