Jackie Chan, possibly the biggest movie star in the world, is famous for his action movies. In fact, Chan’s movies are than simple action movies – they are action – comedies .His use of comedy goes back to the early days of his career when he was preparing to be the next Bruce Lee .it soon became apparent that his friendly face would prevent him from getting tough roles like lee , so he decided to go down a different route , using comedy. Chan combined slapstick comedy with amazing action stunts to make a style of his own. Although he became a huge star across Asia, Chan found that success in the U.S. was much tougher to achieve. After several failures, he finally found success with Rush Hour , which was a huge hit in the U.S. and Europe but strangely didn’t do so well in Asia. Chan says this was because in different countries, people find different things funny. The movies that are popular in the West are often not as popular in Asia and vice versa. There’s no doubt that Asians and Westerners have different tastes when it comes to film. Chan still admits to not understanding American humor. He says he makes different movies for the Asia market and for the American market. Everyone likes humor everyone likes is different.