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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
jackie chan stunts
for this list we're ranking the craziest
and most death-defying stunts ever
performed by the legendary jackie chan
and or the jackie chan stunt team while
the actor and martial artist is known
for performing the majority of his own
stunts members of jackie chan's stuntmen
association also performed some stunts
for him and with him as well as those by
other characters since the scenes were
filmed so we can't see their faces and
there is of course the magic of editing
involved we're not always able to
confirm whether chan or one of his stunt
people did the deed but either way these
are all amazing we're joined by action
designer young lee and jackie chan's
stunt team member andy chang what's your
favorite jc stunt let us know in the
comments
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number 10 bungie drop with a twist who
am i
hey adrenaline junkies bungee jumping is
fun right
right well maybe so but we don't think
this quick but terrifying drop from
chan's second flick to be written and
filmed in english is quite how you're
supposed to do it in this action comedy
jackie seems to be in total control as
he jumps off a ledge with a bungee cord
wrapped tightly around his body
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it's not a long fall but the sight of
that chord unraveling at frightening
speed gives us nightmares about what
could have happened to chan had
something got caught up on the way down
with people watching they have no idea
just how dangerous
you look like a funny oh cool
it's not fun like i said another guy
he broke his hip but he almost killed
him thankfully it's all over in just a
few seconds with jackie's character
taking off as if nothing happened just a
couple of seconds after he hits the
ground nobody done that before so nobody
can hit you number 9 hot air balloon
jump armor of god also known as
operation condor 2 the armor of the gods
talk about catching some air the
action-adventure armor of god is known
as one of jackie chan's best and most
popular films and it also contains some
of his most memorable stunts
one of these was a sequence that sees
chan take a giant leap of faith from a
cave wall into the wild blue yonder
that's the kind of cool thing that like
in those older jackie video like movies
like now everything that we do is always
planned
to perfection whereas this is like it
feels you you see the it's so real even
though it's so wide you feel the panic
jackie's free fall feels like an
eternity as a hot air balloon approaches
in the distance then the balloon comes
into frame and we see chan successfully
nail his landing
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this is the first stunt on our list to
feature multiple camera angles and
instant replay and it will not be the
last just watch this sequence and hold
your breath he cannot get inside you see
the rope they're so windy or reason
they don't have enough power to pull him
in you see he's struggling number eight
parking lot leap rumble in the bronx
a lot of stunts on this list will
involve jackie taking to the air and
hoping for the best this one from rumble
in the bronx is a bit more grounded in
reality but no less impressive as chan
leaps from one rooftop to another during
a fight chase scene involving a parking
lot
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rumble in the bronx was intended to be
an entry point for north american movie
fans to experience some jackie chan
magic and it honestly works there's an
approachability to the action and
choreography that makes the martial arts
film a breezy and fun watch while the
actual leap in question is as cool as
any older chan set piece even in that uh
tom cruise mission impossible uh scene
did you see the one where he broke his
ankle oh he broke the angle yeah yeah
like
that was pretty
narrow
compared to this the sight of jackie
taking a deep breath and launching a
cross still makes us cheer today
number 7. glass sign police story 2.
the police story franchise is a great
place to start if you really want to dig
into the meat and potatoes of jackie
chan's best work we'll dive into the
classic first film in the series a
little later but don't sleep on the
first sequel as this glass window stunt
is one of jackie's wildest it starts out
with a couple of awesome jumps onto a
moving bus before chan has to quickly
lie down to avoid a sign then jackie
jumps off the bus through a pane of prop
glass
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there's a camera guy who like dumps down
and and the thing goes right over him
like
that's brave
he could have yes there's a lot of
great cameramen in hong kong at least
that's what we see in the finished film
the end credit bloopers seem to suggest
that chan either leapt through the wrong
pane or that the stunt didn't work out
correctly for at least one take
resulting in some concerning injuries we
don't
we don't have rehearsal we just shoot it
that's how much
gus he have i mean like
working with him you know
when he knowing something he think he
can do
he'd do it number six backwards on hot
coals drunken master 2.
