 | Rumble in the Bronx (1995) Run time: 87 min Rating: 6.6 Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime Director: Stanley Tong Writers: Edward Tang, Fibe Ma Stars: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip Trivia: A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills. |
| Storyline Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu> | |
| Plot Keywords: gang, greed, kung fu, new york city, fight | |
| Details: Country: Hong Kong, Canada Release Date: 23 February 1996 (USA) | |
| Box Office Budget: $7,500,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend: $74,907 (USA) (19 July 1996) Gross: $32,333,860 (USA) (26 July 1996) | |
