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RAPID FIRE (1992) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| Although college student Jake Lo has become a pacifist, he's forced once again to use his martial arts skills when vicious gangsters come after him. Jake has worn off violence ever since he witnessed his father's murder during the infamous Tiananmen Square Massacre in China. But now, after seeing mobsters carry out a hit, he must spring into action to keep himself from becoming their next victim. He enlists the aid of tough, veteran cop Mace Ryan and his equally determined female partner who are both out to stop the heroin-smuggling criminals for good. But will this outnumbered trio of heros be able to defeat the army of mobsters? |
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| Brandon Lee (Jack Lo), Powers Boothe (Mace Ryan), Nick Mancuso (Antonio Serrano), Raymond J. Barry (Agent Frank Stewart), Kate Hodge (Karla Withers), Tzi Ma (Kinman Tau), Tony Longo (Brunner), Michael Paul Chan (Carl Chang), Dustin Nguyen (Paul Yang), Brigitta Stenberg (Rosalyn), Basil Wallace (Agent Wesley), Al Leong (Minh), Francois Chau (Farris), Quentin O'Brien (Agent Daniels), D.J. Howard (Sharpie), Maurice Chasse (Sharpie), Walter Addison (Detective), John Vickery (Detective), C'Esca Lawrence (Lisa Stewart), Donald Li (Tall Guard), Michael Chong (John Lo), Jeff McCarthy (Agent Anderson), Marvin Elkins (Fireman), Steve Pickering (Cop). |
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UNARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Dwight H. Little (Marked for Death).
WRITERS: Alan B. McElroy and Cindy Cirile.
PRODUCER: Robert Lawrence.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: John Fasano and Gerald T. Olson.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Christopher Young.
DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox |
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QUOTES |
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| Kinman Tau: Don't fear the weapon, fear the man. |
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Agent Stuart: I want you to know, Jake, that I'm the only one who did this to myself. I would you to know that I take responsibility for my personal actions.
Jake Lo: This isn't EST, Frank. |
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FACTS |
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RELEASE DATE: August 21st, 1992 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $4.8 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $14.3 million (USA)
- Brandon Lee was a self-confessed Jackie Chan fan, who in turn was a fan of Lee's father, Bruce Lee. Brandon plays homage to Chan by incorporating key moves from Jingcha gushi (1985) and Fel long meng jiant (1987) in the final fight scenes. |
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Mace Ryan: Chicago PD thinks you're a cop-killer, you know what that means?
Jake Lo: I'm off the departments Christmas list? |
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Jake Lo: Ooh great, more cops.
Agent Stuart: We are with the FBI, this is agent Wesley and I am agent Stewart.
Jake Lo: Ooh cops in suits. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "Rapid Fire is a movie weary almost onto death with the sameness of its genre. It's still another mindless slog through the familiar material of drug dealing, the Mafia, and the martial arts." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times |
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"As far as mindless cookie-cutter action movies go, you could certaintly do much worse than Rapid Fire, though that's hardly a ringing endorsement." -- Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide |
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