Synopsis

Hong Kong police officer Ma Hon-keung travels to New York to help his uncle settle into a new business in the Bronx. After becoming entangled with a violent motorcycle gang and a criminal syndicate, Ma uses his martial arts skills and inventive physical courage to protect his family and the local community, turning an ordinary visit into a dangerous battle for justice.

Factoids & Trivia

• Despite its New York setting, most of the film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. Establishing shots of Manhattan were used to help establish the American location.

• Jackie Chan broke his right ankle while filming the hovercraft sequence. He continued working with his foot in a cast, which was concealed with a specially colored sock during later scenes.

• The production ran from June 2 through October 27, 1994. Françoise Yip and stunt performers also suffered serious injuries during the action sequences.

• The warehouse fight reportedly took about 20 days to film. Chan also trained local stunt performers in the faster, more elaborate style associated with Hong Kong action cinema.

• The Hong Kong version runs approximately 106 minutes, while the American release was shortened and received a new English dub and a different musical score.

• The film was released in Hong Kong on January 21, 1995, and reached U.S. theaters on February 23, 1996. Its American success helped establish Chan as a major mainstream action star in North America.

• The film won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography in 1996.

• The unusual geography - including Vancouver locations standing in for the Bronx - became one of the film's most recognizable curiosities and a frequent subject of commentary about its deliberately heightened, comic-book version of New York.