Rumble in the Bronx
Rumble in the Bronx theatrical poster
Directed by	Stanley Tong
Produced by	Barbie Tung Roberta Chow - Executive -Raymond Chow Leonard Ho
Written by	Edward Tang Fibe Ma
Starring	Jackie Chan Anita Mui Françoise Yip Marc Akerstream
Cinematography	Jingle Ma
Editing by	Peter Cheung
Distributed by	- USA - New Line Cinema - UK/Australia - Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s)	January 21, 1995
Running time	104 min.
Country	Hong Kong/Canada
Language	Cantonese
Budget	$7.5M
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Rumble in the Bronx (紅番區; Hong faan kui in Cantonese) is an action-comedy movie starring Jackie Chan and Anita Mui. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Stanley Tong (born April 7, 1960 in Hong Kong) is a film director from Hong Kong. ... ramond chow ... Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ... Anita Mui Yim-fong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Cantonese Yale: muìh yihm fòng; October 10, 1963–December 30, 2003) was a popular Hong Kong pop singer and actress. ... Françoise Yip (born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian actress. ... Jingle Ma HK writer/director of stylish multi-cultural action films such as Tokyo Raiders and Seoul Raiders. ... New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ... The Hollywood Pictures sphinx logo Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Companys several alternate movie labels. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Cantonese is a major dialect group or language of the Chinese language, a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ... Anita Mui Yim-fong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Cantonese Yale: muìh yihm fòng; October 10, 1963–December 30, 2003) was a popular Hong Kong pop singer and actress. ...

Filmed in 1995 and released in 1996, Rumble in the Bronx had a successful theater run, and brought Chan into the American mainstream. Rumble in the Bronx was filmed in and around Vancouver, but was set in the Bronx area of New York City. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city located in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. ... The Bronx is New York Citys northernmost borough. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

The movie is well known for its bad dubbing (despite appearances, it was actually made by a Hong Kong movie company and not Americans) and for many minor easy-to-spot bloopers (e.g., the Game Gear being played with no game). Moreover, anyone familiar with either New York or Vancouver's geography (both topographical and urban) can easily spot giveaways that the film was made nowhere near the Bronx: the Coast Mountains, the Scotiabank Tower, the Sportmart store at Thurlow and Alberni, B.C. Place, Science World and the old Woodward's building are all visible at various points throughout the movie. In filmmaking, dubbing refers to the recording of voices for a movie. ... The Sega Game Gear is a handheld game console which was Segas response to Nintendos Game Boy. ... The Coast Mountains are the westernmost range of the Pacific Cordillera, running along the south western shore of the North American continent, extending south from the Alaska Panhandle and covering most of coastal British Columbia. ... Scotia Tower is located at 650 West Georgia Street in Vancouver. ... BC Place Stadium is Canadas first domed stadium. ... Science World is a non-profit science centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the end of False Creek. ... The backside of the Woodwards building in June 2005, as seen from Cordova and Cambie Streets. ...

Jackie Chan also pulled off some death-defying stunts in the movie, and spent much of the filming time with one leg in a cast. His foot had not yet healed when it was time to film the movie's climax and so the crew simply colored a sock to wear over his cast resembling the sneaker on his other foot. Also, the lead actress and several stunt doubles broke their ankles during the shooting of a motorcycle stunt.

Critical reception

When released in North America, Rumble in the Bronx received generally good reviews, as most critics were happy that a Jackie Chan film was finally getting a wide theatrical release in North America. The film currently has a 78% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 81% among the 'Cream of the Crop.'[1]. Most critics agreed that the plot and acting were lacking, but the action, stunts, and Chan's charm made up for it. Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ...

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"Any attempt to defend this movie on rational grounds is futile. Don't tell me about the plot and the dialogue. Don't dwell on the acting. The whole point is Jackie Chan - and, like Astaire and Rogers, he does what he does better than anybody. There is a physical confidence, a grace, an elegance to the way he moves. There is humor to the choreography of the fights (which are never too gruesome). He's having fun. If we allow ourselves to get in the right frame of mind, so are we.[2]] Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ...

