The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rush Hour, Kill Bill-even Kung Fu Panda-all followed in Rumble’s wake. Rumble transformed Jackie Chan from a Hong Kong star into an international one, launched the career of Canadian actress Françoise Yip, and brought Hong Kong–style action and filmmaking to North American shores. Twenty-five years after its North American release, Rumble in the Bronx marks a minor turning point in film history.
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“Any attempt to defend this movie on rational grounds is futile.” Roger Ebert praised the athleticism and exuberance of Rumble’s star while cautioning moviegoers not to pay too close attention to anything else. Fridges, pinball machines, glass bottles, canned goods, skis-all employed to exhilarating and comic effect. The acrobatic climb through a shopping cart, the truck pushed off a building, the entire facade of a two-storey market torn away with people inside.
The even more dangerous leap from a pillar beneath the Granville Bridge to the deck of a hovercraft. The jump from the roof of a Cordova Street parking garage. All this is usually written to sweep away the obvious so reviews can focus on the action. The Bronx, reviewers assure, does not have a golf course with a mountain range behind it. Skim the reviews for Rumble in the Bronx, and you’ll notice a pattern of both reverence and disdain.ĭisdain for the plot, costumes, overdubbing, and setting.
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