Rapid Fire
by Dwight H. Little
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Actor: Brandon Lee, Kate Hodge, Nick Mancuso, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. BarryDirector: Dwight H. Little
Cinematographer: Ric Waite
Producer: Barry M. Berg
Producer: Gerald T. Olson
Producer: John Fasano
Producer: Robert Lawrence
Writer: Alan B. McElroy
Writer: Cindy Cirile
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Rapid Fire
DVD Review: Rapid Rise
Summary: 5 Stars
Brandon Lee was well on his way to being the next huge action star..He had model good looks, an impeccable martial arts pedigree and talent to match, he could zing out sardonic one-liners with the best of them, and he was a fine actor, as well. This film features Brandon as an art student who witnesses a murder and is then caught between the Chinese and Italian mafias, the FBI, and the Chicago police department. Lee's martial arts style is unique and fun to watch--sort of a cross between Jackie Chan's acrobatics and Jason Statham's fisticuffs.DVD Review: Pleasantly surprised
Summary: 4 Stars
As a teen, I was a huge Bruce Lee fan. Naturally, I practiced martial arts as well. Most of my kicks aren't courtesy of the Sensei at the dojo where I practiced karate, no that honor goes to the TV. I remember myself pressing, rewind-play-rewind at every move Bruce made and attempted to copy them.
Then I found out about his son's movie "The Crow" and to say it was a big hit with me is an understatement. I loved it. But I wanted to know if he'd made anything else that was notable. Since none of his other movies were big budget blockbusters, I had small expectations.
Enter Rapid Fire.
It seemed like your average Seagal B movie. But then, Brandon Lee wasn't B-movie material. He literally carried the movie to new heights. Okay, I may be biased, but this movie really made me fall in love with the guy.
He's got it all. Feet that kick like David Beckham, trip hammers for fists and a look in his eyes that makes glass wanting to go back to being sand. Sure the plot is thin, but the action scenes make up for it.
No, Brandon Lee wasn't a dud who had a lucky shot in a blockbuster movie. Hollywood really lost talent and that's a shame. As with Heath Ledger, I'm left wondering: "why do the good die young?"
DVD Review: CLASSIC
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a hard to find classic. Every video store should keep this movie in stock. I still can't understand why people haven't seen this movie yet... STUPIT...DVD Review: Rapid Fire, Lengthy Reload
Summary: 3 Stars
After the consummate disaster that was "Laser Mission", the late Brandon Lee needed a new vehicle to reintroduce himself as a potential solo star to the American action scene, and "Rapid Fire" came at just the right time. However, while there's no denying that Lee's fifth starring picture is a neat action flick, the fact that it remains a tad mediocre in terms of storyline, action, and characters persistently lets on throughout the film, leaving it less noteworthy than fans of Lee might want to admit.
Jake Lo (Lee) is a Chinese-American student and martial artist whose parents died during the events of Tiananmen Square. After witnessing a murder between the American mafia and the Chinese drug cartel, Jake is placed under police protection but flees the cops when internal corruption threatens his life as well. Dodging both gangsters and crooked policemen, he must place his trust in a squad of renegade officers seeking to bring down the faction of the underworld Jake has been witness to.
If anything, "Rapid Fire" hints that had his life not been cut short, Lee would've been on his way to become one of the definitive stars of the action era. While the film is less remarkable, Lee is versatile in effectively switching between the actor and the fighting machine: his kung fu is good, and he's miles ahead of the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme or Arnold Schwarzenegger when it comes to acting.
The supporting cast does fine as well: the movie allows for a bit more character depth than other action flicks, and co-stars Powers Booth ("Deadwood") and Raymond Berry ("Steel City") in particular use this added freedom well.
However, the most important aspect of the movie - the fight scenes - is a hit-and-miss: to break it down, the scenes in the club and the in the laundromat are good, the one in the hotel is decent, and the first one at the gathering is rather poor. While Lee certainly has the moves, the choreography and camerawork in these parts tend to be a bit lacking, and give the impression that he's not as good as he really is.
In addition, the film is terrifically bland in its story. It literally feels as though the director was going down a checklist of action-movie clich?s (the obligatory romance angle, Lee boneheadedly struggling with his dead father's legacy, etc.) and sticking them in the movie wherever they seemed to fit; this is the basic complaint with most action features, and I'm sorry to say that it afflicted this one rather badly.
While it's obvious that "Rapid Fire' isn't about to match "The Crow", it also fails to measure up to many other action-adventures of the time - be it "Under Siege", "Timecop", or "Commando"...but that doesn't mean that it isn't a good movie. Though slightly disappointing, "Rapid Fire" is enough to make you miss Brandon Lee and make you dream of what he might've contributed to film if he had lived longer. For now, this movie will remain in the back of my shelf, but I'm sure it won't be all too long before I dig it out for another watch.
DVD Review: Brandon Lee..., What Can I Say ?
Summary: 5 Stars
Well i can say that it's 2 bad Brandon is gone because i've argued many times of where he possibly be 2day! This movie was the start of putting his creative martial arts ability on screen. The fight scenes were great, even had decent story line. it could've had more action though .... but i'm just a fan who got spoiled! 2 thumbs up!!!
Description of Rapid Fire
In this explosive martial arts action adventure, college student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents, after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin (Nick Mancuso). Determined to survive, he single-handedly takes on Chicago's warring drug lords with the assistance of a renegade cop (Powers Boothe) and his beautiful partner (Kate Hodge).Brandon Lee's penultimate picture isn't much on paper--a dour college kid, bitter over his activist father's death in Tiananmen Square, is targeted by a Chicago mobster after witnessing a gangland killing and reluctantly joins forces with brooding, obsessed cop Powers Boothe--but then who was watching this for the story? Consider this his screen test for the superior The Crow. Lee bites off bad dialogue with surly sneers, swaggers through scenes with the confidence of a movie veteran, and moves... well, his moves are the real reason to see the film. Nick Mancuso has a good time as the weasely mobster getting sloppy in his desperation, and Powers plays the father figure with less conviction than sheer tenacity, but Brandon Lee is the star-in-the-making of this production. This, unfortunately, is no star vehicle, but it provides enough bone-crunching, butt-kicking martial arts action for any action junkie. --Sean Axmaker
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