Topic summary

Thunderbolt (1995 film)

Thunderbolt (1995 film)
Directed byGordon ChanWritten byGordon Chan
Chan Hing-Kai
Philip KwokProduced byLam ChuaStarringJackie Chan
Anita Yuen
Michael Wong
Thorsten NickelCinematographyChan Kwong-hung
Cheng Siu-Keung
Kwan Chi-kan
Ardy Lam
Lam Hung Chuen
Wong Wing-hungEdited byChan Ki-hop
Cheung Ka-Fai
Peter Cheung
Ng Wang HungMusic byYang Bang EanDistributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 1 September 1995 (1995-09-01)
Running time
110 minutesCountryHong KongLanguagesCantonese
English
JapaneseBudgetHK$30 million (US$3.9 million)Box officeUS$17 million (est.)

Thunderbolt (Chinese: 霹靂火) (Piklik Foh) is a 1995 Hong Kong actionsports film starring Jackie Chan and directed by Gordon Chan. The action directors were Chan and Sammo Hung, and the action scenes were performed by the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. In early North American releases, the film was known as Dead Heat.

Thunderbolt is set around the world of auto racing. The film is multilingual; characters speak Cantonese, English and Japanese interchangeably.