10 years before exploding into Hollywood with the action-comedy blockbuster "Rush Hour", Jackie Chan teamed up with his opera school 'brothers' Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao for the last time (previously in Asian blockbusters "Project A", "Wheels On Meals", "My Lucky Stars" and "Twinkle, Twinkle ... Read review
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Advantages: Excellent fights/stunts, hillarious comedy and all-round entertaining Disadvantages: Hard to find any
10 years before exploding into Hollywood with the action-comedy blockbuster "Rush Hour", Jackie Chan teamed up with his opera school 'brothers' Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao for the last time (previously in Asian blockbusters "Project A", "Wheels On Meals", "My Lucky Stars" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars").
In this Sammo Hung directed comedy, Jackie Lung (Chan) is a money-grabbing lawyer ... ...(Yuen Wah - Kung-Fu Hustle) in court against pollution charges filed by fish reservoir owner Miss Yeh (Deannie Yip), but grows affection for her cousin and chief witness Ling (Pauline Yeung). In order to win in court, Jackie enlists the help of old friends Fei-Hung (Sammo Hung) an odd arms dealer of some sort, and Tung Te-Piu (Yuen Biao)- a neurotic, over-conscienced burgular. When Fei-Hung moves next door to Miss Yeh and has Tung arrested for burgulary ... more
10 years before exploding into Hollywood with the action-comedy blockbuster "Rush Hour", Jackie Chan teamed up with his opera school 'brothers' Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao for the last time (previously in Asian blockbusters "Project A", "Wheels On Meals", "My Lucky Stars" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars").
In this Sammo Hung directed comedy, Jackie Lung (Chan) is a money-grabbing lawyer who is hired to defend wealthy businessman/drug baron Mr. Hua (Yuen Wah - Kung-Fu Hustle) in court against pollution charges filed by fish reservoir owner Miss Yeh (Deannie Yip), but grows affection for her cousin and chief witness Ling (Pauline Yeung). In order to win in court, Jackie enlists the help of old friends Fei-Hung (Sammo Hung) an odd arms dealer of some sort, and Tung Te-Piu (Yuen Biao)- a neurotic, over-conscienced burgular. When Fei-Hung moves next door to Miss Yeh and has Tung arrested for burgulary charges, Jackie's plans fall apart as he begins to think with his heart and decides to discover Hua's secret.
So at the beginning of the movie Jackie plays some sort of bad guy, he's sleazy, money-chasing, immoral and somewhat of a wanker. Which he manages to pull off pretty well as do all leads. Even though the story may be a bit simple, it manages to work since its a slapstick comedy, especially the preformance of Yuen Biao who portrays a funny, deranged yet interesting character. But the real highlights of the movie are the fast-paced, furious and precisely choreographed fight sequences. Each of the 3 brothers truly get a moment to shine in the movie, especially being the finale in a drugs factory where Jackie has an onscreen rematch with kickboxing champion Benny "The Jet" Urquidez (who also duked it out in "Wheels On Meals"), in "Wheels.." the fight scene was more in comparison to a kickboxing match, but here Jackie and Benny scrapple with each other in a more brutal but equally entertaining street-fight. What can I say? This movie rocks, even fans of Jackie's recent Hollywood work would enjoy this movie or even if you like martial arts movies without the CGI or wirework, highly reccomended.
Advantages: jackie, biao and samo in the same movie!!!! Disadvantages: their last film together
Plot:
The plot is very well thought to allow jackie, yuen biao and samo to play very different characters. It gave jackie a new role, I know he as a person doesn't like playing womanizer type roles in films. In this he starts off in that way but develops. Its a simple plot but again the different characters make it work nicely,
Fight scenes:
Wow when you get the three brothers together you are almost certain of some amazing fight scenes and this ... ...which the three brothers were in the same fight scene. The stunt work was brillant, some I had to rewind to watch again just to see how the hell it was possible.
Performances:
For me the greatest performance has to be yuen biao, again he plays a character no one wants. The reason why I like biaos performance in this one is because samo and jackie play serious characters and the film needed to have something a little different to make it interesting. ...
markaceface 06.08.2006 (08.08.2006)
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Advantages: Stunt work, trio action, slapstick comedy Disadvantages: Storyline slightly poor I guess, not the usual standards.
An early work from the Chan Hung and Biao Trio, the storyline here is a drug lord one, Jackie Chan is one of the city's finest Lawyers, and Sammo once again is the famous and brilliant chubby thief, and Yuan Biao is Jackies spying ninja friend, who all get involved with the owner of a fish farm who is sueing the neighbouring cloths factory for polluting the waters which is killing her precious fish, the Lawyer falls for the owners cousin and therefore ... ...in love with the owner risks his life to discover the terrible truth of the factory, while Yuan biao discovers Sammo's disappearence and saves him with Jackie.
Brilliant action from the trio, with an outstanding fight scene with jackie and some white karate boxer guy who was in I think meals on wheels. and some more stunt work from the three.
DVD Features: Original cantonese audio, along with the option of english dub, with english and a few european ...
shintai88 05.08.2007 (08.08.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Dragons Forever (Platinum Edition) (DVD)
Advantages: An example of Hong Kong cinema at its best, with awsome fight scenes. Disadvantages: The Final film featuring Hong Kongs favourite sons, Jackie Chan, Samo Hung & Yuen Biao.
...lord and his factory.
With Fight choreography tha puts most action films to shame, Dragons Forever is possibly the best film the trio made together and rightly deserves to be noted in cinematic history.
If you like action films and martial arts, this film will blow you away ...
Gary-John 04.10.2005
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A sharp lawyer is hired by a factory when an attractive farm owner threatens to take them to court because waste chemicals are destroying the local fish farm. Soon he is torn between his loyalties to his client and the female witness.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
Contender Entertainment Group
Release date
27/06/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
CTD 51016
Barcode
5030305510169
DVD Description
A sharp lawyer is hired by a factory when an attractive farm owner threatens to take them to court because waste chemicals are destroying the local fish farm. Soon he is torn between his loyalties to his client and the female witness.
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