Rapid Fire - Unarmed and extremely dangerous

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Movie
German title Rapid Fire - Unarmed and extremely dangerous
Original title Rapid fire
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Dwight H. Little
script Cindy Cirile
Alan B. McElroy
production Robert Lawrence
music Christopher Young
camera Ric Waite
cut Give Jaffe
occupation

Rapid Fire - Unarmed and Extremely Dangerous (Original title: Rapid Fire ) is an American action film from 1992.

action

Jake Lo is an American art student whose father was killed in the Tian'anmen massacre . He is not a supporter of the Chinese struggle for freedom and is lured to a charity event under a pretext. There he witnesses how the drug lord Antonio Serrano commits a murder for the first time in ten years and he now wants to eliminate the key witness. Lo is interrogated by FBI agent Frank Stewart and taken into protective custody. He is brought from Los Angeles to Chicago and the protective custody proves to be a trap. Before he can be killed, Jake Lo escapes and meets the police officer Karla Withers. At the last second, her supervisor, Mace Ryan, saves him from the FBI and takes him to his team's hideout.

With the help of Mace, Jake learns that FBI agent Frank Stewart has been bribed. Mace himself has been after Serrano for several years. He forces Stewart to help convict Serrano and uses Jake Lo as a decoy. However, the staged handover does not go according to plan: Stewart is killed and Lo can only hand Serrano over to Mace after a tough fight without police intervention. Angry about the events, he leaves the crime scene. Karla Withers makes sure that Jake Lo can finally see his father's file. Both get closer and spend a night together. Meanwhile, Mace has the laundry of Kinman Tau, Serrano's former business partner and current adversary, searched, but does not find anything. In the meantime, Tau has Serrano murdered in prison.

Mace finally asks Karla for support and meets Jake Lo at her place. He agrees to help Mace catch Tau. During the subsequent observation, however, both Karla and Mace are captured. Jake manages to free the two and ultimately kill Tau and his bodyguard.

Criticism and reception

Rapid Fire is your average action film that relies heavily on Brandon Lee's martial arts . The typical B-film style is reminiscent of the martial arts films of the 1980s. In particular, the depiction of drug cartels and the exaggerated appearance of the film's “villains” are typical elements of the B-film.

“Brutal action film with a pale leading actor. Fighting scenes are lined up non-stop, the drug problem is treated with gross negligence. "

- Lexicon of international film

background

  • Brandon Lee uses some style elements of the martial art Jeet Kune Do of his father Bruce Lee , as well as various techniques of his role model Jackie Chan in the film .
  • Originally, John Woo was to be the director. Since the studio did not agree with his style, Dwight H. Little, a director who is better known for films from the B-film genre, was hired.
  • The soundtrack comes from the US hard rock band Hardline .
  • In October 2011, the age rating of the film was checked again and was then released from 18 and the indexing was lifted.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review on Handlemedown.de
  2. ↑ Rapid Fire - Unarmed and extremely dangerous. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used