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Hostage | Kidnapping
A special agent assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
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A special agent assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
Best Film Editing | 1994
Best Leading Actor | 1993 | Jackie
Best Supporting Actor | 1994 | Kent
Best Picture | 1994
Best Director | 1994 | Kirk
Best Actor | 1994 | Jackie
Best Action Choreography | 1994 | Jackie
Best Leading Actor | 1993 | Kent
Best Action Choreography | 1993
Best Film Editing | 1993
Box Office Collection 194,720 USD
Jet Li was originally considered for the role of Eddie Chan. While this movie was still in pre-production, his agent Jim Choy was gunned down by the Triads. The incident caused Li to opt out of making a movie about organized crime, as he was afraid of attracting the wrong attention, so he chose to do Tai Chi Master (1993) instead.
Allegedly, the original script was even darker, with Eddie Chan being emotionally damaged, in a love-hate relationship with his therapist, and having considerable self-doubt. These things, which had attracted Chan to the role in the first place, apparently made him worried about how it would affect his screen persona; as such, many scenes were removed from the final movie, and new ones added to lighten the tone, to the chagrin of Director Kirk Wong.
Rumors that Director Kirk Wong and Jackie Chan did not get along during filming are just that: rumors. On the Dragon Dynasty DVD commentary, Kirk explains that he and Jackie got along just fine. He did, however, express disappointment over the fact that Jackie had made several cuts to the movie without his approval. He goes on to say that he and Jackie have never spoken since the movie's premiere.
Loosely based (as acknowledged in most versions) on the real story of millionaire Teddy Wang, who was kidnapped twice, first in 1983, and again in 1990. After the second kidnapping, he was never found (in most versions of the movie, he is thrown off the kidnappers' ship, which is allegedly what really happened), and in 1999 he was officially declared dead.
Inspector Eddie Chan was originally in a romantic relationship with his therapist, and a few scenes were filmed around this subplot, but cut from most versions of this movie. The Singapore version has these scenes, one of them constituting a slightly extended ending.
