Herein, Jacky Chan proves himself, beyond question, to be the direct successor of those two masters of physical comedy ~ Charlie Chaplin & Harold Lloyd.
When I saw this movie in the Cinema, with a couple of friends, we literally did the cliche'd 'laughing non-stop' gig, from start to finish.
This & Jacky, are classic comedy. For a miniscule fraction of the Budget of "Ishtar", Jacky did what Dustin & Warren, probably with help from their script & direction, could not do; he made a very, very funny, desert ~adventure movie. In this genre, it stands with "Follow that Camel", the British 'Carry-on' gang & Phil Silvers' Beau jest, and, anything the Marx Brothers may have done ~ in this vein.
When I saw this movie in the Cinema, with a couple of friends, we literally did the cliche'd 'laughing non-stop' gig, from start to finish.
This & Jacky, are classic comedy. For a miniscule fraction of the Budget of "Ishtar", Jacky did what Dustin & Warren, probably with help from their script & direction, could not do; he made a very, very funny, desert ~adventure movie. In this genre, it stands with "Follow that Camel", the British 'Carry-on' gang & Phil Silvers' Beau jest, and, anything the Marx Brothers may have done ~ in this vein.