Film Reviews - Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:55 - 2 Comments

The Protector (1985)

Director: James Glickenhaus

Starring: Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Roy Chiao, Bill ‘Superfoot’ Wallace,

Featuring: Kim Bass, Joe Wong, Sally Yeh

Written and directed by James Glickenhaus, The Protector was Jackie’s last attempt to gain entry to the US market until Rumble in the Bronx. With Battle Creek Brawl and appearances in the Cannonball Run series failing to set the States alight, Jackie went the way of the New York cop.

Jackie plays Billy Wong, a member of New York’s finest whose partner is killed during a hold-up. After taking out the murderer with no little property damage, Billy is busted to guard duty, and finds himself at a fashion launch party with officer Garoni (played by Aiello). The party is crashed by masked hoods who kidnap the hostess, the daughter of the biggest New York crime boss. After learning that she is being held in Honk Kong, Billy and Garoni get themselves sent there to rescue the girl, take out the crime lord responsible and in doing so bust up the biggest heroin route between China and America. Using guns and swearing.

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