MIM Movie Review

This is an archive of the former website of the Maoist Internationalist Movement, which was run by the now defunct Maoist Internationalist Party - Amerika. The MIM now consists of many independent cells, many of which have their own indendendent organs both online and off. MIM(Prisons) serves these documents as a service to and reference for the anti-imperialist movement worldwide.

   Rumble in the Bronx (1996)

   Hong Kong actor and director Jackie Chan edited "Rumble in the
   Bronx" for an Amerikan audience, and it shows.  "Rumble" caters to
   Hollywood's vapid and reactionary standards. Some of his earlier
   films--like Drunken Master II--were marked by political themes
   of revolutionary anti-imperialist nationalism. Sometimes accurate
   renditions of historical struggles, these films were also significant
   for the strong non-romantic roles played by women. But this is pure
   Amerikan tripe: gratuitous sex, violence, racial stereotyping and
   a politically meaningless plot. Jackie Chan is an excellent martial
   artist and a great entertainer. Too bad he has now sold his skills
   to the disgusting bourgeois Hollywood movie industry.