Jackie Chan, you have been telling a big lie for 37 years, how long are you going to keep it secret?

Disclaimer:

This article is only to point out the facts. If there is any frame-up or false accusation, I will bear legal responsibility.

There are a lot of stunt doubles in Jackie Chan movies. This article only analyzes the stunt doubles in dangerous actions.

After reading this article, you may be emotional, so please be mentally prepared.

Subtitle:

"The behind-the-scenes are fake, 13 of the 15 most dangerous moves used a double, this is Jackie Chan who has deified himself for 37 years"

Update note :

From 2014 to 2018, I wrote 350,000 words and edited 180 long programs to analyze Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong music.

In July 2020, I tried to cut a few short videos to discover the stand-ins of the four major Kung Fu superstars. I was in a fun mood at the time.

Because the video of Jackie Chan's stunt double caused too much abuse, in October, out of seriousness and responsibility, I re-edited it. Unexpectedly, more new discoveries were made. At that time, my mood was shocking and subversive.

In November, after figuring out more shocking details, my mood became sad - for those stand-ins.

When the stand-in received a pitiful salary or was even asked to leave the set after filming a certain life-threatening action, Jackie Chan talked about how to perform those high-risk actions on various occasions, and in 2017 In the autobiography, he mentioned four times that he did not need a stunt double to perform dangerous actions, and he still mentioned how many injuries he had sustained on the Oscar podium.

I am just a small program producer. Although I am the first person in the world to reveal the truth that Jackie Chan uses body doubles for most of his dangerous actions, I can only do so on my own. , of course cannot shake the false myth of Jackie Chan.

A child threw the fish washed up on the beach back into the sea one by one. Someone asked him, can you save these countless fish? Does it make sense? He said, this fish cares, this fish cares...

Now, I ask you to be this little friend and help forward it!

PS:

Because there are many people who don’t even read the article (or seem to understand the article), they are eager to question and attack me from various angles and think of all kinds of things. I can't deny it for Jackie Chan, so I'll post the answer first. It's completely predictable that I'll be replying to them by copying the words of this article over and over again.

1. “It’s blurry, there’s no clear frontal face, and you can’t tell it’s a stand-in.”

As a fan, you even recognize the idol’s head shape, hairstyle, face shape, body shape, and back. No, you are not a qualified fan.

2. "So many people in the world have not discovered it, but you have discovered it?"

Because no one has thought of doubting Jackie Chan's words before, and no one has been as meticulous as me. Come and find out.

3. "I don't believe the interview between Jackie Chan and the director, do you believe me?"

Don't believe too much in their words, they are always lying. Just to give one example: They kept talking vividly about how Jackie Chan danced "Red Zone". Later, Jackie Chan finally admitted that it was Tang Jili who danced it, but in fact he was not even Tang Jili, just a nobody.

4. "Although he is a stand-in, Jackie Chan must have done it."

If there is no Jackie Chan in the feature film or the extras, then there is none. The purpose of the behind-the-scenes is to make people believe that he was personally involved in the battle (so Jackie Chan did not hesitate to fake the behind-the-scenes many times).

5. "No matter what, Jackie Chan suffered numerous injuries."

Who in action movies has never been injured? Can being injured cover up the facts of this article?

There are at least three stand-ins for the crane, which will be analyzed in detail below.

2 "Plan A" 83, Jumping from the Bell Tower

The first jump in the feature film is Mars (Jiang Rongfa), and the second jump is Jackie Chan.

Mars said that during the filming, Jackie Chan jumped twice first, and the kamikaze stunt double jumped once, but the posture was wrong and the feet were not lifted up, so they fell like a pin and broke the tailbone. Finally Mars comes into battle.

But in fact, his statement is also wrong, because there is another jump in the behind-the-scenes, and it is another stand-in. This will be analyzed in detail below.

1 "Police Story" 85, jumping from a lamppost in a shopping mall

The only high-risk scene without a stuntman and a tightrope, it was played completely from three angles.

