Protector, The1985

Director
James Glickenhaus

Acters

Jackie Chan (Billy Wong)
Danny Aiello (Danny Garoni)
Sandy Alexander (Gang Leader)
Victor Arnold (Police Captain)
Kim Bass (Stan Jones)
Irene Britto (Masseuse #1)

Two New York cops head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord.

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man’s daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura’s father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate. Once in Hong Kong, the pair causes no end of trouble for both Mr. Ko and the local authorities.

„In terms of his ’first wave’ of American films in the ’80s, The Protector is easily the best and most ’Jackie’ of the bunch, making it quite an entertaining film as long as you also like the general ’80s action genre. And who doesn’t?“ – Silver Emulsion

„The Protector is yet another old school Jackie Chan film that is quite entertaining to watch.“ – Theater Byte

„A furious barroom shootout at the outset is immediately followed by a speedboat chase in New York harbor that rivals James Bond pictures for elaborate thrills. With tongue-in-cheek humor… Chan and Aiello sail through the farfetched action with insouciance and aplomb as they infuriate their superiors by wreaking havoc wherever they go and knock off enough baddies to momentarily put a dent in Hong Kong’s population figures.“ – Variety