(deleted), Wong discovers a bomb in Sally Yeh's bedroom. I can understand why JC was disappointed with it, because it is nowhere near as good as almost any of his other 80's-90's movies, but it aint all that bad. The fight scene between Billy Wong and Benny Garrucci is re-edited to be more fast-paced. (deleted), Wong chasing the massage parlour manager. At the party, he meets his new partner, Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello), who has also been demoted due to claims of police brutality. Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Nov 15, 2009. The following changes were made by Jackie Chan for the Hong Kong release of the film: The Japanese version of The Protector can be described as "an extended version" of Jackie Chan's edit. (slow-motion and alternative take), Billy spins a large gear handle to hit Benny in the face. After the press conference, Garucci expresses his concern to Ko's bodyguard, Ho Dai-Wai, about Garoni and Wong's knowledge of their drug operation. Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. What are the differences between the old R-Rated US-cut and the Uncensored US-cut. Muscles, cop from Hong Kong, is in Japan chasing a bad HK cop. Jackie Chan plays New York police officer Billy Wong. The Movies: Shout! Lots of comedy and kung-fu fighting follows. With Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Sandy Alexander, Victor Arnold. Audience Reviews for The Protector. His cop partner gets taken by the ninja gang. Garoni goes outside with the gang and kills a sniper with a 6-shot 20mm cannon before he can shoot Wong. Written by Sally reveals that the manager is actually her uncle and an outcast in her family. Title: After witnessing this, Hing Lee agrees to help them, telling the cops to come back the next day after he gets information from various contacts about Ko. In the ensuing fight, Garrucci is electrocuted when the saw hits an electric panel. Factory offers up a double dose of Jackie Chan action with their double feature release of Crime Story paired with The Protector.Here are some thoughts on the movie, after which we'll tackle the disc itself. (added), Wong and Soo Ling visit a fortune teller. This page was last edited on 31 March 2021, at 14:04. (added), Ko's voice on the phone is replaced by a female voice demanding that he should leave. It failed and Chan went on to make the more successful Police Story(1985). It also features an HD-upscaled version of the Hong Kong edit with a DTS-MA encoded audio, and a non-upscaled anamorphic version with a 2.0 Dolby track. Wong and Sally then go to a restaurant, where she reveals that her father and another man were partners of Ko, until Ko killed her father. However, unbeknownst to Sally and Wong, one of Ko's men has overheard the conversation. Jackie Chan fight scene from the movie 'The Protector' released in 1985. Stan Jones and Siu Ling arrive to help untie Garoni and rescue Laura. Things became so bad that Chan walked off the set, but was forced to return and finish the film by contractual obligation. Chan was appalled at the way Glickenhaus directed the fight scenes, feeling that his methods were sloppy and lacked attention to detail. Three cameos: Tony Jaa's father appears at the Songkran scene; a Jackie Chan double in the airport, intended as a tribute to Jaa's idol; and Thai rock star Sek Loso appears prominently in the foreground in one scene drinking his trademark energy drink, which was tied up in a promotional relationship with the movie in Thailand. Wong and Garoni prevail, but when Wong attempts to interrogate one of them, the gangster sets off a grenade in a suicide attempt to kill them. Tat, ex SWAT turned CID cop in HK, has a 29 y.o. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate. Jackie Chan: The Protector Action & adventure Written and directed by James Glickenhaus (The Exterminator), The Protector stars Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello (Do the Right Thing) as a pair of NYPD cops sent to Hong Kong to catch a drug lord who has kidnapped the daughter of his former associate. Wong, Garoni and Jones go to the drug lab. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. Wong shoots the rest but is forced to chase the last remaining crook into the New York harbor, resulting in a boat chase in which he kills the gangster by causing an explosion. Wong shoots the rest but is forced to chase the last remaining crook into the New York harbor, resulting in a boat chase in which he kills the gangster by causing an explosion. If someone else has played the role that Jackie Chan played in this movie, the movie could be a decent one. Wong eventually makes it inside of a crane, and kills Ko when he drops the contents of the crane onto his helicopter. (1985). David tells him that there's a way he can help. Then Wong dispatches Ko's guards and is eventually about to kill Ko, but Garrucci comes after Billy with a cut-off saw. Use the HTML below. After a patrol in New York City, New York police officers Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and his partner Michael (Patrick James Clarke) have a drink at a bar. Tong Huo-wan (Jackie Chan) seeks redress from the man responsible for his master's death, but becomes entangled in a feud between a local clan and gangsters. It failed and Chan went on to make the more successful Police Story(1985). View production, box office, & company info. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Realizing that Sally may be in danger, Wong visits Sally at her house. The next day, Wong and Garoni go to see Hing Lee (Peter Yang) on his boat, and they show him the coin of Tin Ho, an Chinatown informant of Wong's and a friend of Lee's. Billy and the guard fight on a cargo lifter, where Wong prevails by eventually knocking the guard off to a long fall to his death. All scenes taking places in the USA contain the original US soundtrack. The Protector (1985) Jackie Chan in The Protector (1985) Saved by IMDb. They arrive at the warehouse, but find both Lee's and Wing's dead bodies. But instead, they see that Hing Lee has been killed and his boat burned. 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