Thunderbolt |  | Actor: Jackie Chan
Studio: CineVu
Category: DVD
Buy New: $14.98
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 139392
Format: AC-3, Color, Digital Sound, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Surround Sound, NTSC
Languages: Cantonese (Original Language), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 058648271092
EAN: 0058648271092
ASIN: B00024E67W
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Release Date: April 10, 2004
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The always entertaining Jackie Chan, perhaps the biggest movie star in the world, stars as a humble tow-truck driver named Foh who identifies a blond Aryan gangster named Cougar--only to be targeted for revenge. Cougar kidnaps Foh's sisters and threatens to kill them unless Foh races against him in a Japanese rally. Thunderbolt's story is incoherent at times, but after a slow start the movie propels itself forward with dazzling fights (including a stunning brawl in a pachinko parlor), shootouts (a little bloodier than typical Jackie Chan fare), and amazing stunts, to say nothing of the nerve-wracking climactic race itself, speckled with jaw-dropping car crashes. Chan's American movies, for all their polish, never capture the hyperkinetic thrill of the true Jackie Chan. Thunderbolt is far from Chan's best--the Police Story series, Dragons Forever, Drunken Master II, and several others are easily superior in terms of story, stunts, and just sheer fun--yet it easily brushes aside Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon (as well as demolishing stateside racing movies like Days of Thunder and Gone in 60 Seconds). If you've only seen Jackie in Hollywood product, you owe it to yourself to see his Hong Kong movies, and Thunderbolt is a perfectly good place to start. --Bret Fetzer
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 Chan Action January 21, 2010
David A. Smith (Webberville, Mi, USA)
I bought this movie a couple months ago and i haven't seen it yet i give it 5 stars and a good review becaus of chan the man. jackie chan is my all time favorite action star so if he's in a movie i know its good. you can't go wrong with the chanmister.
 Thunderbolt different versions May 21, 2009
Mr. S. B. Herbert
I have actually seen two different versions
one is in Mandarin which includes a violent break out of jail for Cougar,
this scene is mot in the Cantonese versionm which has at least one scene
that isnt in the Mandarin version
Jackie "Mr. Action" Chan is great!!!! March 11, 2008
Paul A. Vincent
This film has a lot of fast cars, criminals, and of course Mr. Chan, himself. There are some slow parts but this is still a great movie.
 Good action and stunts, but a mindless story August 27, 2007
morgoth (omaha, NE)
Jackie Chan is a tow truck driver and lives with his dad and sisters at their junkyard. He also enjoys race car driving and helps the police capture a killer who also likes to race cars. When Jackie outdrives the killer and helps the police catch him, the killer tells Jackie that he wants a real race. In a couple of very illogical scenes the killer gets broken out of prison and kidnaps Jackie's sister. Jackie has to race him to get his sister back. The story is really bad and the only good thing about the movie is the action, but even that has its flaws.
There is one very long action sequence where Jackie tries to rescue his sister. Jackie fights about 20 people including Ken Lo who gets to show off his amazing kicking skills. Jackie is doubled a lot, but it is the wirework and the way they shoot the scene that bugged me. They use a weird frame rate and this action scene is way too stylized for my tastes. On the positive side, there is some great stuntwork in this scene and a fantastic finsish.
There is a lot of car racing and the car stunts are done very well. Most Jackie Chan movies have a big final fight at the end, but this one ends with a mildly exciting car race. But this race would have been a lot more exciting if it was better directed and if the story had more thought put into it. This was a hard movie to sit through.
2.5/5
Picture quality on the New Line DVD is perfect. Both the English and Cantonese tracks sound perfect. SUbtitles are well written.
New Line gets it right June 16, 2007
Pat McCurry (Wilton, NH United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have to agree with others that this is the definitive version of Thunderbolt. I first saw it years ago on TNT edited down to 90 minutes and dubbed. So I bought the Taiwan version years ago. The setback of that one (like most Asian DVDs of old films) was that everyone was dubbed over in Mandarin by different actors, the picture looks old, and the subtitles are so-so. With the New Line DVD, you get the entire film, original dialogue, and better subtitling. On top of that, the picture is clean. The only thing that has been replaced are the opening and closing credits (and that is understanable since the original credits are in Chinese).
It's a top notch DVD.
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