Chinese Zodiac: One of the Most Classic of Jackie Chan Movies

Chinese Zodiac supposedly is Jackie Chan’s one of the most classic movie in recent years and it was also the 3rd movie by Jackie Chan continuing the ‘Armor or God’ and ‘Operation Condor’ film franchise. The film was a breathtaking collection of the fearlessness that made Chan a star, first in Asia and later in Hollywood.

 

Chinese Zodiac was released in 2012 and it was said that this film will be Jackie Chan’s last film performing his life threatening stunts, but after it turned out it was wrong.

Jackie Chan wrote, directed and starred this film, actually, this was a movie that anyone could appreciate for the level of fun and adventure it brings to the screen. Jackie Chan could truly managed to spread his physical performance across a wider range of action.

Jackie Chan spent six years writing the script of this film, The film, which follows a group of treasure hunters as they travel the world to collect 12 bronze animal heads representing each sign of the Chinese zodiac, displays Chan's skills as an action star who does his own stunts, combined with some lighter comedy moments. Jackie Chan Chinese Zodiac is a mixture of some really good and really poorly presented scenes which makes it a bit of a ‘mixed bag’ of vary quality when trying to determine if you like it or not.

The fights in this movie were filled with the fast pace and precise choreography Jackie Chan strives for. Always trying to make things unique, Ultimately you can see a high level of skill in the fights and the action overall. Jackie Chan is no slouch, he’s always putting every ounce of energy into his performances and it shows it certain parts of this film.

The 60 years old actor once said "I want to show the audience, I'm not young anymore, but I still move faster than you, and I also want to prove to my audience that I'm an actor -- I'm not just an action star".

  

Jackie Chan Got the Huge Benefits in the Movie Industry

As one of the biggest news of this year's Forbes list of highest-paid actors, Jackie Chan was named as the world’s second highest-paid actor after raking in $61 million this year, just behind Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

It was reported, Jackie Chan had a couple more Chinese films currently in post-production these years and he also starred in the latest installment of the “Monkey King” franchise, it is said, Jackie Chan’s estimated net worth of $350 million.

As we know, in 2015, the ticket sales in China were up a whopping 49 percent to $9.37 billion, and box office takings are forecast to surpass the United States' in 2017. Since Chinese authorities maintain strict control on what movies appear on the big screen, it doesn’t hurt to rub elbows with the government. According to BBC, only about 34 foreign films are selected a year. 

Some have implied that Jackie Chan’s influential role as a member in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conferential board has enabled him to get the green-light on films in Beijing. So Hollywood studios have partnered with Chinese moviemakers to avoid being designated "foreign".

In fact, one of the biggest Chinese film companies, Wanda, bought a unit of American company Legendary Entertainment and will soon release The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon.

Jackie Chan's film is always the ‘Guarantee’ of high box office, but besides acting, Jackie Chan also manages his own branded merchandise and his cinema chain, it is said, the Jackie Chan Yaolai International Cinema features a 17-screen multiplex and Chan has plans to construct more. This is also why Jackie Chan is so rich!

The Great Inspiration of Jackie Chan is from the Hollywood: Silent Comedians

As we know, the international legendary actor Jackie Chan is well known for his iconic blend of kung fu comedy and his death-defying stunt work around the world. From humble beginnings in his native Hong Kong, Jackie Chan has embarked on an illustrious film career encompassing an enviable resume of martial arts action films.

Jackie Chan got his start film was in the 1970s, he worked as a stuntman in some Martial Arts films before directing his own works in China and eventually becoming a international super star in the world. But why Jackie Chan was so popular in the United States just as a Chinese actor? Actually, Jackie Chan actually draws much of his inspiration from classic Hollywood and silent comedies.

In the late 1970s to the late 1980s, Jackie Chan was arguably at the height of his physical prowess - stringing together smash hit after smash hit in a row of breakthrough performances. In the over 50 years, Jackie Chan has been making a lot of classic movies, in fact, even if you have seen any reviews of Jackie Chan’s films, you might not know that Jackie Chan himself has repeatedly cited silent film comedians as inspirations.

Jackie Chan once told the media that he wanted to be like a Chaplin or Buster Keaton, he thought they were the best, during their time they didn't have protection such as elbow pads, knee pads, or special effects computers, but they still did all crazy stunts which really surprised him. But all the martial arts directors he had cooperated wanted him to be another “Bruce Lee”.

So, when Jackie Chan started directing his own movies, he liked to learn from his old-school Hollywood heroes. From Astaire and Kelly, he learned choreography and framing; he’d fight using props the same way Kelly and Astaire danced using props, actually, When Astaire is dancing, it's not only dancing. He can move the light post and slide to the piano and dance with a chair. From the silent comedians, he learned comic timing and stunt work.

Jackie Chan is Shooting His Latest Action Film in the Sydney Broadway

Recently, the international Kung Fu star Jackie Chan was seen in the Sydney suburb of Broadway to shoot his latest action movie.

Jackie Chan, whose film works includes more than 150, arrived on Mountain mingled with cast and crew as well as a number of body doubles. It was said, Jackie Chan and his crew members were shooting in Broadway for more than 2 hours.

