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For a long time now, I have watched Jackie Chan movies. My first was Drunken Master in 1987(where Jackie dresses as a woman), and here is another which I have seen, and now own, on DVD.
Armour Of God.
Starring Jackie as "The Asian Hawk", he plays a Bounty Hunter. He is searching for something called The Armour of God, which holds the key to "unlimited power"... meaning, someone who wants to take over the world....... The fight scenes are awsome, particularly the end fight sequence, which I won't tell you about, because it's explosive !!
I don't want to spoil the plot too much, but a little of it is like this...... His former friend Alan, is a rock star, and Alan's girlfriend is Jackie's former Love....... She is kidnapped, and Alan comes to Jackie for help..... But Jackie is on a mission, to find the Armour of God, which he is being blackmailed into looking for by a Cult Leader, who is bent on taking over the world.... You know, the usual stuff...... Facing the Sisters of Fury is one of the best shot sequences in the entire movie......
Stunning performances by Jackie and his co-stars Alan Tam,Rosamund Kwan and Lola Forner, Jackie makes this a proper "Indiana Jones"- style adventure.
Hot-Air balloon chases, madcap races through crowded streets, kidnapping and rescue,all part of the world of Hong Kong Legend Jackie Chan.
Jackie almost lost his life while making this movie, very early on in production. Filming a stunt, where Jackie has to leap from a castle wall, to a nearby tree, Jackie mis-judged his timing, and hit the ground head first. He cracked his skull on a rock, fracturing it, and now has partial deafness in one ear, and a hole the size of an American penny in the side of his head....... Only luck and a good surgeon kept him alive...... Jackie does all his own stunts, which is why they are so memorable.
The special features of this DVD are too few. If you watch the end of the film, all the outtakes are there. There are a couple of interviews, one with Jackie Chan, and the other with Willie Chan.
There is a narrated part which tells you all about the life of Jackie Chan, and what films he has made, how old he was when he first starred in a movie, and which were the hits and flops.
Photograps of Jackie in his numerous films also lend new light to Jackie...... He is very photogenic !!
My favourite Jackie Chan film is actually the first I saw him in, Drunken Master, but he has been in many films, most of which he plays in an almost Buster Keaton style..... slapstick comedy combined with martial arts..... you can't get better........ This was one of Jackie's biggest films when it was released, although he has since made bigger hits like Rush Hour, and the sequel, Rush Hour2, with Chris Tucker...... Also Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights with Owen Wilson... Both hilarious films.....
Jackie also lived in Australia for a while, as his parents worked out there. He then moved with his parents to Hong Kong when he was five. From the age of six, he was enrolled in an Opera School, where he learned his Martial Arts, and dance, and acrobatics, which is why he is such a good performer......
Thanks for reading.... Hope you enjoyed it......
Copyright Aussieme1106 - 2005
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Sep 13th, 2005
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