☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Who Am I? (1998) – B. Chan & J. Chan
Late Nineties and
Jackie is already in his 40s (and on the verge of his US breakthrough with Rush
Hour, also released in 1998). The film
starts slow and confusingly – is Jackie a CIA agent engaged in Black Ops? He’s
with an outfit that has kidnapped some scientists who are making a new chemical
weapon of some kind. But wait, now his team has been betrayed by their leader,
Jackie has fallen out of a plane and landed on his head and has amnesia. He’s adopted by a tribe in Namibia and
seemingly spends some months or years there (with the new name “WhoAmI”). There isn’t much action in this first third
but then Jackie is found by the CIA and brought to South Africa where he soon
discovers that he is also wanted by the police (at least this is what we guessed). Finally, there are car chases and then when
the action moves to Rotterdam, a lot of excellent hand-to-hand kung fu fighting
old school style with Jackie’s trademarked comedy. Perhaps the film is lacking in big stunts or
setpieces but it's refreshing in its return to basics. Who cares about plot in a film like this
anyway!
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