This is a great martial arts movie and my only favorite martial arts movie. Brandon Lee was incredible in this movie as College Student/Martial Artist Jake Lo, who witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin (Nick Mancuso, Under Siege I & II) and later becomes caught in a war between the feuding Mafia and Asian drug lords. After being betrayed and set up by the FBI Agents who were protecting him, he decides to take the law into his own hands and body. The fight sequences, including the Chicago Restaurant shoot-out scene, were really incredible to watch. Both Lee and his good friend, stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, who would later go on to do the fight chorography in the 2nd and 3rd Bourne Identity films and Lee’s final movie The Crow, both choreographed the fight sequences together. My favorite line that Brandon says to Nick Mancuso’s character at the end of the shootout is “The only time a man doesn’t want money is if he wants something else. You’re sweatin’ like a Pig; all he wants is to get out in one piece.” This was the first movie I ever saw Brandon in. He became one of my favorite actors and I would later love his final performance in The Crow. Rapid Fire is one of my favorite movies and I hope when you see it, it will become one of your favorites too.
No comments:
Post a Comment