The fight scenes were wonderfully choreographed, and for
once they were VISIBLE! Straight on photography withOUT
surrealistic fast forwards or watch-carefully-or-you’ll-miss-
it-slow motion. Fun allusions to previous westerns like
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I laughed out loud
many times, especially during the first half of the movie. It
seemed to lose a little energy in the second half. The out-
takes during the end titles are hilarious.

Edelman, I felt, wrote some very decent action motifs and western
themes, but they were abridged too abruptly. I was looking
forward to the end titles, so that I could hear these themes
extensively developed. @#$%7%!! They played a rap song, so
I left. We all need to STORM Hollywood to halt that
sacrilegious practice.

I think I’ve only seen one Chan movie. He didn’t talk a lot in this film,
but he was a gifted comedic actor with an animated face.
Expect more from Owen Wilson, his sidekick. He has an
ironic, detached way of speaking and fine comedic timing. I was
also impressed with him in Minus Man. I understand that
he is also a screen writer. Of course, like
in Cat Ballou, the horse stole the show.

Joan, pretty much any Jackie movie is recommendable, but if you REALLY wanna be blown away, the one to check out is DRUNKEN MASTER II. Awful rinky-dink electronic score that doesn't do it justice, but otherwise, absolutely dizzying.

The music didn't do much for me. At all. The movie was pretty fun though. I liked it quite a lot more than "Rush Hour," but it's still not as good as his Hong Kong stuff. American insurance companies won't insure him to do all of that crazy stuff he normally does. I miss the Jackie Chan of old: jumping off buildings in one, long shot; jumping on to hovercrafts and breaking his leg; and all of that other freaky action he used to provide. <Sigh> The good old days.