This movie is heavy on the humor and has a few stunning action scenes, which is honestly all anyone wants from a Jackie Chan movie, right? Most of the scenes are pretty typical barroom brawler type things, skillfully choreographed but not quite as creative and fun as what Chan would show us in the next two decades.
The movie's most famous scene is the clocktower fight, which is both an homage to Buster Keaton and one of Chan's most dangerous stunts in his entire career, where he fell 60 feet with only two awnings to break his fall. Also above average is the great bicycle chase which is vintage Chan with all kinds of gags that work quite well.
The non-action scenes are fine. Don't expect anything too spectacular, after all you watch these movies for the laughs and the action, but the movie does avoid being boring as we watch the escapades of Chan's character Dragon, an goodhearted but hapless sailor determined to bring justice to the pirates plaguing the coast. He runs into all kinds of bureaucratic problems, of course.
I watched the dubbed version, which from the other reviews, I gather is the one to watch, as it includes all the best scenes.
The movie's most famous scene is the clocktower fight, which is both an homage to Buster Keaton and one of Chan's most dangerous stunts in his entire career, where he fell 60 feet with only two awnings to break his fall. Also above average is the great bicycle chase which is vintage Chan with all kinds of gags that work quite well.
The non-action scenes are fine. Don't expect anything too spectacular, after all you watch these movies for the laughs and the action, but the movie does avoid being boring as we watch the escapades of Chan's character Dragon, an goodhearted but hapless sailor determined to bring justice to the pirates plaguing the coast. He runs into all kinds of bureaucratic problems, of course.
I watched the dubbed version, which from the other reviews, I gather is the one to watch, as it includes all the best scenes.