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590:. You are New York police.' I'm New York police?! What about my English? Everyday on the set, I just practice: 'New Yawk. I come from New Yawk. New Yawk'". However, in his autobiography, Chan says that the decision to rebrand him as an Eastwood-type enforcer was spearheaded by Andre Morgan, an executive with Golden Harvest's American branch, in reaction to the underwhelming reception of
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Whitehead—was on Ko's payroll the whole time—has delivered Laura to his boss. Wong fights
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Jackie Chan's domestic version, while tweaking or removing ancillary content from
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Wong, Garoni and Jones raid the drug lab, destroy it and save Laura in the process. Garoni, however, is shot by
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Later, Benny
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chief superintendent
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officer Billy Wong kills the perpetrators but loses his partner
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was positive, calling the film "an interesting combination of adventure film clichés and pleasant surprises". He mentioned the "style and invention" of the action scenes, as well as the "fresh and clean if not terribly high budget look" created by director James
Glickenhaus. He found Chan to be "a
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wrote that "he movie has an adequate budget but few original ideas." Although he noted that the film had "comparatively few straight fight scenes" relative to Chan's previous efforts, he accepted that "xcept for a dud of a climactic hand-to-hand between Mr. Chan and Mr. Wallace, the action stays
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and threatening to walk in hopes of having the director relieved from his duties, only to be told that his contract was ironclad. However, Glickenhaus has maintained that his rapport with Chan remained civil during the shoot, and that he had clearly spelled out to him what type of film they were
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was negative, noting that Jackie Chan "is given no chance to show his stuff". He complained that "the film is busy with stunts, but that's all they are", and a "chase, which at this point in movie history is instant yawn". He complained about cliches such as villains "involved in the usual dope
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to New York. A surveillance of Shapiro's bodyguard Benny Garucci indicates that Ko may have taken her to Hong Kong for ransom. Wong and his new partner Danny Garoni travel to the city-state, where they encounter local contacts Stan Jones, Hing Lee and Hing's daughter Siu Ling.
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he was unfamiliar with the Hong Kong version, but maintained that he had final cut on the picture, and therefore Golden Harvest did not have the right to change it. However, in 2012, he mentioned that Golden Harvest boss
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in 1985. It was re-issued on CD by soundtrack specialists Dragon's Den Records on July 7, 2022. The American version features the song "One Up for the Good Guys", performed by ATV Music Group performer Chip Taylor.
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shipyard where Ko's drug lab is located and Laura Shapiro is held. In a meeting between Ko and Garucci, it is revealed that Shapiro's daughter was kidnapped because her father did not pay for Ko's last shipment.
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Chan also disliked having to play an American character despite his limited grasp of English. A dialogue coach was present on set, but had to resort to visual cues to help Chan follow
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with a tally of US$ 981,817 during its limited run, equivalent to around $ 3 million adjusted for inflation in 2024. Chan's re-edited version grossed HK$ 13,917,612 (
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Jackie Chan movie internationally and always will be because the American audience, the mainstream audience will never sit still for Jackie's style of action".
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pictures for elaborate thrills" and that the film was elevated by "the tongue-in-cheek humor running throughout" as well as Chan's "superhuman acrobatics".
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on August 23, 1985. It later toured the country in a piecemeal release that stretched across nine months and bypassed many major markets, such as
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chase, although only a replica was detonated at the end of it. That stunt was not executed by Chan, but by his friend and double
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running" and "a madman armed with a chainsaw", concluding that "
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Aiello and Wallace were brought back to reshoot the final fight.
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1979:. Baltimore. p. C4 – via newspapers.com
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featured a different story written by veteran director
1220:"The Deuce Notebook: The United States of Glickenhaus"
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Dying for Action: The Life and Films of Jackie Chan
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1563:"Jackie Chan: Crime Story / The Protector Blu-ray"
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1245:. New York. pp. 25–28 – via newspapers.com
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