Jackie Chan is awesome

[Drunk Monk]

You you've made it when they start releasing your films as part of the Criterion Collection.

The Criterion Collection

Police Story/Police Story 2

 The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive action comedies, two smash hits that made him a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-kui, a Hong Kong police inspector whose methods are, ahem, unorthodox; the phenomenal Maggie Cheung, in a star-making role, plays his much-put-upon girlfriend, May. Packed wall-to-wall with astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography, epic explosions, charmingly goofball slapstick, and awesomely 1980s electro soundtracks, Police Story and Police Story 2 set a new standard for rock-’em, sock-’em mayhem that established Chan as a performer of unparalleled grace and daring and would influence a generation of filmmakers, from Hong Kong to Hollywood.

They did a theatrical release of this a few months ago. Emilio and I were going to go but my mom's situation came up.  He went and really enjoyed it. Those films are two of Jackie's most awesome. The stunts and action are ridiculous - great pacing, good plot and Jackie at the top of his game.  No one can touch some of the stuff in those films.

As a side note, this was my introduction to the 'real' Jackie Chan for Stacy.  They played together at the Embarcadero theaters in SF and I took her.  I remember her asking me in between the two films if the second one kept up the pace because it was just so intense.  And yes, it delivers.  The following installments to the franchise are also good - heck the second one was our reintroduction to Michelle Yeoh - but the first two are total classics.