Emil Chau plays an ice cream vendor, a role that he also played in Hong faan kui (1995).
Because of the mess they left behind (from the demolished house), the production company was barred permanently from ever filming in that part of Australia again.
Director Cameo: [Sammo Hung Kam-Bo] the cyclist.
Revealing mistakes: Giancarlo's mansion is shown to be completely made out of plywood when Jackie demolishes it.
Continuity: Diana's film of Giancarlo is an exact replay of the movie's scenes. This film, supposedly shot from an air-conditioning vent, includes a shot from the other side of the room of her and her cameraman being discovered.
Revealing mistakes: When the first Demon is thrown in the "guest house" it is obvious it is a stuntwoman. The character's hair is long and blonde, but the person thrown in has short black hair.
Continuity: After Jackie slides down an escalator rail in a chase at the mall, the seat of his pants bears a clearly visible black scorch mark, which disappears in the next shot.
Factual errors: The film states that this is Jackie Chan's first film shot entirely in English. The Big Brawl (1980) was Jackie's first movie to be shot in English.
Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Jackie leaps from the park and onto the fixed crane, swinging above where the Demons stage the kidnapping, it clearly visible that Jackie misses his mark when grabbing for the crane extension. His hands breeze right by it. But, in a following shot, you see him successfully grab the crane extension and swing down.
Continuity: During the initial chase sequence, Jackie and Diana are on the other side of the metal fence with the thugs attempting to climb it. In the next shot, the thugs' positions on the fence change.
Continuity: In the mall cooking scene, Jackie "dices" the rolled egg very sloppily and the egg is in scraps. The next shot of Jackie throwing the egg to Miki, for a split second you can see the rolled egg chopped perfectly.
Continuity: In the mall cooking scene, Jackie tosses a small piece of egg to Miki but the egg that hits her face is much bigger.
Continuity: During the mall chase sequence, Jackie kicks the first chair, clearly in the air, at the blonde thug. The next shot when the thug jumps over it, the chair is merely sliding on the ground.
Continuity: During the carriage chase, Miki's hat and bag that are sitting on the bench change positions many times without contact.
Continuity: When the thugs are breaking into Jackie's apartment, one of the thugs shoots twice at the lock but three bullet holes are shown.
Revealing mistakes: When Jackie dangling from the beam after his apartment blows up, the safety wire is visible.
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Lakisha and Miki are calling Jackie when he is hanging onto the wheelbarrow dumper, they both say his name twice together. The second time, they are clearly not shown saying it.
Revealing mistakes: During Jackie's fight with Giancarlo's men at the Golden Garden construction site you can clearly see Jackie fighting Asian stunt-men instead of the guys he is supposed to be fighting.
References
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Referenced in
Rush Hour (1998)
Baadshah (1999)
- An action sequence borrows from the factory fight scene.
Featured in
The Making of Jackie Chan's 'Mr. Nice Guy' (1997) (V)