Jackie Chan films in Japan
Police Story
- Different opening scene, Early scene in the squad room
for birthday party.
- Scene with Jackie at the other police station
walking
on sidewalk and stepping onto cow manure, and moonwalks it off.
- Another
scene in the other police station where he has a funny phone dispatch
scene, and then tries to make a cup of noodles, eating them with pencils
instead of chopsticks and swallowing the erasers.
- Longer scene at the
shantytown
where he has a run-in with the cop he's accused of killing later.
- Longer
scene
with the rookie cop at the shantytown shoot-out where he wets his pants.
Some
versions don't show it at all.
- Fight scene at the mall is longer, and
the jump from
the balcony is shot from a different angle, end fight scene with Mr. Ko,
Jackie
does not freeze-frame while being held by the other cops, instead he
continues
to beat up Mr. Ko, then he and Maggie leave the building with 2 cops and
Brigitte Lin in custody. Outside, they turn around and look at each
other sadly,
while tons of people and police cars move by them.
- Then the outtakes,
there
are several extra and different sets of outtakes, including one where
Jackie puts
a gun into his mouth and pretends to pull the trigger, then another one
in
the courtroom scene.
Police Story 2
- The beginning is longer, and shows the freeway race by
the trucks for several minutes before Jackie gives them tickets.
- Also, the
squad
room scene is longer where Uncle Bill introduces Jackie to the new
under-cover
team known as the "Dogs" (of which the three girls in the interrogation
room
come from)
- There is another scene with them as they help find the
kidnapper
at the pay phone.
- Also, the scene where Uncle Bill passes gas on the
elevator
at the high-rise building is cut out of most versions, but not this one.
- The rest
is pretty much the same, except for the outtakes, and there are extra
ones.
Project A
- Extra scene where they interrogate a snitch and beat him
up.
- Also some versions don't show the nude scene in the shower.
- Extra outtakes
Project A 2
- Extra scene with Sammo at the log yard, and on the pirate's
island.
- Extra outtakes
Rumble in the Bronx
- The US version added an opening scene of the plane,
but that's not in the original. The scenes in this movie have been
shuffled around
so much that trying to keep them in order is tough.
- 2 extra scenes at
the market
with Anita, where she gets beat up by the gang members.
- Longer scene of
Jackie in front of the one-way mirror.
- Longer scene where after Jackie
beats
up the hoods for the first time, he explains kung-fu to the other store
employees.
- Extra scene with Francois Yip, where she and Jackie are kissing in front
of her
door and Anita jumps out of the shadows and yells at Jackie and slaps
him.
- The workout scene in the morning is longer and shows Jackie doing 10
handstand pushups and other excercises.
- Chinese wedding scene after the American wedding scene.
- The main thing
about this movie is the dialogue. The HK and Jap. versions are a
different
storyline than the US versions. Jackie is an HK cop helping his uncle
with the
problem he's having with his gangmembers. His father is now dead, and
not just back in HK, and he admits to a girlfriend "May" in HK. Also, the
deal for the market takes on a more serious tone. Anita's character accuses
Jackie and Bill of trying to defraud her by not telling her about the gangs. Jackie
in turn gives her some money back. In the US version he says it's paperwork. The
rest of it is pretty much the same, and there are no extra outtakes.
Armour of God
- Extra outtakes, and
- a different song sung by Jackie
instead of
Alan Tam, in English.
- Some versions don't have the bedroom scene between
him
and Rosamund Kwan.
Wheels on Meals
- Extra scene where Biao and Jackie are sightseeing with
the
girl pickpocket, some versions don't show it.
- Outtakes of the fight with
Benny.
Miracles
- Longer version than the HK. Mostly consists of the con-game
between
Uncle Bill and Richard Ng, and his relationship with Anita.
Drunken Master 2
- Actually has the very last scene with Jackie acting
retarded
deleted for lack of good taste.
Protector
- Protector: Primarily the same as the HK version, extra fight scenes, and
nudity
and profanity removed. Extra scene with girl at dance class and longer
fight
scene with Dick Wei.
- Outtakes.
My Lucky Stars
- Same as the other versions, but has outtakes, with
Jackie and
the whole cast mooning the camera while at the beach.
- Song sung by
Jackie in
Japanese.
First Mission (Heart of Dragon)
- Fight scene at the hospital when he takes the prisoner
there for methadone treatment, and extra fight scene in parking lot.
- Outtakes.
- Two different songs sung by Jackie in Japanese.
City Hunter
- City Hunter: Different beginning, with more emphasis on Joey Wang and
Chingmy
Yu,
- extra scene with Ken Lo as a gay terrorist,
- extra scene of the
nightclub.
- After regular outtakes, there are 8 minutes of additional outtakes
narrated by
some DJ in Japanese.
- Different ending song.
Twin Dragons
- Laser includes clips and out-takes from Police Story 1 and 2 under closing credits. The SFX are better in this version than in the HK version.
There are also theatrical trailers available on these videos advertising
other
films of Jackies. Some even offer a choice of tape sleeves, as in First
Strike.
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