Rapid Fire (1992 film)

Rapid Fire (1992 film)

Infobox Film
name = Rapid Fire
caption = Unarmed and extremely dangerous
director = Dwight H. Little
producer = Robert Lawrence
writer = Cindy Cirile
starring = Brandon Lee
music = Christopher Young
cinematography = Ric Waite
editing = Gib Jaffe
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = August 21, 1992
runtime = 95 min
country = USA
language = English
Aspect Ratio = 1.85 : 1
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0105219

"Rapid Fire" is a 1992 action film starring the late Brandon Lee in his first leading role in an American film and the last film to be released while he was alive.

Plot summary

Turned off from politics after witnessing the death of his father at Tiananmen Square in China, Los Angeles art student Jake Lo (Brandon Lee) is lured to a party of Chinese pro-democracy activists by a sexy figure model from one of his art classes.

While there, Jake witnesses Antonio Serrano (Nick Mancuso) killing party sponsor Carl Chang (Michael Paul Chan), who was an associate of drug kingpin Kinman Tau (Tzi Ma).

Serrano is a mafia drug distributor who wants a bigger piece of Tau's business. Placed under protective custody by federal agents, Jake is brought to Chicago to testify against Serrano, and Lo barely escapes an attempt on his life by corrupt FBI agents.

With nowhere else to turn, Jake teams up with grizzled Chicago cop Mace Ryan (Powers Boothe), who has been after Tau for 10 years, and Jake becomes romantically involved with Ryan's partner, Karla Withers (Kate Hodge).

Ryan uses Jake as bait to lure Serrano into giving details of his next big drug shipment. But the arrest of Serrano turns into a battle of bullets, fists, and feet. When the smoke clears, Serrano has been arrested, but he's killed in jail by one of Tau's henchmen, forcing Ryan to use Jake once again as a pigeon.

Posing as a worker, Jake is sent into the heart of Tau's industrial laundry operation to find out how Tau manages to process his imported opium without soiling any shirts.

Jake succeeds, but things go haywire, forcing Jake to kill his way to a confrontation with Tau on the tracks of the Chicago El, where Tau is electrocuted on the tracks, and then Tau is hit and killed by an El train.

Cast

*Brandon Lee as Jake Lo
*Powers Boothe as Mace Ryan
*Nick Mancuso as Antonio Serrano
*Raymond J. Barry as Agent Frank Stewart
*Kate Hodge as Karla Withers
*Tzi Ma as Kinman Tau
*Tony Longo as Brunner
*Michael Paul Chan as Carl Chang

Trivia

* Many of the fight scenes were orchestrated by Lee.
* The fights contain elements of his father's, Bruce Lee, Jeet Kune Do fighting style.
* Brandon Lee originally wanted John Woo to direct the film but the production company wanted a martial arts film so decided against it
* Lee accidentally broke his toe while filming a scene where he had to kick an oak door, the scene was never included in the movie.
* School scenes were filmed at Occidental College in Los Angeles.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Rapid Fire — is the name of several films: * Rapid Fire (1990 film) * Rapid Fire (1992 film) , starring Brandon Lee * Rapid Fire (2005 film) * Rapid Fire! , a miniatures war game …   Wikipedia

  • Rapid fire — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Rapid Fire est un film américain réalisé par Jack White en 1922. Rapid Fire est un film américain réalisé par David A. Prior en 1989. Rapid Fire est un… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Rapid Fire – Unbewaffnet und extrem gefährlich — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Rapid Fire – Unbewaffnet und extrem gefährlich Originaltitel: Rapid Fire Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1992 Länge: 91 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rapid Fire (film, 1992) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Rapid Fire. Rapid Fire Données clés Réalisation Dwight H. Little Scénario Cindy Cirile Acteurs principaux Brandon …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Rapid Fire — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Rapid Fire est un film américain réalisé par Jack White en 1922. Rapid Fire est un film américain réalisé par David A. Prior en 1989. Rapid Fire est un… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Martial arts film — For other uses see Martial arts (disambiguation) Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films primary appeal and entertainment value, and… …   Wikipedia

  • Police Story (film) — Infobox Film name = Police Story caption = Japanese DVD cover director = Jackie Chan producer = Raymond Chow Leonard Ho writer = Edward Tang narrator = starring = Jackie Chan Brigitte Lin Maggie Cheung Charlie Cho music = J. Peter Robinson… …   Wikipedia

  • 1992 in film —             List of years in film       (table) … 1982 .  1983 .  1984 .  1985  . 1986  . 1987  . 1988 … 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 …  …   Wikipedia

  • Film industry in Hamilton, Ontario — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has become a popular destination for the television and film industries, attracting dozens of film and television productions each year.cite web|url=http://www.investinhamilton.ca/filmtelevisionoffice.asp… …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Blue (2001 film) — Deep Blue Directed by Dwight H. Little Starring Michael Gambon Release date(s) December 5, 2003 Running time …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”