Box Office

In Hong Kong, Rumble in the Bronx earned a whopping HK $56,911,136, making it the biggest film of the year in Hong Kong and one of Chan's biggest ever.

It was also Chan's North American breakthrough. Opening on 1,736 North American screens, it was number one at the box office in its opening weekend, grossing US $9,858,380 ($5,678 per screen). It finished its North American run with US $32,392,047.

International version

VHS cover for the film

The international version of Rumble in the Bronx was dubbed to English with participation by Jackie Chan. A scene of Chan on an airplane to New York was added to the opening credits and another scene where Keung and Nancy escape from the nightclub was also added. Neither of these scenes were in the original Hong Kong release. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x668, 80 KB) Summary http://hkfanatic. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x668, 80 KB) Summary http://hkfanatic. ... Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ... NY redirects here. ...

Seventeen minutes of cuts were made, including:

- A scene in which two gang members extort some money, and then steal some items from beside the cash register.

- Some dialogue between Chan and Anita Mui at Uncle Bill's wedding. Anita Mui Yim-fong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Cantonese Yale: muìh yihm fòng; October 10, 1963–December 30, 2003) was a popular Hong Kong pop singer and actress. ...

- A lecture by Chan on martial arts.

- A scene where Chan travels to a market and sees the gang members who had extorted money from Uncle Bill. Before he has a chance to fight, the entire biker gang shows up, so Chan instead calls the police. (This scene is restored in the US cable version).

- In the Hong Kong version, Chan's speech to the gang about their wasted lives is longer.

- Chan's song during the end credits is replaced by the song Kung Fu by the band Ash, the lyrics of which mention Jackie Chan, as well as other key figures from Hong Kong cinema. Kung Fu was the first single released from the album 1977 by the Britpop band Ash on March 20 1995 as a CD single, limited edition 7” and standard 7” vinyl and included “Day of the Triffids” and “Luther Ingo’s Star Cruiser&#8221... Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick (Northern Ireland) in 1992. ... The history of Chinese-language cinema has three separate threads of development: the Hong Kong, the Mainland and Taiwan. ...

- The international version was cut still further for the Buena Vista's UK and Australian releases of the film - 42 seconds of a scene where gangsters batted bottles at Chan's character were docked. Buena Vista production logo, 1950s. ...

Awards and Nominations

• 1996 Hong Kong Film Awards
  • Winner: Best Action Choreography (Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong)
  • Nomination: Best Actor (Jackie Chan)
  • Nomination: Best Actress (Anita Mui)
  • Nomination: Best Film Editing (Peter Cheung)
  • Nomination: Best New Performer (Françoise Yip)
  • Nomination: Best Picture (Barbie Tang)
  • Nomination: Best Supporting Actress (Françoise Yip)

• 1997 Key Art Awards
  • Winner: Best of Show - Audiovisual

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• 1996 MTV Movie Awards
  • Nomination: Best Fight (Jackie Chan)

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Trivia

• In the Playstation videogame Gex 2: Enter the Gecko in the level "Mao Tse Tongue" a poster on a wall says "Food Fight in the Bronx".

• When being chased by the hovercraft while on the beach, "the child" that Jackie had in his arms that was thrown to her mother was obviously a doll.

• The same trucker that almost runs over Jackie in the scene where he is being chased through the parking garage by the motorcycle gang, is the same trucker in the end who asks Jackie if he was okay towards the end of the movie.

• troughout the movie danny, the boy in the wheelchair, can be seen playing with a gamegear givin to him by Keung. Although you here sound coming from it... you never see the screen from it. And when veiwed from back it can be seen to hold no game cartrage in it.

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External links

• Rumble in the Bronx at the Internet Movie Database
• In-depth details of the mistakes in the movie