Skiptrace

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Skiptrace is available in the US on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube TV, and in the UK on Netflix right now. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. Its 6/10 TMDB score, built from 771 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Jackie Chan leads a cast with real comic timing. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Amazon Prime Video.

Skiptrace arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Skiptrace does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal. Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2016. What keeps Skiptrace from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Skiptrace is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Jackie Chan anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.