The pictures was taken by the Witnesses

As a movie star, the 62-year-old Jackie Chan is famous, both in the West and in Asia. The picture had showed that he was filming a futuristic sci-fi thriller called ‘Bleeding Steel’, which also stars Aussie actor and Wolverine star Tess Haubrich and will be released in 2017, the movie is written by Leo Zhang, and it sees Chan in familiar territory playing a special-forces agent fighting to protect a woman from a criminal gang.

As we know, Jackie Chan’s movies are often characterized by three things: Exciting martial arts fights, stunts that are not for the faint of heart, and comedy.

Actually, this is not the first movie that Jackie Chan has filmed in Australia, he had filmed the Hong Kong movie ‘Mr Nice Guy’ in Melbourne in 1996, furthermore, Jackie Chan has a long association with Australia, having lived in Canberra briefly in the ‘70s.

Jackie Chan’s Police Story Series Movies are Always His Classic

Many foreign medias like introduce the Hong Kong martial arts legend Jackie Chan as “The action hero who does all his own stunts”, we know, Jackie Chan been paying attention over the previous 40 years. The Kung Fu aficionados had been tracking Jackie Chan since he emerged in the wave of “next Bruce Lee” in the late 1970s. 

But for many foreign fans, Jackie Chan didn't exist until the '90s. Jackie Chan was an essential international action star whose star power was proven by the financial success of the action films like "Rush Hour" and "Shanghai Noon." His innovative, death-defying stunt work may have set a high bar for modern action filmmaking,

In 1985, Jackie Chan starred his most classic film the ‘Police Story’ which got a big box office hit in China and Hong Kong.  Jackie Chan's Police Story was largely enjoyable as a series of brilliant set pieces. the film's slapstick-y comedic set pieces are almost as charming, particularly the one where Chan juggles several rotary phones with his hands, feet, and neck. 

Jackie Chan is at the height of his powers in "Police Story," an incredible showcase for Chan's JC Stunt Team. You can't tell by looking at the film, but "Police Story" was filmed between "Project A" (1983) and "Armour of God" (1986), two of Chan's most dangerous films. "Police Story" was made during a period of Chan's career that was defined stunts like the crazy car chase that kicks off "Police Story" and leads multiple cars barreling down a hill and through a shanty village. That chase climaxes with Chan pursuing and halting a hijacked bus--on foot.

Chan's dangerous dedication was also appeared in the film ‘Police Story 2’, It's no coincidence that "Police Story" and "Police Story 2" have the best stunt work in the six-film series since they're the only two films directed by Chan. "Police Story 2" is significantly less stunt-intensive than its predecessor. It also gives viewers more opportunities to revel in Jackie Chan's winningly earnest fascination with the Hong Kong police force.

"Police Story 3: Supercop" (1992) and "Police Story 4: First Strike" (1996), the first two "Police Story" films to be theatrically released in America, are the least like the first two "Police Story" films. Both films are unfocused and feature cartoonish political commentary. But both films also have way too much dead air, signaling the beginning of the end of Chan's daredevil career phase.

But when it come to the "New Police Story" (2004), in fact, the film was underwhelming. Jackie Chan played a disgraced cop who tries to pull his life together after a group of thrill-seeking, video-game-obsessed criminals kill nine police officers under his command. The fact that Chan's opponents are influenced by fads like the X-Games says a lot about how desperate to please "New Police Story" is. Still, as illogical and humorless as it is, "New Police Story" does include a couple of decent fight scenes, and a predictably engrossing performance by Chan.

In Police Story 2013, unrelated except in name to the rest of the series, here Jackie Chan plays a no-nonsense mainland cop who goes to meet his daughter at a nightclub owned by the enigmatic but blatantly dodgy Wu Jiang (Ye Liu). This film was noticeably darker than the other police story films, both in its visual style and subject matter, Jackie Chan had a couple of decent fights and flings himself around more than a man.

Jackie Chan Once Said He Really Hate the Movie 'Rush Hour'

As one of the world's most recognizable Asian actors Jackie Chan had appeared in more than 100 films over the last 40-plus years, Jackie Chan's action is often flee to the challenges of life and he was the highest achievement after the martial arts star Bruce Lee.

Up to now, Jackie Chan has filmed many classic movies, and even in today’s hyper-hyphenated Hollywood,, but actually, the movie that put Jackie Chan in the major leagues in the United States is the film ‘Rush Hour’ which had achieved commercial success and incorporate elements of martial arts, humor, and the buddy cop subgenre.

  

But as the main character of the film ‘Rush Hour’, Jackie Chan once expressed that he wasn’t a fan of this successful action comedy franchise "Rush Hour." He said when he made the first installment of the "Rush Hour" series in 1998 he only wanted to test the U.S. market and didn't have high hopes.

Jackie Chan said he felt very disappointed after finishing the film because he felt that it was a movie he didn't appreciate and he also did not like the action scenes in this movie, he thought the style of action was too Americanized and he could not understand the American humor.

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Nonetheless, "Rush Hour" was Chan's first movie to break $100 million at the U.S. box office, earning $141 million, "Rush Hour 2" made $226 million and "Rush Hour 3" has earned $137 million so far.

Fortunately for us, the fan reaction to the film 'Rush Hour'was so strong that Jackie Chan was convinced to come back.