About this Episode
Jackie Chan is a daring, one-of-a-kind performer with more than two decades of stunts and success on his resume prior to finally breaking in the States, yet Matt and Tony were really only familiar in his work from the Rush Hour movies. Looking to go back to some of the Hong Kong action movies that earned him is early fame - and his reputation as a daredevil perfectionist who is equal parts Buster Keaton and Bruce Lee - they dive head first into the first two installments of Jackie Chan's Police Story series.
Written, directed by, and starring Jackie Chan (who sang the theme song to top it all off), the Police Story movies demonstrates the kind of go-for-broke fight scenes and stunts that puts him into a league of his own. Matt and Tony talk about the similarities between Jackie Chan films and musicals, the blending of humor and action, what makes Jackie such a charismatic action star.