Chan's insistence on his own fallibility and vulnerability, taken with virtuoso scenes like the fight involving 101 domestic appliances, shows why he means more to his countless fans than six US action stars put together.

It's light on plot and character, but the stunts are well staged.

For once a film's ad line has a whiff of truth about it: 'No Fear. No Stuntman. No Equal.'

Your typical Canadian tuxedo-wearing, fish-out-of-water, love-triangle-in-Vancouver-masquerading-as-the-Bronx, kung-fu, baby-throwing, hovercraft-evading kind of thing.