we've covered a lot of jackie's police
themed work thus far in our list but
it's important to remember that chan
originally made his name making some
legit kung fu classics 1978's drunken
master was unequivocally one of those
movies while the 1994 sequel also
featured some worthwhile craziness for
chan's fans to enjoy don't believe us
how does jackie falling backwards on
actual hot coals grab ya
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yep not only is this fight sequence
impeccably choreographed from the jump
it also features a slow motion sequence
where we see chan make his way backwards
through a fiery hot coal pit like fire
jail he's just wet down himself that's
they didn't use any gel
that's uh he put that you see he have a
gloves on the hand it's the sort of
scene that makes us rub our eyes in
disbelief despite knowing full well that
jackie chan is this level of fearless
this has got to be super hot we wouldn't
do that today either number five hanging
off a bus police story
we're back to the police story franchise
this time with that aforementioned first
movie a full-fledged jackie chan banger
that's a hill i slide with the cardboard
every day after school it's the moment i
think i can do that and that's the make
me say i want to do movie i can do what
he's doing jackie himself remembers this
action comedy as one of his best in his
autobiography so who are we to argue
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the bus chase sequence alone is worth
the price of admission opening up with
chan hanging on for dear life to the
back of the speeding vehicle he then
climbs his way up the side fighting
goons all the way it's a combination of
balls and physical
abilities yeah but wait there's more
after falling off he catches up to the
bus and decides to play chicken standing
in front of it only for two men to
figuratively crash and burn and take a
nasty and reportedly unplanned fall to
the concrete
ouch
number four roller skating through
traffic winners and sinners
1983's winners and sinners may not be
one of jackie chan's most well-known
movies but die hard action fans are well
advised to seek the action comedy out if
just for this crazy stunt sequence it
starts off with chan on roller skates
mind you leaping and missing a car
he eventually catches up and gets on the
chase weaving in and out of traffic
holding on to any and every car on the
road
chan skates under a semi lies flat in
the street and allows a car to drive
over him leapfrogs motorcycles and
basically does every whack-a-do thing
you can possibly imagine
check this one out for yourself and see
what we mean that was
crazy
number three sliding down a skyscraper
who am i
jackie chan was already an established
star by the time humai hit in 1998 but
that didn't mean he was through wowing
us with hand over mouth capital s
shocking stunt work case in point this
absolutely ridiculous building slide
that may end safely enough but generates
enough tension to make us hold our
breath the whole time he's dead
in this action comedy that he
co-directed with benny chan jackie
slides down this incredibly steep and
incredibly smooth building at a height
that's vertigo inducing to say the least
when you slide the first few feet that's
okay but when you go over 10 20 feet
then you start that speed is like
he gonna kill you add in how jackie
switches from walking vertically to
going head first before finally making
his landing two words holy crap
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who is he indeed
number two clock tower slip project a
much has been made about the comparisons
between jackie chan style of physical
comedy and the groundbreaking silent
movie work of legends like buster keaton
and harold lloyd chan actually hadn't
seen those films prior to shooting
project a despite this clock tower fall
looking remarkably similar to lloyd's
safety last trivia aside the movement
and choreography both outside and inside
the tower is a sight to behold while the
final fall through the two awnings is
difficult to watch
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the impact when chan lands is wince
inducing and it's even worse watching it
in slow motion example shooting
something and then some symbols need to
set
so he say are you still not jumping and
then he said go up there
and then he wrote a camera and called
action and he let go
oh man
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number one glass story police story
there i go i go up
they were going down it's scared
really scared i'm not i just ordinary
people i'm not a superman because what
other jackie chan stunt could possibly
take our number one spot forget the fact
that the shopping mall fight scene
starts off with a badass jump onto an
escalator because it gets even crazier
after that shot police story's final set
piece makes the best of chan's penchant
from multiple angles and replays as the
man slides down a pole covered in hot
lights before crashing through sugar
glass to the ground below
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we have to be focused
it takes some time it's not like you
walk in and you you'll be oh i'm in
there
you have to stand there like feel that
you know everything
chan suffered second-degree burns during
the fall while the impact of the landing
dislocated his pelvis and hurt his back
he i don't even see gloves did he have
no that
that is no god that's why he's peeling
his hand
there's certainly no denying that the
stunt looks freaking awesome but we're
glad he has since recovered
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