December 10, 2007
Brandon Lee is awesome, but the movie is terrible.
Brandon Lee,
Powers Boothe,
Nick Mancuso,
Raymond J. Barry,
Kate Hodge
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Brandon Lee (son of famed martial-arts film star, Bruce Lee) stars as a young art student who happens to witness a drug murder and is placed in protective custody by federal agents. It's not too long ... read more
DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002
Stats: 345 reviews
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April 10, 2007Awesome! Brandon Lee's film is a fast-packed action in his martial arts sequences against the mobsters and drug lord.
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September 7, 2011The one film I was aware of starring Brandon Lee before his tragic death on the set of The Crow, this one holds up pretty well in spite of being a fairly paint by numbers '90s action flick.
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February 23, 2011most of the good movie of brandon lee than by "showdown in little tokyo". before last film "the crow" star brandon lee is the his best fighting performed against with the mafia. wow great martial arts and the great car explosive. powers boothe also starring as cop that help with ... read more
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February 28, 2010Brandon Lee plays Jake Lowe a student with martial arts ability that witnesses a murder and ends up becoming a pawn in a bloody drug war.Excellent movie with some nice fight sequences.
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December 21, 2008The completely asinine plot keeps this movie from being great. It was nice to watch this again, because when I saw it as a kid it was just about how "kick ass" Bruce Lee's son was. Since he died and I learned more, it was nice to see how he tried to pay tribute to his dad but use... read more
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September 12, 2008Brandon proved that he could carry a major motion picture with this movie. If there was any doubt that he could break from his dad's shadow, Rapid fire was a good start. The action was well paced for a movie of this type at the time and makes for great repeat viewing. Makes it mo... read more
Critic Reviews
May 20, 2003
Stephen Holden, New York Times
January 1, 2000
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Brandon Lee may want to follow in his father's kick-steps, but unlike martial arts legend Bruce Lee, he's far too pretty for the job. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rapid Fire is a movie weary almost onto death with the sameness of its genre. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
As for the movie, the makers of Casablanca can sleep peacefully. Come to think of it, so can the makers of Ernest Scared Stupid. Full Review
December 12, 2005
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
The late great Brandon Lee at the height of his powers.
August 13, 2003
Fred Topel, About.com
Really fun martial arts movie. Lee borrows from Jackie Chan, but lots of charisma.
June 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide
As far as mindless cookie-cutter action movies go, you could certainly do much worse than Rapid Fire, though that's hardly a ringing endorsement. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
Rapid Fire is full of mindless, cynical action, elaborately choreographed fight scenes and spontaneous and perpetual mayhem. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Rapid Fire boasts some pretty good action, a few well-choreographed fights and a self-deprecating sense of humor, none of which is able to raise the film above the ordinary. Full Review
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