"Outstanding performance by Jackie Chan!" - summit10
This is the film that brought me back to Asian Cinema!
The film tells a story of a poor man from China who longs for his love and a better life.
Set adrift on the shores of Japan, he took the chance to go to the place where his lost love was last heard off... but only for a price!
Taking part time crap jobs just to get by, he was able to start his life a day at a time. Only to find out that his love was involved with the Mafia.
A day came when he was on a run from the police, he was able to save a drowning Officer from a tunnel to which led frequent encounters, only the Officer let him go just to repay his good deed!
But life got worse when his brother was beaten twice by the Japanese Mafia and the Taiwan Gang. He took to the streets all his anger and with his friends, they stood up against the oppression and discrimination they got everyday!
Out of pity and determined to be a somebody, he took the life of a criminal with his so called friends and made money out of illegal means. From stealing goods, racket profiteering and gambling.
At one pint he even overheard an assasination attempt of the husband of his love only to save him from these people. Soon, he was tasked to kill people as well, specifically the leaders of the Mafia and got his part of the deal... to be a valid citizen and run his own business, all went well (so it seems)!
They got places and put up their businesses, soon they were able to control a large part of the district. Setting an example to his peers that this thing they have should be done now with honest intentions and forget their sinful ways of the past.
But as time went on, all of his friends became greedy and and somene really got worse... his brother Jie became uncontrollable and a heated argument came over before reaching it's climax.
All the Mafia's members went to one of the Chinese's establishments with bushido blades, while Steelhead (Jackie) together with the Officer sets things right with his friends. An argument ensues and all hell breaks lose!
Many got killed including the Mafia's current head, even Jie died. While running from the chaos, Steelhead was ambushed, stabbed, shot and beaten up, he runs for the train station to make a getaway only to be followed by the Officer inside the tunnels where they first met, redeeming himself he was able to give the last thing the Mafia's head gave him earlier to the Officer to put an end to this civil war!
Where in the tunnels sewage water drifted him away from the Officer whom he saved at the same place!
A very remarkable performance by Jackie Chan, this film even boasts his acting prowess and even not providing his usual martial arts moves and a love scene which really gives your usual hero Jackie to take it to another level and direction!
One of his best films!!!
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