Jackie Chan's PROJECT A PART II (1987)
Comedy! Crime! Stunts! Hot *Pepper-Eating-Angering-Manical-Violence! Maggie Cheung's perfect timing (and pretty punim)! Have you ever wondered if Jackie Chan can escape from being turned into Pate (and it is a brief but terrifying bit of darkly comic business?) Well... now you can see it in his mid 1980s prime! While part 1 of the Project A series has some more impressive fights, this is more ambitious or just funnier for me as a comedy and then mixing relentless set pieces that is like the cherry on top of the violent sundae that is Chan's confidence and brio and maybe even recklessness as a director and creator of visceral action. He has a sequence here involving just character trying to hide from their superior (maybe the Commissioner or someone like that) coming into a room and Maggie Cheung has to keep him distracted as Chan and this other guy try to maneuver around, and it is an excellent showcase for how much Jackie was locked in here to get as much out of every bit o...
