Thunderbolt (1995 film)
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| Directed by | Gordon Chan |
| Produced by | Lam Chua |
| Written by | Gordon Chan Chan Hing-Kai Philip Kwok |
| Starring |
Jackie Chan Anita Yuen Michael Wong Thorsten Nickel |
| Music by | Yang Bang Ean Jackie Chan |
| Cinematography | Chan Kwong-hung Cheng Siu-Keung Kwan Chi-kan Ardy Lam Lam Hung Chuen Wong Wing-hung |
| Edited by | Chan Ki-hop Cheung Ka-Fai Peter Cheung Ng Wang Hung |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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110 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language |
Cantonese English Japanese |
| Budget | $30 million |
Thunderbolt (Chinese: 霹靂火) (Piklik Foh) is a 1995 Hong Kong action film starring Jackie Chan and directed by Gordon Chan. In early North American releases, it was known as Dead Heat.
Thunderbolt is set around the world of auto racing. The film is multilingual; characters speak Cantonese, English and Japanese interchangeably. Because Jackie had injured his leg during the shooting of Rumble in the Bronx, he was unable to perform some of the stunts. During the fight-scene at the pachinko hall in Japan, he was forced to use a stunt double for the wide-angle shots.
Chan Foh To (Jackie Chan) is a junkyard mechanic and a part-time race car driver who helps the Hong Kong Police Force in their crackdown on illegal street racing in the country. One night, while helping news reporter Amy Yip (Anita Yuen) and Mr. Lam (Dayo Wong) after their Mitsubishi FTO runs out of gasoline, Chan commandeers the car with Amy inside to chase after a speeding black Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 driven by the dangerous criminal driver Warner "Cougar" Kaugman (Thorsten Nickel). In the high speed car chase's climax, Chan traps Cougar in a police roadblock and has him apprehended. However, due to a lack of evidence and a warrant for arrest, Cougar is immediately released from police custody. Chan continues to be harassed by Amy, who wants to do a cover story of him.
After Chan fends off against Cougar's thugs at his junkyard, Cougar is once again arrested when Chan provides a false testimony under the guidance of Interpol agent Steve Cannon (Michael Wong). However, Cougar's thugs raid the police station and spring him out of jail. The thugs kill all but Cannon, who kills Cougar's girlfriend before they get away. Cougar then destroys the junkyard and injures Chan's father Chun Tung (Chor Yuen) before taking his younger sisters Dai Mui (Wu Oi-Yan) and Sai Mui (Annie Man) hostage to force Chan to race him in Japan.
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