"Police Story" is a milestone in Hong Kong action movies. Since then, Jackie Chan will take adequate protective measures when filming dangerous actions, such as stand-ins, wires, mats, etc. (The serious head injury in "Brothers and Brothers" was an accident, and he thought it was an "uncomplicated" action). But what is advertised is that there is no protection and no substitute.

Ten life-defying moves performed by a stand-in

10 "City Hunter" 93, jumping out of the sea of ??fire

Jumping out of the exploding sea of ??fire, landing with a difficult spin It's a stand-in.

In addition, in the garage, the person who jumped over the table with his hands tied behind his back was a double.

A stand-in appears in the ending credits.

Therefore, the three-legged figure in the sky who was deliberately shot from a long distance and whose face cannot be seen clearly is definitely a stand-in.

This film was Wong Jing's only film directed by Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan was publicly dissatisfied with the poor performance, so two years later Wong Jing responded by making "A Momentum."

9 "Five Lucky Stars" 83, roller skating under the car

The roller skating competition on the U-shaped platform is performed by a substitute.

At the beginning of the car chase scene, he was already a stand-in.

Needless to say, roller skating under the car is also a stand-in.

8 "Brothers of the Dragon and Tigers 2 Flying Eagle Project" 91, flying on a motorcycle

In this scene of escaping on a motorcycle, it was impossible to see the road while wearing sunglasses, just to cover up the stuntman. But it was already obvious that he was a substitute. Some viewers reported to me that his name is Ahao.

The final shot of flying off the motorcycle and grabbing the cargo basket was of course also a stand-in.

7 "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers" 87, high-altitude skydiving

In this hot air balloon jumping scene, Jackie Chan first fake jumped on the mountain.

The skydiver was a stunt double and wore goggles.

In the telephoto lens, Jackie Chan jumped onto the hot air balloon, and three cameras were filming each action. The hot air balloon was parked on the ground, Jackie Chan faked jumping from the elevator, and the telephoto lens would not be distorted.

From this angle in the long shot, it is obvious that he cannot jump to a hot air balloon, but should jump to an air mattress. The character is motionless and does not look like Jackie Chan. He should be a stand-in (or dummy).

On the hot air balloon in the sky, Jackie Chan was tied with a rope and slid down, and those in the basket were members of the family class.

The filming process of this scene is evidenced by a picture album published in Japan.

6 "The Secret Agent" 01, Jumping off the Bridge

The plot of this scene is that the oil tanker rushed out of the unfinished bridge and fell into a deep ravine.

Jackie Chan first faked a jump near the bridge. There should be a cushion to catch him.

After that, the person hanging on the bridge for a while was a double, and his upper body clothes were different from Jackie Chan's.

The person who actually fell from the middle of the bridge holding on to the rope net was the stand-in hanging on the wire. That's the person hanging in the end credits.

In the end, Jackie Chan faked a jump near the bridge head while hanging on the wire.

The behind-the-scenes footage was originally intended to record the real shooting situation, but in the behind-the-scenes footage of this film, Jackie Chan first added a sound of strength to this shot, and then added the line, "It's too loose, and the net The length is not right, as I told you, hang it up." This tidbit was created by Jackie Chan himself. Unexpectedly, the difference in hairstyle, face shape, and clothes betrayed him.

Jackie Chan, who has "no substitute or protection", rarely exposed himself to hanging from a wire during filming. He wanted to prove that he was on the battlefield in person, but unexpectedly it was self-defeating and tried to hide it.

5 "Police Story 3 Super Cop" 92, hanging from the plane

Jackie Chan tied a steel wire when jumping from the helicopter, which can be seen in a separate behind-the-scenes video.

The scene of the helicopter hanging is 58 seconds long, of which 12 seconds are clearly visible as Jackie Chan, 11 seconds are clearly visible as a stunt double, and 35 seconds are suspected of being a double.

After Jackie Chan jumped on the helicopter, the first angle shot from the cabin was Jackie Chan. This time when he was hanging up the queen, the lower part of the camera was obscured a little, and it was cut for 12 seconds.

Another shot he took after he was airborne was of him hitting a spire. But it wasn't high in the sky, it was near the rooftop where the helicopter shot was taken. Moreover, the first scene of this action was a stunt double. His action was even more dangerous and he almost fell over.

