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

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Stanley Tong

Writers:

Greg Mellott (writer)
Elliot Tong (writer)

Release Date:

10 January 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

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:

Australia | Former Soviet Union | Bloopers During Credits | Snowmobile | Helicopter

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 20

12:00 AM

FX

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

Also Known As:

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)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for plentiful action/violence.

Runtime:

Hong Kong:107 min | USA:88 min

Country:

Australia | Hong Kong | Russia | USA

Language:

English | Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS (US version)

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

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.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

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:

Referenced in The Creeps (1997)

Good - but shouldn't be part of the Police Story series

The second 1990s Jackie Chan film made for a worldwide market. It seems the team has learned its lessons with Rumble in the Bronx, as First Strike is more on pace. Filmed in Hong Kong, Ukraine, Russia and Australia, spy intrigue is combined with kung-fu comedy as Chan gets involved in the illegal sale of weapons by the Russian Mafia (yes, another film with this premise). Thanks largely to the presence of Chan, the storyline is pulled off relatively successfully. The ski stunts are impressive and also humorous - but poor Jackie - he really is wearing a couple of layers' clothing! The Australian action sequences are well choreographed and have a sense of occasion. The action is better paced: it is not kung-fu for kung-fu's sake, although if you want realism in your stories, look elsewhere. As an individual Chan film, it works - but it does not deserve being part of the Police Story series, which it was in Hong Kong. The Chinese style is watered down in pursuit of the western markets - and the producers would have been better off creating a new character for Chan this time. Compared to the first and third instalments, it is lacking. This aside, it is entertaining and enjoyable, whether you see the original or dubbed version.