If it does nothing else, the movie proves that the charming Chan is an amazing stuntman and probably out of his mind. Other movies end with outtakes of the stars flubbing their lines. But the stunts are nothing compared with the astounding choreography and movement of Chan's fight scenes.
Few films can be as dull as martial-arts movies, and the dullest parts are the fights.
Unless you are a true fan of the genre, the fight scenes are the places to snap out of your stupor and skip to another channel. But done by Chan, who trained for the Peking Opera as a child, fights provide jaw-dropping comedy and poetry in motion. The fights are absurd, yes, but much faster and more convincing than most martial-arts movie battles, in which eight villains politely wait their turn to get beaten up by the hero. In Rumble , all the bad guys attack at once, and the hero must keep running and ducking. These scenes are funny, as Chan turns everything from refrigerator doors to grocery carts into weapons.