Load of rubbish!!

It is a performances centric movie

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Directed by and starring Jackie Chan, Project A is a martial arts classic, a lavish late-19th century adventure featuring some of the most incredible fight action and death defying stunts imaginable. Chan plays Navy recruit Dragon Ma Yue Lung, who teams up with police captain Tzu (Yuen Baio) and lovable thief Fei (Sammo Hung) to try and bring to justice the pirates (led by Lor Sam Pau, played by Dick Wei) who have been marauding the Hong Kong seas.Even though the film's plot is slight and contains plenty of the broad slapstick comedy that I often struggle with, the quantity and quality of the action still qualifies the film as unmissable, its three stars, Chan, Baio and Hung, at the top of their game (causing plenty of pain for the poor stuntmen extras). Chan, in particular, delivers some of his finest moments, including a brilliantly choreographed scene involving bicycles and narrow alleyways, a fight amongst the gears and cogs of a clock tower, and, most memorable of all, a bone-crunching high fall guaranteed to make the jaw drop. The excellent finale sees our three heroes take on Lor Sam Pau in the pirate's island hideout, and is well worth the wait, all four fighters providing impeccably timed and expertly executed feats of physical prowess.

It seems that for the most part, Jackie Chan movies are the most entertaining with a historical setting and especially when Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao along. This film, following a man named Dragon's exploits as he tracks down and defeats a group of pirates who have been screwing with the Hong Kong Coast Guard and are smuggling weapons, is one of the best offerings of Chan's early career.Much like the majority of his films, this one is full of good comedy and slapstick. Compounding that with some impressive and plentiful action as well as a decent story (for a Chan film at least) and you have a winner. Sammo Hung and Jackie work together quite well (duh, they're basically twins) and the fight scenes including them both are a joy. The other fight scenes are exceptionally choreographed and some of the stunts are death defying.As a Jackie Chan film, this is a good offering. Fun, action-packed, and as entertaining as they come, Project A is a great way to blow a movie night.

This is my favorite Jackie Chan movie because it gives a lot of thrills and a lot laughs too. Also Chan's acting is more convincing than in Police Story (but I like Police Story 1 & 2 so don't think I say they are bad) and it manages to have a good plot and story mixed with a lot of action and humor. One of the things that makes it my favorite Jackie movie is the stunts. The stunts are of course very dangerous and no Hollywood actor would do them, Jackie, Sammo and Yuen makes the stunts look like elegant ballet dances and I almost always get tears in my eyes while watching the movie of sheer joy!The humor is just so good and I always get a smile on my face when I remember one of them. One of the big pluses is that Sammo and Yuen is in this movie and it makes the movie so much more better than it already is.It may not have the same ferocious, demonic :P and of course devil-may-care-funny ending as Legend of the Drunken Master (which in my opinion, one of the best climaxes ever made in the history of cinema) but I think the only movie which can match it is the sequel. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up! 10/10

I had seen maybe one or two films from the Rush Hour star which he made in his younger days, but about halfway through this one I was really pleased I found it as I recognised certain moments, from star and director Jackie Chan. Basically Dragon Mi Yong (Chan) is a marine coast guard police officer in the 19th Century, his department have a big hatred for the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, both are raiding pirate ships. Dragon and his squad are forced to undergo hard training to be ready to join some ships or something, of course what is really going on is some big deal between gangsters to buy loads of rifles and stuff. What ensues is practically Dragon bungling his way, following the clues to get to the bottom of what is going on, including teaming up with Fei (Sammo Hung Kam-Bo) and meeting the daughter of the Admiral (Lau Hark Sun), Winnie (Isabella Wong). The villain of the film seems to be Mr. Lee Chow Kou (Lee Hoi San), but it is in fact the villain in hiding Pirate Chief Lor Sam Pau / San-Po (Dick Wei) that Sragon needs to find, and in the end gets killed by his own hand grenade. Also starring Biao Yuen as Captain Hung Tin Tzu. Chan is fantastically skilled in the action sequences, filled with great Kung Fu moves and surprising stunts, all real and the most memorable being the fall from the clock tower which you see his face after doing, I may not have understood the story, but for the fights and comedy, this was a fun martial arts adventure. Jackie Chan was number 41 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars. Good!