As a very young moviegoer, I am very ashamed that I have hardly seen any movies made by Jackie Chan in the 20th century, so this 1998 "Who Am I" undoubtedly gave me a big surprise. It can be said that I was in it. I saw a different Jackie Chan from the more recent Jackie Chan movies I had seen - a younger Jackie Chan with more ambition and more dangerous moves.
This movie has a lot of action scenes such as martial arts and drag racing, while the literary drama is squeezed to the point where only the necessary backbone is left. One of my favorite action sequences is the chase scene in Rotterdam with handmade shoes and agents. Thrilling and fun - don't forget to save the puppy from the sky while running for your life.
The part that slides down from the glass roof reminds me of Nicholas Tse in "New Police Story", which must be a tribute to this movie. In terms of visual effects, it can be said to be thrilling, and if I hadn't watched "New Police Story" first, I would have screamed.
The theme of this film "Who am I" is also a very interesting point. The discussion on personal identity, combined with the year 1998, must be related to the international events at the time such as the return of Hong Kong. The confusion of this identity runs through the whole film. The movie, I don't know if it also ran through that generation of Hong Kong people.
Why give four stars? Because for me, I still feel that there are too many action scenes...especially the showdown between the roof and the two thugs at the end, which is really sleepy...In the end, I had to fast-forward and skip before watching it.
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