Who Am I?
Who Am I?
PG-13 | 11 September 1998 (USA)
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A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.

Reviews
Charles Herold (cherold)

This incoherently plotted action film stars Jackie Chan as an amnesiac soldier on the run from the CIA. It is for the most part light and comedic, which may be why the occasional attempts to make the audience sorry for Jackie Chan come off so poorly. There's a fairly typical mix of amusing, wacky women, evil folk, and henchmen with surprisingly high skills in martial arts.When I watch a Jackie Chan action movie, what I'm really looking for is those terrific, comedic-balletic fights that made me love him to begin with, but most of the action here is big pieces with chases or shooting, with just a little bit of actual Chan martial arts, most notably in a fun scene near the end. There are some amusing bits, like a scene in which Jackie tries to talk with a numb mouth, and a few good stunts, but this is quite missable.

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oneguyrambling

Someone has discovered an amazing, albeit extremely volatile power source. Of course bad guys want it for evil purposes so Jackie is a member of a mercenary unit of soldiers who steal it.However once the mission is complete the unit is wiped out with Jackie as the only survivor. But he has amnesia and no record of who he is, hence the title.Jackie is found by an African tribe who nurse him back to health and accept him as one of their own, he latches on to a rally team (which gives him an excuse to indulge in his car racing hobby at the film's expense) and spends the rest of the film trying to get to the bottom of Who He Am.This takes Jackie across Africa and all the way to Holland for a massive setpiece finale in. And on. And down a huge office building that rates alongside any of Jackie's best.1/ Are there any "WOW!" fights? You know it. The last 25 minutes through Holland are spectacular.2/ Are there any "WOW!" stunts? Yes, Jackie runs up trees and down buildings (literally), basically continuing his policy of putting his body through punishment that no-one should accept.3/ Which Jackie is it? Serious / Whimsical / Cocky...This film is as serious as almost anything Jackie has done bar perhaps Heart of Dragon.4/ Does he get to use Jackie-exclusive toys? Mitsubishi gets a look in as always with the car rally and there is some little golf cart motorbike amalgam that they use at the end for no apparent reason aside from it looks cute.5/ Do stolen relics come up? Only stolen power sources and stolen identities.6/ Are there hot chicks (that usually can't act)? This time a supposedly hot white reporter and a more cute than hot Japanese rally driver. (Edge: Japanese rally driver.) 7/ Is there a blooper reel over the credits? Yes.8/ Were there injuries on the shoot? Severity? Yep, in going for broke it seems that Jackie had more mishaps in filming the fight scenes than in most films.9/ Has he still got it? I'm not sure if he knew he was fading (just a little) but Jackie went all out here.10/ Is it a "Jackie Chan" film, or just one he is in? Jackie all the way, just with some different locales and a few more bullets Final Rating - 9 / 10. The only negative is that this runs about 20 minutes overtime. Make this a 100 minute film instead of 2 hours and it stacks up with anything else he has done!

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commanderblue

This is the first Jackie Chan film I saw and I loved it. I was a little bit young to understand the storyline but now that I'm older, the storyline is actually very great. The action in this movie is a key part of this film, as it is in any martial arts film. Jackie Chan brings his usual unique fighting style on screen and the best fight of all is atop the roof of the CIA building at the films climax which is followed by an awesome stunt which I won't give away. The villain is a decent antagonist and Chan's sidekicks come in handy this time around.Great film, it is dubbed by a few actors/actresses but just plain fun and awesome overall.

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TheHande

"Who Am I" is a one of the truest Jackie Chan films I have ever seen.Of Jackie's international espionage related films (such as 'First Strike' and 'Accidental Spy') this one shines by giving Jackie more a purpose and making him less hapless. Regardless of this minor change in character, Jackie remains Jackie, but the subtle shift in dynamics is what makes this film stand out and a more fulfilling experience in cinema.Though the CGI and special-effects were a bit over-blown we still get classic Jackie-style humour and great fight-scenes and some very nice action-scenes as well. Jackie's cry "Who Am I!" in the middle of the film also has a great amount of emotional content and when I saw it in a commercial for the film I immediately knew that I wanted to watch this film.This is the definitive Jackie Chan experience.

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