Bongkoj Khongmalai, Danny Aiello, Jackie Chan
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Sh...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 16, 2007
Stats: 210 reviews
I think this was Jackies first American made film from waaay back in '85 and it shows. It's exploitative, violent, badly dubbed and cheesy as all get-out, but part of me loved the grimy presentation. Plenty of low bugdet action and corny dialougue, with all the gravity defying st...( read more)
Watch only to inwardly scoff at a Hollywood that had no idea what they had in Jackie. Here he plays a gun-toting, foul-mouthed cop partnered with gun-toting, foul-mouthed Danny Aiello. Only redeeming value comes from Jackie's acrobatics and that the experience so disgusted him ...( read more)
Jackie's worst, but still quite watchable. I can see why Chan ran back to Hong Kong screaming after this one.
If you're at all familiar with Strong Bad's "Dangeresque", then keep that in mind when watching The Protector and it'll be a laugh riot. I will always remember this movie as the definition of Typical Action Film. Right from the beginning, you know what you're getting into. Rent, ...( read more)
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