Hong Kong,
1987, 101 min
Shown in 1989
CREDITS
- dir
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Jackie Chan
- prod
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Willie Chan
- scr
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Jackie Chan, Edward Tang
- cam
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Joe Cheung Yiu
- editor
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Peter Cheung
- cast
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Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, David Lam
- source
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Golden Harvest Ltd.
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COMMENTS
Shown as part of a Jackie Chan tribute. Jackie Chan appeared in person.
OTHER
Jackie Chan is Asia's most popular movie star and in Project A II it's easy to see why. Producer, cowriter, director and star of this exhilarating action comedy, Chan plays Dragon Ma, an eager cop in turn-of-the-century Hong Kong, assigned to a district overrun with corrupt cops, mobsters, revolutionaries, mainland spies and grounded pirates. Chan has created a comic tour de force, an electrifying blend of slapstick humor and staggering acrobatic action, where each dazzling set piece tops the one before, culminating in an astonishing chase through Hong Kong's warehouse district that includes a wonderful homage to Buster Keaton, to whom Chan is often compared. Chan's sparkling presence as a performer and his deft touch as a director make the film as amiable as it is hair-raising, as light-footed as it is shockingly physical. Sure, it's the sequel to Project A, but don't worry—Part II flies perfectly well on its own. It's stuffed with movie-mad joy; pure, unpretentious, giddy fun—something decidedly missing from Hollywood's factory-made "product."
—Tod Booth
FACTOID #28
A print of Tonight and Every Night, to be shown at the Rita Hayworth tribute in 1972, was stolen out of a truck on its way to the theater.
