Review of Rapid Fire

Rapid Fire (1992)
Good For Brandon Lee's Fans
5 July 2001
But this movie isn't good for much else. If you enjoy watching Lee in action, either in martial arts or in more Western shootout-type things, you'll probably like this movie. He's very good and quite entertaining, and therefore might be a good reason to keep watching. But everything around Lee--the plot or lack thereof, the secondaries, the dialogue (it's truly terrible)--falls something short of interesting. There's a bizarre section involving a love scene (out of nowhere) meshed in with footage of a drug bust gone sour which is just "Whatever". I also can't understand how Lee was cast and might have continued to be typecast (though The Crow would indicate otherwise) as an Asian character (nevermind having Bruce Lee as his father) when the man had blue eyes and, at least as far as I can see, didn't look terribly Asian at all. In the end, however, there are films much worse than Rapid Fire, and this film can fit your bill if you're looking for 90 minutes of somewhat mindless action entertainment--and you might also come to agree with those who reflect upon Brandon Lee and regret that his acting career was cut short.
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