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Who am I?

Jackie plays a member of a multi-national special forces team sent by a corrupt CIA agent to capture South African scientists working on a strange meteorite. Their job done, they're double-crossed by Morgan and the pilots of their helicopter bail out with parachutes. Jackie manages to grab one on his way out, causing his parachute to fail. With the copter losing altitude Jackie is dislodged by a tree branch and falls, crashing through the trees to the ground below, as the helicopter breaks up.

He awakes to find himself bandaged in a hut, having been rescued by natives and brought to their village. He also discovers he's lost his memory. His rescuers take him to the helicopter crash site where he has fragmented flashbacks of the mission. One night he sees vehicle lights in the distance and realises there is a way to leave. The following day as he heads to intercept he comes across a body hanging from a tree - the pilot whose parachute had failed. Searching the body he finds several passports and a matchbook with a cryptic message on it. Continuing on he finds one of the vehicles. One of the drivers is prostrate having been bitten by a snake. Jackie attempts treatment using chewed up leaves, which have the side effect of numbing his mouth. When the other driver, Yuki, sees him she thinks he's hurting her brother and he can't tell her the truth due to the numbness. When he sets up an impromptu drip for her brother she accepts he's helping and they screech off to get medical help. His haste means he ends up winning the race the vehicles were involved in and his picture appears in the paper, meaning the corrupt General behind the CIA operation realises someone survived the helicopter crash.

At the hospital Jackie is pestered by a reporter, but Morgan's men escort him away for a "chat". After interviewing Jackie, Morgan lets him go, before telling his goons to kill him. Before that can happen Jackie is picked up by the South African police. He escapes and returns to his hotel - where Morgan's heavies are waiting for him. With the help of Yuki and the reporter he escapes again and they discover the matchbook code is a telephone number in Rotterdam. The building in Rotterdam turns out to be where General Sharman and Morgan are setting up an arms deal involving the meteorite. When Jackie infiltrates the building he overhears their meeting, learning the truth. Then he's discovered...

Who am I? is a Hong Kong style film, with a more Hollywood budget and also the first Jackie Chan film to feature CGI. Although a bit slow near the beginning it builds to a long breathless finale, with a dazzling rooftop fight sequence and a famous slide down the side of a building. There are a number of shorter fight sequences through the film, all of which are inventive and clearly shot (Jackie is co-director). Definitely a fight fan's film.