"Hollywood", as the world's largest film industry gathering place, always attracts the attention of filmmakers from all over the world.
In the 1990s, Hong Kong movies called "Oriental Hollywood" began to show signs of decline. Many Hong Kong filmmakers have begun to focus their attention on the big Hollywood screen, Jackie Chan is one of them.
With the 1995 "Red Zone", Jackie Chan won the recognition of many North American filmmakers and successfully entered the Hollywood studio. And the considerable box office performance of the "Spike Series" also established his position on the Hollywood screen. In 2017, Jackie Chan also won the "Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Award" and became the first Chinese-speaking actor to receive this honor.
Among those Chinese-speaking actors who have entered Hollywood, Jackie Chan is undoubtedly the most outstanding one. However, the road to Hollywood for the action superstar was not smooth sailing. As early as 1980, Jackie Chan began to impact the North American film market, but it was not until 1995 that he successfully entered the North American market.
"Bruce Lee successor" in the eyes of Hollywood filmmakers, Jackie Chan's Hollywood debut
In 1973, Bruce Lee's "Dragon Fighting Tiger" made North American audiences see the charm of kung fu movies, and Hollywood filmmakers also saw the market potential of Hong Kong filmmakers. So after 1973, many Hollywood studios began to go to Hong Kong to seek cooperation opportunities. In the mid to late 1970s, Jackie Chan began to rise on the Hong Kong film screens with kung fu comedy. In 1980, Hollywood Warner Pictures found Golden Harvest and hoped to create a Kung Fu film "Killer Hood" for Jackie Chan. Taking this opportunity, Jackie Chan also launched his first assault on the North American film market.
"Killer Trench" tells the story of a Chinese boxer participating in the American "Killer Trench" fighting competition. Warner Movies hopes that this "Killer Trench" can create a box office myth like Bruce Lee's "Dragon Fighting Tiger". To this end, Warner Pictures specially invited Robert Goros, who has directed "Dragon Fight" and "Game of Death", to serve as the director of the film.
However, since "Dragon Fighting Tiger Fighting" in 1973, many excellent Kung Fu films by Shaw Brothers and Jiahe began to be introduced into North American theaters. At the end of the 1970s, North American audiences were tired of kung fu movies.
In 1980's "Killer Trench", although Jackie Chan's fighting performance was very good, the effect was mediocre after the release. Jackie Chan's first cooperation with a Hollywood studio ended in failure.
defeated Hollywood for the second time, but it created the classic Hong Kong movie
of police and robbers. After entering the 1980s, the kung fu comedy market began to decline. Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao and others began to transform into modern action movies. The "Fu Star Series", "Fast Food Truck", "Plan A" and other works have also won the love of many viewers. In the mid-1980s, Jackie Chan, who regained his self-confidence through action comedy, once again had the idea of entering Hollywood. In 1985, Jackie Chan's "Weihe Movies" and Hollywood "Warner Pictures" cooperated to create the action gangster film "Weilong Detective". Jackie Chan and Hollywood filmmaker James Glickenhouse, jointly served as the director of the film.
"Vice Dragon Detective" tells the story of a pair of New York criminal police partners who went to Hong Kong to arrest criminals. During the filming of the film, Jackie Chan and James Glickenhaus had a disagreement. Jackie Chan hopes to combine comedy and stunt elements with traditional gangster movies, while James Glickenhaus wants to create a well-regulated Hollywood gangster movie. The disagreement between the two directors of
made this "Very Long Detective" a very mediocre work amid constant disputes and revisions. Jackie Chan's Hollywood attack also ended in failure again.
Although "Vice Dragon Detective" failed, Jackie Chan did not give up his idea of "combining comedy and stunt elements with traditional police movies". After "The Detective of the Dragon", Jackie Chan put his ideas on the screen of Hong Kong movies and launched the classic Hong Kong movie "Police Story".
successfully entered the Hollywood masterpiece, the classic
"Police Story", which opened the Chinese New Year festival, is a very classic work in Jackie Chan's acting career. The film completely established Jackie Chan's passionate and desperate stunt comedy style. The subsequent "Police Story 2", "Police Story 3", "Dragon Brother and Tiger", and "Flying Eagle Project" are also derivative works of this style.
In 1995, Hong Kong "Jiahe" and the United StatesIn cooperation with "Line Movies", he shot the action film "Red Fan District" for Jackie Chan. In this film, Jackie Chan fully displays his action style. The special effects scenes of the big scenes have also stimulated the attention of many North American audiences. After its release in North America, "Red Zone" won more than 32 million U.S. dollars at the box office and was recognized by many North American filmmakers. Jackie Chan also fulfilled his dream of entering Hollywood.
not only performed well in the North American film market. , This "Red Fan District" also achieved more than 35 million box office results in the mainland theaters in 1995. Through this film, mainland filmmakers first realized the film marketing concept of "New Year film".
experienced The failures of "Killer Trench" and "Vice Dragon Detective", the 1995 "Red Zone" finally allowed Jackie Chan to enter the Hollywood screen smoothly. The subsequent works such as "Rush Hour" and "Shanghai Noon" also let Jackie Chan has reached the peak of his career step by step.
Today's Jackie Chan, as he grows older and declines in physical strength, can no longer perform the intense and exciting stunt scenes he did when he was young. But those he left on the screen Classic works have become many viewers' memories of a movie era.
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