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High
Risk |
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Year: |
1995 |
Jacky Cheung |
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Director: |
Wong
Jing |
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Action: |
Corey
Yuen Kwai, Bruce Law
Lai-Yin |
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Cast: |
Jet
Li Lian-Jie, Jacky
Cheung Hok-Yau, Chingmy
Yau Suk-Ching, Charlie
Young Choi-Nei, Valerie
Chow Kar-Ling, Wu Ma,
Lee Lik-Chee, Billy
Chow Bei-Lei, Lam
Kwok-Bun, Charlie
Cho Cha-Lei, Vincent
Kok Tak-Chiu, Suki
Kwan Sau-Mei, Bat
Leung-Gum |
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The
Skinny: |
Entertaining
but tragically silly action/comedy from Wong Jing that features
Jet Li as the straight man to Jacky Cheung's hilarious Jackie
Chan parody. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Jet Li is Kit, an ex-soldier who watched his wife and child
get killed by a mad bomber. Years later, he becomes the bodyguard/stunt
double for megastar actor/stuntman Frankie (Jacky Cheung).
Frankie is actually a thinly-veiled Jackie Chan parody, and
he's got all the telling signs: a silly grin, an extensive
stunt team and entourage, and a popular Japanese fan base.
However, Wong Jing's version of Jackie Chan is also a total
coward who's forgotten his kung-fu after years of hard partying
and making movies.
Things reach a head when Frankie’s
party is crashed by terrorists. And, among those terrorists
is (duh!) the mad bomber that killed Kit’s family. Then the
film becomes the HK equivalent of Die Hard as Kit and
Frankie must subdue the terrorists. However, this involves
Frankie remembering how to fight once more, which is tougher
than it seems.
Wong Jing's action comedy has terrific
action (choreographed by Corey Yuen) and a winning premise,
but it's also quite silly and sophomorically directed. The
plot is your typical mishmash of Wong Jing plot devices and
crummy comedy, some of which is so silly that it threatens
to alienate. Chingmy Yau shows up as the spunky reporter and
Charlie Young is wasted in a role that could have been played
by anyone. Jet Li is his usual self. It's Jacky Cheung who
steals the show as Frankie, and he manages to pull off the
film’s best moments. This can be a fun film, but only in small
doses. (Kozo 1995) |
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Notes: |
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In 2001, High Risk was re-titled as Meltdown
and released domestically by Columbia/Tristar Home Video. |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Universe Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese subtitles |
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image courtesy
of Universe Laser & Video Co., Ltd.
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