>Have never seen a Jacie Chan movie...

They are generally b-grade movies, but Jackie does his own stunts. His fight scences are like Buster Keaton stuff. The most accessible one is Rush Hour with Chris Tucker. The sequel comes out this summer.

>A Chinese friend said that it was a typical Chinese story...

My boss at work laughed about this too. As a kid in Vancouver he went to the matinees at the Chinese theatre and it was always the same story.