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Movies that feel like Who Am I? (1998)

If you loved Who Am I?, the closest films we have are Armour of God (1986), Project A (1983) and Project A - Part II (1987). All three share Who Am I?'s kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 4 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Criterion Channel and Darkroom and others, checked against today's data.

A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.

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Armour of God
1986 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· action Β· comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Jackie Chan

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Who Am I?

After an adventurer known as the Asian Hawk steals a mysterious sword known to be a piece of the Armour of God, a magical suit of armour that dates back to the Crusades, a cult of Satanic monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend and demand he turn over the sword and recover the rest of the armour.

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Project A
1983 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.2action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Jackie Chan directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.

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Project A - Part II
1987 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7action Β· comedy

Both land momentum and wit at once

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

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Police Story
1985 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5action Β· crime Β· comedy

Common ground: fistfight

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Who Am I? does

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.

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Operation Condor
1991 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.2action Β· adventure Β· crime

The same mix in both: scale, then tension

Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. "Asian Hawk" and his entourage seek WWII Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert.

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Police Story 4: First Strike
1996 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: secret agent

Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to be a pawn of an organization posing as Russian intelligence.

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Chinese Zodiac
2012 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 25%β˜… 6action Β· adventure

Adventure built on scale, twice over

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

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Police Story 2
1988 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: fight

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

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The Accidental Spy
2001 Β· dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
πŸ… 25%β˜… 5.8action Β· comedy Β· thriller

Playful action, and it commits to that

A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.

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Johnny English
2003 Β· dir. Peter Howitt
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· action Β· comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: secret agent

A lowly pencil pusher working for MI7, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When a billionaire entrepreneur sponsors the exhibition of the Crown Jewelsβ€”and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night and on English's watchβ€”the newly-designated agent must jump into action to find the thief and recover the missing gems.

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Vanguard
2020 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 29%β˜… 4.7action Β· adventure Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: fight

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

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Get Smart
2008 Β· dir. Peter Segal
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.5action Β· comedy Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: airplane

When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?

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