Other shots were taken from low altitude. Either pretending to be facing the train, or shooting on a stationary train, and finally sitting up still after falling on the train.

There were at least three other stand-ins hanging from the high-altitude helicopter. After Jackie Chan is Huang Mingsheng.

There is one very much like Mars.

In a shot that is zooming in from a distance, a double is hanging. Some viewers reported to me that it was Li Qiangquan.

The avatar flew very fast and was shaken like a swing. Even with wires, you can imagine the dangers.

The last time I fell off the train from the helicopter was because I was filming from a borrowed position. I didn’t fall on the train, but on the mat on the other side of the track.

4 "Plan A" 83, Jumping from the Clock Tower

After the dial plate is pushed away, what hangs on it is Mars.

In the first jump, Mars landed on his head.

In the second jump, it was Jackie Chan who landed on his head. When Mars and Jackie Chan were about to land, they landed with their hands on the ground before their heads, and tried their best to protect themselves beyond the cushioning of the canvas.

There is also a failed jump in the highlights, it is another person. But when combined with the shots of Jackie Chan's successful jump and landing, the failed jump was also Jackie Chan's "illusion".

(Some netizens told me that Luo Yao from the Raptors stunt team also jumped once, and Mars said he was from the Kamikaze stunt team.)

3 "Police Story 4 Simple Missions" 》96, jumping out of a plane, hoisting a plane, and falling into an icy lake

In the skiing scene, nine of Jackie Chan's moves were with his left foot in front, even if he fell down and got up, and finally jumped into the helicopter. , both with the left foot in front. What he skates is simple moves and safe scenes.

There is only a very short shot of 20 frames with the right foot in front.

The stand-in's movements are all performed with the right foot in front, and all the skating moves are difficult. The one who really rushed towards the helicopter was also a stand-in. His hat was knocked off by the propeller and he almost hit his head. Jackie's final skiing shot was just pretending to see a helicopter ahead.

Jackie Chan's jump to the helicopter was shot in a borrowed position, while the stunt double was actually shot.

The substitute’s face is painted white and his face is small.

The clothes of the double and Jackie Chan are different.

Jackie Chan hung in the air above the icy lake for three or four seconds, and there should be a rope around his waist tied to the plane (you can see it in the behind-the-scenes of "Super Cop"). Finally untie the rope and fall down.

So the only dangerous scene for Jackie Chan in this scene was falling into an icy lake. But when it was cut out, it turned out that the whole scene was Jackie Chan's.

The person in the long shot is a stunt double, who has to hang on top while the skiing actors finish filming several actions.

In the further scene, there is a short shot of only 13 frames, with a dummy hanging.

2 "Who Am I" 98, rooftop slope

"Who Am I", which was rumored to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records, jumped from the roof, and you can even see the "editing" "credit.

The first jump is the stand-in.

It can be seen from the comparison pictures that the last two shots of this scene are also this double. His head is small, his hair is long and narrow, and he holds his head high when he slides down.

The complete shot at the bottom of the film is also him.

Some viewers reported to me that this unknown person is Ma Jian from Hong Jia Ban.

Jackie Chan jumps, but he is tied with a steel wire (or no steel wire is needed, because the glass itself has great friction).

In the first half of the slope, Jackie Chan shot three scenes of rolling without a wire. But these three movements were directed at the crew members who were already fixed in mid-stream.

These three movements were used out of order and scattered, making the decline in the second half also an "illusion" by Jackie Chan.

In fact, the person who tumbled without a wire was a stunt double. If a wire is tied, it will get tangled when doing tumbling movements. After tumbling, he had to control his speed and slide to the bottom. There was no safety mat downstairs.

The shot of Jackie Chan standing up at the bottom of the slope was done while hanging on a wire and standing still.

[Attached] The stand-in who fell from the tree in "Who Am I"

1 "Red Zone" 95, leaping over the balcony

Jackie Chan's take-off was a fake jump , can't jump to the balcony opposite.

