11. Project A Part II (Jackie Chan, 1987)
Jackie Chan is once again in top form in all of his roles (director, stuntman, actor) with the scenes in the hotel and the final sequence highlighting his abilities in the best way… “Project A: Part 2” may not be as great an action comedy as its predecessor, but is also a great movie, which provides much entertainment and more depth than its predecessor. (Panos Kotzathanasis)
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12. Police Story 2 (Jackie Chan, 1988)
With the success of the first film giving then a huge advantage, budget-wise, Jackie Chan and producers Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho decided to shoot an even more impressive, but also more mainstream film, with the action taking completely over the narrative this time. The result was even more impressive… “Police Story 2” shares all the benefits of the original, and is actually stripped of some of its faults, thus resulting in one of the best films of Jackie Chan's career. In essence, a quintessential action film. (Panos Kotzathanasis)
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13. Dragons Forever (Sammo Hung, 1988)
The last time that the Three Dragons Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yeun Biao would feature together before Jackie went on to focus on his solo career, “Dragons Forever” also ends up being one of their finest outing. Lawyer Jackie enlists the help of his friends Sammo and Yeun to take down Benny Urquidez's drugs-manufacturing big bad boss but both Jackie and Sammo find themselves fighting a losing battle with love as they fall for the two women opposing the boss's operations. The perfectly executed action sequences and stunt work is interspersed with an engrossing narrative filled with humour, romance and melodrama. Highlights include a three-way fight between the Brothers, a fight on a ship which makes great use of the location and props and Jackie's henchman fight near the film's end. (Rhythm Zaveri)
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14. Armour of God 2 – Operation Condor (Jackie Chan, 1991)
“Armour of God: Operation Condor” aka “Jackie Goes Full Indiana Jones”. Chan had directed four films since the first “Armour of God” and it shows here, as this is far more confident and polished direction overall than its predecessor. Its pacing proves to be far better, the comedy works very well and the stunts get bigger and wilder. At the time, it was the costliest Hong Kong film ever made and it shows. That aircraft hangar scene alone is worth the budget and the price of admission. (Rhythm Zaveri)
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15. Police Story 3: Supercop (Stanley Tong, 1992)
Ka Kui this time is sent to mainland China undercover to break up a smuggling ring. Then he cooperates with a communist policewoman (Michelle Yeoh) before he ends up in Malaysia where he also has to save May one more time. Add to all these two rather impressive jailbreaks and nuff said (Panos Kotzathanasis)
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16. Crime Story (Jackie Chan and Kirk Wong, 1993)
Loosely based on the real story of millionaire Teddy Wang, who was kidnapped two times, “Crime Story” provided Jackie Chan the opportunity to play one of his most serious roles, although the focus is once again, on action. The sequence with the exploding building near the end of the film, is another among the most memorable in Chan's filmography. (Panos Kotzathanasis)
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17. City Hunter (Wong Jing, 1993, Hong Kong)
Not much to add here, if you like, action, comedy, watching Jackie Chan at his peak, and beautiful women, you have to look no further, “City Hunter” has all these elements in abundance. (Panos Kotzathanasis)
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18. Rumble in the Bronx (Stanley Tong, 1995, Hong Kong)
“Rumble in the Bronx” combines the Jackie Chan-formula to a Western setting, in this case the city of Vancouver (posing as New York City). It has all the right ingredients, from the slapstick humour to the death-defying stunts and the chases, making this a very entertaining movie. At the same time Stanley Tong's movie proved how well this formula could be translated to a global audience and it subsequently introduced many viewers (including this reviewer) to Jackie Chan and his brand of martial-arts films. Within Chan's career “Rumble in the Bronx” is an important landmark which still stands today as one of his most entertaining flicks. (Rouven Linnarz)
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19. New Police Story (Benny Chan, 2004, Hong Kong)
Among the darkest roles in Jackie Chan's career, “New Police Story” has him becoming an alcoholic, after the team of young policemen he was training falls into an ambush that ends up with all of them dead and him the only survivor. A young man who pretends to be a policeman nudges him back to action, in order to face one of the most impressive villains presented in a Jackie Chan movies, Joe and his gang of five.
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20. Little Big Soldier (Ding Sheng, 2010, China and Hong Kong)
Chan plays an aged peasant, forced to fight with the Liang army against the Wei. This time though, Chan's character, Old Soldier, is not a brave and skilled fighter as usual, but a little man facing something bigger than him, playing dead to avoid the battlefield's hell and with the only aim in mind of getting away alive from that mess. When by pure chance he manages to capture an enemy general, he just wants to exploit the situation and gain some benefits out of it. Road movie meets buddy flick, “Little Big Soldier” is a refreshing occasion to see Chen playing against his usual stereotyped persona of his latest works and staying away from heroic roles. Well directed by Ding Sheng, the film's arc goes from comedy to a sombre ending, opened to interpretations, without failing to entertain. (Adriana Rosati)
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