I've been a big fan of Jackie Chan for a long time back when he was making movies like "Young Master" and "Half a Loaf of Kung Fu" and very popular in Asia. (Especially after Bruce Lee's death, people were crowining him as the next Bruce Lee) Jackie had tried to break into Hollywood in the past with very little success - movies like "Cannon Ball I and II", "Big Brawl", and "Protector". At the time, American audiences weren't ready for Jackie Chan style of movies. He went back to Hong Kong and enjoyed tremendous success, best known for doing his own death defying stunts.
"Rumble in the Bronx", originally released in Hong Kong in 1995 was re-released in US as instant hit, and American audiences embraced Jackie this time around. Then, studios brought back all other previously released movies in the US - "Armour of God series", "Police Story series", "Drunken Master series", etc. Jackie started making movies targeted for American audiences like "Rush Hour series", "Shanghai Noon", "Shanghai Knight", etc. Unfortunately, his later movies like "Tuxedo", "Medallion", and "Around the World in 80 days" didn't so well.
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