Blueghost For a Jackie Chan film this is below average. For anyone who's seen his Taiwan films you know that his stunts for that market were over the top and just outright dangerous and lethal to a fault. And yet he's survived them all.So then he comes to the U.S. and does this film. There's one dangerous stunt (which, to be honest, I would not have allowed) and some mediocre fight scenes. When I first saw it all those years ago I thought it was decent entertainment, and I still think that, but the shine has worn just a touch. Not much, but, as we say on set "a scoche". The truth is there's a lot of martial arts films, and this one, largely because it's made by Americans, just doesn't pass muster when compared to something like "Enter the Dragon", or Jackie's own Asian market films, much of which have yet to see the international or American markets.Still, it's got a decent plot, is actually shot in the style of films like "The Sting" or "Cannery Row", though still framed for an action martial arts film with comedic overtones and not a crime drama. It's kind of a fun film, though the action sequences are a little slow and perhaps even subpar by martial arts standards.Check it out once and see what you think.

daworldismine even though it's his first American movie, it delivers everything you expect from a jackie chan movie, including stunts, great fight scenes and comedy. its a great watch and jackie chan is a joy to watch in his many fight scenes with big wrestlers, and the comedy while some of it dated, for the most part it remains very funny and is entertaining. now some fans don't like this movie, and i cant understand why, it delivers everything you expect from a jackie can movie, sure maybe it is a little cheesy and times, and the acting not the best you've ever seen, but arnt most of jackie chans movies. never the less the big brawl is a great jackie chan flick, and i recommend to fans if his, and action fans in general.

disdressed12 for Jackie Chan's first American film this one was pretty decent,at least i thought so.it was directed by Robert Clouse who also directed the not so good movie Gymkata.but this film works pretty well.the acting is pretty good.the fighting scenes are alright as well.Jackie Chan certainly has his own style.later on in his films,his fighting scenes became hokey,but in this movie they weren't too bad.the film movies along at a good pace,so it's never boring.the story may not be original today,but back then it may have been.the basic plot is that Jerry Kwan (Chan)is forced to fight in a brutal street brawl,hence the title of the movie.for me,The Big Brawl is a 6/10

Flak_Magnet "Battle Creek Brawl" had a lot going for it, but ultimately, ended up being pretty mediocre. Its got an early career Jackie Chan, Mako, and the guy who played "Luca Brasi" in "The Godfather" (Lenny Montana). Its got a big, exhibition-style street fight down in Texas, where a group of totally archetypal toughs duke it out for the screaming, crowded streets of Battle Creek, a sort of small town Americana-anywhere, reminiscent of the Dead Kennedy's alternate "Frankenchrist" album cover (1985). What bogs the film down is primarily poor editing and pacing, with a few completely unnecessary sequences given significant screen time, while other seemingly crucial plot elements are allowed to fall through the gaps. When its all over, "Battle Creek Brawl" leaves some significant issues unresolved and the film had a good amount of general plot holes throughout. Also, the sound was dreadful. This is one of those movies where you constantly have to adjust the volume to compensate for the very quiet dialog and very loud music and sound effects. Jackie Chan was quite entertaining and provides a good amount of slapstick-type humor, along with general butt-kicking throughout, but I can't say the choreography was any better than most of his other films. I'd say about 35% of "Battle Creek Brawl" is fight scenes, which has to be a big plus, but the story moves too slowly to the final set piece, meandering around for a full hour before things really get going. Overall, "Battle Creek Brawl" falls squarely into the realm of early 80's Martial Art Film mediocrity. It wasn't terrible or anything, but Jackie Chan has been in much better stuff.