The one who really made the leap was the stand-in, and it was also the stand-in on the roof of "Who Am I". Their hairstyles, movement patterns and rhythms are exactly the same (opening their arms and then making two circles). Jackie Chan's form is with his arms raised straight in front of him and his legs still. The two are completely different.

The side face is obviously not that of Jackie Chan. He soared in the sky where he was either dead or crippled.

This action was shot from four angles, while the common version of the film only has three angles.

Falling down after leaping over was caused by standing still.

In both the feature film and the featurettes, there is no evidence that Jackie Chan jumped over (the one in the featurettes is the stand-in in the feature film). If Jackie Chan does a dangerous action, he will definitely show it to others. The original purpose of the behind-the-scenes in his movies is to make people believe that he did it himself. (So ??if he is not even in the credits, what does it mean?) Some viewers gave me feedback that the applause in the credits at the end of the credits was not for Jackie Chan, but for the stunt double, because the person standing next to Jackie Chan was the stunt double. But I think this one is just the crew.

But in the end, the highlights of "Red Zone" were fake.

At the end of 2017, in an interview with the self-media, he asked, "You shot this shot in person and it was successful, why did you use a stand-in shot?" Jackie Chan admitted that the stand-in was Tang Jili, and said there were other A martial artist also jumped once. (This question is a bit tricky. Let me admit that Jackie Chan also jumped. If you ask another question, such as "How was this shot shot?", the answer is probably how he shot it himself. If it is "Why did you use a stand-in", I guess there is no answer and the interview ends here.

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However, judging from the above analysis, this stand-in is the same person as the stand-in in "Who Am I". Even if Tang Jili and the stunt double did dance once each, Jackie Chan probably made a mistake at the time or remembered wrongly whose shot was used in the end. The third possibility is that he was lying, admitting that he was a stand-in when there was no way to deny it, but giving the credit to the director.

The stand-in is thinner than Tang Jili (you can tell by looking at his calves), he is lighter, and his hairstyle is different (you can tell by looking at his sideburns).

Statistics:

Among the above famous high-risk scenes, 1. Only Jackie Chan did it, and the ones without substitutes include: "Police Story" shopping mall jumping from lampposts, "Police Story 3 Super Cop" 》Jumping out of a plane (tied with a wire. And originally a body double was used).

2. The stand-ins that shared Jackie Chan’s danger include: jumping from the bell tower in "Plan A", flying from a plane in "Police Story 3 Super Cop" (the stand-in is more dangerous), and flying in "Police Story 4 Simple Mission" Falling, falling from a tree in "Who Am I" (the substitute is more dangerous).

3. What Jackie Chan cannot do and can only do as a stand-in are: flying over the balcony in "Red Zone", rolling on the slope in "Who Am I", jumping out of the plane in "Police Story 4 Simple Mission", and "Police Story" 4 Simple Missions" Difficult Skiing, Bridge Jumping in "The Secret Agent", Skydiving in "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers", Motorcycle Flying in "Eagle Project", Roller Skating Under the Car in "Five Lucky Stars", and Jumping out of the sea of ??fire in "City Hunter".

The fake behind-the-scenes videos include: "The Secret Agent", "Plan A" and "Red Zone". This nature is no longer an understatement of “just talking big words”.

Conclusion:

Starting from "Plan A", Jackie Chan has continued to challenge the limits of physical fitness and courage in movies, using flesh and blood to create desperate stunt scenes, creating a body that is unique to him. myth.

However, most of the actions are beyond his ability and can only be achieved with a prosthetic hand substitute. He won the audience's amazement with the effects of editing in the movie, which further contributed to the momentum, and eventually won various honors and the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, and blossomed in many fields. In various autobiographies, interviews at home and abroad, and live shows, when Jackie Chan explained how these high-risk scenes were shot, he never mentioned the existence of a stand-in, making people think that he did it himself. In order to maintain my own myth, I will not mention it in the future.

At that time, Liu Jialiang disagreed with Jackie Chan's inclusion of NG clips of injuries during filming in the extras to prove that he was personally involved in the battle. Because according to the orthodox martial arts rules, injuries are not allowed. If he had known the truth earlier, and even the NG tidbits could be faked, his statement would have been even sharper.