Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo (1996)

Regista:

Stanley Tong

Writers:

Greg Mellott (writer)
Elliot Tong (writer)

Data di uscita:

10 gennaio 1997 (USA)

Genere:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Slogan:

Jackie Chan fights for America in his biggest action film ever.

Plot:

This installment of Chan's Police Story series has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead.

Plot Keywords:

Diving | Koala | Australia | Shark | Helicopter

Premi:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Who cares about the plot?! The point is to have fun!

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Insp. Chan Ka Kui
Jackson Liu	...	Jackson Tsui (as Jackson Lau)
Annie Wu	...	Annie Tsui
Bill Tung	...	'Uncle' Bill Wong
Yuri Petrov	...	Col. Gregor Yegorov
Nonna Grishayeva	...	Natasha
John Eaves	...	Mark
Terry Woo	...	Uncle Seven
Kristopher Kazmarek	...	Cmdr. Korda
Ailen Sit	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Chan Man Ching	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Rocky Lai	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Chan Wai To	...	Golden Dragon Club Member
Brett Arthur	...	Hit Man
Mark French	...	Hit Man

Alias:

Jackie Chan's First Strike (USA)
Jing cha gu shi 4: Zhi jian dan ren wu (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Police Story 4: First Strike (Hong Kong: English title)
First Strike (Italy) (TV title) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for plentiful action/violence.

Durata:

Hong Kong:107 min | USA:88 min

Nazionalità:

Hong Kong | USA

Lingua:

Inglese | Cantonese | Mandarin

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital | SDDS (US version)

Divieti:

Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34522) | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Luoghi delle riprese:

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Curiosità:

Since Annie Wu didn't speak Cantonese at that time (she was just learning the language), all of her scenes and those of Uncle Seven and his family (including Jackson Lau) were done in Mandarin. Thus, most of this film was shot in Mandarin, not Cantonese.

Errori:

Revealing mistakes: In the snowboard scene, all the close-ups of Jackie show him snowboarding right-handed, but in all the long shots - including where he jumps onto the helicopter skid - he snowboards left-handed, with the opposite foot in front, suggesting that the long shots are of a stunt double.

Citazioni:

Col. Gregor Yegorov: You even share the same coffin as your father.
Jackson Tsui: The coffin is for you. You killed my father!
Col. Gregor Yegorov: He had to die somehow. At least it was for a reason.

Movie Connections:

Segue Ging chaat goo si 3: Chiu kap ging chaat (1992)

Who cares about the plot?! The point is to have fun!

In "Jing cha gu shi IV: Jian dan ren wu" (called "Jackie Chan's First Strike" in the US), Jackie Chan has to find a missing nuclear warhead. Of course, if you pay too much attention to the plot, you'll miss the rest of the movie. Like any of Chan's movies, the point is to have him kick ass in various and sundry ways. The snowboarding sequence in my opinion should get registered alongside Gene Kelly singing in the rain as one of the great cinematic moments. And the ladder? I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT, BUT HE DOES IT!!!!!!!! So just have fun watching this (and I guarantee that you will). You could be deaf and still get a kick out of it.