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Thunderbolt (1995)

Thunderbolt poster
Original title
霹靂火
Directed by
Frankie Chan, Gordon Chan, Dante Lam, Sammo Hung
Genre
comedy film, action film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 330 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mechanic and street racer gets drawn into a dangerous rivalry with a criminal driver. He must use his racing skills to stop the bad guy and protect his family.

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What happens

Thunderbolt (Chinese: 霹靂火) (Piklik Foh) is a 1995 Hong Kong action sports film starring Jackie Chan and directed by Gordon Chan. The action directors were Chan and Sammo Hung, and the action scenes were performed by the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. In early North American releases, the film was known as Dead Heat. Thunderbolt is set around the world of auto racing. The film is multilingual; characters speak Cantonese, English and Japanese interchangeably. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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