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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerRumble in the Bronx has the explosive escapades that Stallone/Schwarzenegger followers crave - hair-raising free falls, hovercrafts out of control, crazed turf wars, collapsing buildings, gun-happy gangsters and other boy-film staples - plus the kind of oddball comedy and independent spirit usually found only outside the current Hollywood empire. Chan is a true artist of a genre that ordinarily does all it can to avoid art.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAny attempt to defend this movie on rational grounds is futile. The whole point is Jackie Chan, he does what he does better than anybody. He's having fun. If we allow ourselves to get in the right frame of mind, so are we.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie is a giddy triple somersault of a film that makes no sense whatsoever, although in its best moments it is as much fun to watch as a death-defying circus act.
- 70NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThis is a good introduction to the affable Chan persona. The comedy is broad, the inner-city Americana hilariously off-base, and the English dubbing may prove disconcerting to U.S. audiences. But the cheesiness is part of the fun.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleWhile not quite up to the standard of Chan's finest movies, Rumble in the Bronx is fast-paced, funny, and exciting, and should serve as a nice introduction for the uninitiated to the hyperactive world of Hong Kong action filmmaking.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRumble in the Bronx never quite achieves the smack-you-around zest of Chan's Hong Kong pictures. Still, it's hard to dislike a movie with such a friendly sense of the preposterous.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAlthough Rumble in the Bronx isn't Chan's best work it's still ninety minutes of solid, campy entertainment. Most of the running time is devoted to the slickly choreographed action scenes, leaving virtually no room for plot or character development.
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA mainly routine Hong Kong action film from fleet and floppy-haired action hero Jackie Chan. It's light on plot and character, but the stunts are well staged.
- 40EmpireEmpireJudged by any rational standards, Rumble is absolute bollocks, but it at least has some pretty darned amazing Chan fight scenes.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAn awkward hybrid of Asian and American film techniques. It's also an uninvolving story that casts Chan in the role of a fish out of water and gives him little opportunity to show his exuberant personality.