the protector
View company contact information for The Protector on IMDbPro. [1]
) is a 1985 Hong Kong / US action film, directed by James Glickenhaus and starring Jackie Chan. [2]
Although this American action film, which has little of Jackie Chan ’s comedic martial arts, was less successful in the U.S. than hoped, it is still a worthy effort. [3]
Fantastic stunts, amazing fight choreography, and an overwhelming sense of brutal martial arts action that has been missing in fight films since Jackie Chan’s Rumble in the Bronx. [...] Tony Jaa has developed a new style of Muay Thai specially for the film: “Muay Kotchasan” is based on elephants’ movements (”throw, stamp on, grab, break”). [1]
Chan plays Billy Wong, a New York cop whose partner is murdered by Hong Kong gangsters. [3]
Billy and Garoni fight off the remaining clientele, before getting questioned by the police. [...] Bill Wallace also has an extra scene, in which he gets to show off his talent near the ice warehouse. [...] One of the gang members remotely hacks a set of traffic lights, turning them to red, whilst other members of the gang rig chains to the back of the truck. [2]
With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards. [1]
Chan was shocked at how bad Glickenhaus’s directing was, especially since The Protector was to be ostensibly a martial arts film. [2]
He goes to a party undercover with his new partner, Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello), where they see Benny Garucci (Bill “Superfoot” Wallace), one of the bodyguards to Martin Shapiro (Ron Dandrea). [3]
“…watching Jaa fight his way to the top of a Guggenheim-like building in one long, uninterrupted take is flat-out awesome, even if most of the rest of the film is far from it.” [4]
Meanwhile, New York police officers Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and Michael Alexander (Patrick James Clarke) are patrolling the neighborhood. [...] Gun drawn, he breaks down the door, but Billy has overhead everything and shoots the gangster four times before he can make the shot. [2]
Sources:
[1] Tom yum goong (2005)
[2] The Protector (1985 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] The Protector 1985: Movie and film review from Answers.com
[4] The Protector - Yahoo! Movies