‘Railroad Tigers’ Trailer: Jackie Chan’s Action Western Is Coming To The United States
Sadly,Jackie Chanhasn’t really been churning out much work to theaters in the United States in recent years. Though the Hong Kong action star rose quickly to fame thanks to movies likeRush HourandShanghai Noon, the quality of his American movies quickly declined and his incredible stunt work just wasn’t enough to keep audiences interested.
However, with the development of theShanghai NoonsequelShanghai Dawnback in developmentand the possibility ofRush Hour 4not entirely out of the question, it seems Jackie Chan could have a comeback with US audiences soon. In the meantime, we’ll get a chance to check out Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong action comedyRailroad Tigerswith a release in the US planned for early next year.
Watch theRailroad Tigerstrailer after the jump.
Railroad Tigers, directed byDing Sheng(Little Big Soldier, Police Story: Lockdown), has flares of the South Korean western action flickThe Good, The Bad, The Weirdfrom 2008 (which you should seek out if you can, because it’s great). The story follows Jackie Chan as a railroad worker who teams up with a group of fighters in order to fight the Japanese army and get food for their people. It’s like a western Robin Hood, but it has some of the cartoonish comedy of classic Hong Kong films.
This particular style of action comedy doesn’t always work for American audiences, but the action looks like it will be entertaining enough to watch. At the very least maybe we can hope for some kind of blooper reel showing Jackie Chan’s stunts going wrong. That always makes for a fun way to end one of these movies.
Even ifRailroad Tigersdoesn’t turn out to be all that great, at least Jackie Chan recently collected a Lifetime Achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for his entire body of work. Chan couldn’t have been more happy to receive the award, saying, “After 56 years in the film industry, making more than 200 films, after so many bones, finally.” This came after an introduction by Chris Tucker, Michelle Yeoh and Tom Hanks, the latter calling him “Chantastic” according toReuters.
I certainly hope Jackie Chan has a resurgence in popularity in the United States, but it would be nice for studios to give him the kind of action movie he deserves. Is there any way we can get him to team up with the guys fromThe Raidfranchise? That would be amazing.
