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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Jing Wong, Corey Yuen |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1995 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia/Tristar Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Chinese |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396065949 |
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Customer Reviews of Meltdown
Rollicking send up of Jackie Chan and homage to Die Hard. I just finished watching this movie and I have to say it was money well spent.
The best description of High Risk would be a homage to Die Hard and a parody of Jackie Chan. Jet Li plays a former bomb squad commander who's last run in with the villain cost him his family. He has since has become the double and bodyguard of Frankie, a Kung Fu superstar. Frankie is a cowardly, boozing, womanizer who has forgotten how he achieved his stardom.
Various elements play like Die Hard scenes including the characters and dialog. Mixed in with this are other subplots and some original scenes (at least to me). I won't spoil them by elaborating. Suffice to say, High Risk is an excellent blend of comedy, action (both martial arts and gunplay) and suspense with some romance thrown in. This movie does not take itself too seriously. Sometimes it parodies the martial arts genre with its voices, dialog and facial expressions!
On the down side, the subtitles leave something to be desired, blending into the background and being poorly translated on occasion. The disc has no features, just different subtitles. The video quality is average, audio Dolby Digital 2.0/Pro-Logic.
Any fan of Jet Li, Hong Kong films or action in general will enjoy this a lot. There is little if any wire Fu.
Jet's HK career was dying down
It seems as if there was nothing better for Jet to do than star in this mediocre action movies. It just doesn't fit him.
If you're a fan, and want to see this just to see it, go ahead, but don't expect much.
Don't take it seriously
Don't take this movie for more than what it is, a comedy. It was funny, Jet Li fans won't find what they're looking for, if they want typical Jet Li. It's some pretty good fighting scenes at the end, especially when Frankie, turns from a coward to a fighting machine. If you watch this movie not expecting much, you'll be pleased.