Jackie dislikes doing comedy films such as Rush Hour. Because of films like that, no one takes him seriously anymore. I suggest you watch New Police Story and then come back and compare. ;) Jackie Chan is one hell of a dude!
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I never said that he can't cut it outside of action-comedy, I've seen plenty of his films that are stray from the comedy genre, including New Police Story. It is a shame that he has been even more typecast in Hollywood. In terms of skill however, Bruce Lee gets my vote, but I do prefer Chan flicks.
If we're going on skill I'd give it to Chan. The moves that guy does are out of this world. Such as the stuff he does with the every day items like chairs, jackets, etc in his films. Awesome!
I'd say Chan's Chinese films are a lot better than his Hollywood ones.
His Asian films are remarkably better. My favourite Hollywood production with him is Rumble In The Bronx. And yes, Chan is awe-inspiring to watch, but it takes him a hell of a lot of takes to do a lot of the stuff you see.
Sorry, but... Rumble In The Bronx was one of his Chinese movies. :P
His American ones are stuff like Rush Hour, The Tuxedo, Shanghai Knights, Around the World in 80 Days, etc. Which you can tell, are inferior.
Yeah, I bet they have to do a lot of re-takes. :P I love the outtakes at the end of his movies. Have you seen the ones for Rush Hour 3? He smacks himself in the nose with a chair. It looks so painful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QiQ4_06ZgI
He starts flippin chairs at 1:10 and yer its on his third try that he smacks himself xD