“Armour of God” (1986)
![OPERATION CONDOR 2, (aka FEI YING GAI WAK, aka ARMOUR OF GOD 2, aka OPERATION EAGLE), from left: Alan Tam, Jackie Chan, Rosamund Kwan, 1991. ©Dimension Films / Courtesy Everett Collection](https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Injuries-Armour-of-god.jpg?w=300)
Even for someone as highly skilled and experienced as Jackie Chan, accidents happen. The acrobat and martial artist is one of the longest running action stars in Hollywood so his sweeping list of injuries doesn’t come by surprise, however his resilience does. Chan had his closest encounter with death in a scene where his character jumps from a wall into a tree, a routine stunt that otherwise would have been no big deal if the branch hadn’t snapped. Chan plummeted to the pavement, cracking his skull with a piece lodging into his brain. The injury required surgery and a metal plate was put into Chan’s skull to correct the damage. Chan detailed the aftermath of the incident in his 2015 memoir, “Never Grow Up.”