Who Am I?
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| Directed by | Benny Chan Jackie Chan |
| Produced by | Leonard Ho Barbie Tung |
| Written by | Jackie Chan Susan Chan Lee Reynolds |
| Starring | Jackie Chan Michelle Ferre Yamamoto Mirai Ron Smerczak Ed Nelson Washington Xisolo |
| Music by | Nathan Wang |
| Cinematography | Poon Hang Sang |
| Editing by | Peter Cheung Yau Chi Wai |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
| Release date(s) | 1998 |
| Running time | 105 mins |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Language | English Cantonese |
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Who Am I? (我是誰; pinyin: Wǒ Shì Shéi; Cantonese: Ngo Si Sui) is a 1998 Hong Kong martial arts-action film, released by Golden Harvest. It was directed by and starred Jackie Chan, who also performed the song that plays over the end credits.
The film is also known under the following alternative titles in some international releases:
- Jackie Chan's Who Am I? (USA)
- Amnesia (Norway)
- Jackie Chan Is Nobody (Germany)
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[edit] Plot
A member of a CIA-sponsored multinational black ops special forces unit is on a mission to kidnap several South African scientists working on a highly volatile extraterrestrial compound brought to Earth in a meteorite. According to the computer data showing the names of the participants of the operation, one of them was 'Jackie Chan' (Chan). He falls victim to a staged "incident" which results in the death of his colleagues. He survives, but is subsequently stranded in the African veldt with massive amnesia. When asked by natives for his name, he replies "Who am I?", which they take to be his real name. Experiencing flashbacks hinting at his true identity, 'Who am I?' proceeds to befriend two beautiful women - Christine (Michelle Ferre), a CIA agent working undercover as a journalist, and Yuki (Yamamoto Mirai).
Renegade ex-US Army officers and black market arms dealers are illegally exporting the extraterrestrial compound, and 'Who am I?' is the only potential threat to their operations. Agents are sent out to stop 'Who am I?' before he can expose their criminal activities. He defeats numerous ex-renegade agents, and ultimately engages in a tightly choreographed roof-top fight scene in Rotterdam against Morgan's two top hitmen, and performing the film's signature stunt, sliding down the steeply-pitched glass roof. The CIA secures the villains' arrests, and 'Who am I?' comes to terms with his identity.
[edit] Production Notes
- The film contains one of Chan's largest all-car chase scenes, in which his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV flips onto its side, hurls enormous amounts of gravel at pursuers, crashes through fruit stands, bounds down stairs, and causes another car to go sailing off the side of a 4-story parking garage.
- During a scene in the movie, there is a wanted poster that lists Jackie as 5'10" when his real height is 5'8".
- The U.S. release is cut by nine minutes with these changes and omissions:
- In the original release, the scene where Chan's special forces unit is double-crossed appears as a black-and-white flashback in the middle of the film. For the U.S. release, that scene is placed immediately after Chan's unit completes their mission.
- Chan's interaction with the African tribe has been minimized dramatically. Missing are scenes where he asks the tribal boy Baba how many days it takes to walk to civilization, the tribe's farewell ceremony for his journey, and his interpretation of the tribal dance.
- The rally race scene has been shortened. The scene where Chan recovers feeling in his mouth and explains his situation to Yuki is missing.
- All instant replay shots (except for Chan narrowly escaping the falling furniture in Rotterdam) are deleted.
[edit] Box Office
Who Am I? grossed HK $38,852,845 in its Hong Kong theatrical run.
[edit] Awards and Nominations
- 1999 Hong Kong Film Awards
- Winner: Best Action Choreography (Jackie Chan)
- Nomination: Best Actor (Jackie Chan)
- Nomination: Best Film Editing (Peter Cheung, Chi Wai Yau)
- Nomination: Best Picture (Barbie Tung) (executive producer)
- Nomination: Best Sound Design
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Who Am I? at the Internet Movie Database
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