10 Amazing Movie Stunts Achieved Through Reckless Endangerment

1. Jackie Chan Slides Down A Skyscraper - Who Am I?

Who Am I And now we've come to the main event, the modern day Godfather of not giving a s***, the man who struggles to secure insurance for his films - Jackie Chan. Who Am I? climaxes with Chan's character dropping a disk from atop a roof, and doing what any action hero worth his salt would, he dives off the roof after it. Chan took two weeks to muster up the balls to perform the 21-story slide, which saw him not simply sliding down it on his bottom, but rolling, twisting, and even runningdown the damn thing, making it clear that if he was going to do this stunt unassisted, it was for the betterment of the film, rather than simply showing off. Needless to say, with the advent of convincing CGI and our increasingly litigious world, these stunts are becoming more rare, so we need to savour those good 'ol fashioned times when a crew member's death was just considered a "business expense" rather than a tragedy. Which crazy stunt is your favourite? Let us know in the comments below.
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