EASTERN CONDORS is director Sammo Hung's high-energy version of THE DIRTY DOZEN. To win their freedom, a group of hardened Asian convicts agree to go on a suicidal mission to... more
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Advantages: Good plot, excellent Martial Arts Disadvantages: Story wanders
Based on the Dirty Dozen. This is Sammo Hung’s personal favourite film and probably his greatest achievement, in this his is actor and director. In fact the whole cast went through gruelling training to make this movie and it is said that Sammo Hung lost twenty pounds to shoot this movie and it shows. According to the cast in many of the fight scenes the actors are making full contact with each other.
The basic story is that a group of prisoners ... ...a rogue dictatorship in some area of Asia. The setting looks very much like Vietnam in the film. In true Dirty Dozen style the team is made up of a motley crew of likeable and nasty characters, including our hero Sammo Hung. There is a good plot backed up by decent acting and some fast, clever martial art and gun sequences. While the plot may be fairly predictable in terms of who lives and who dies, there is enough here to keep you interested through ...
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Plot: Fast-paced gunplay and martial arts action abound in this story of hand-picked mercenaries on a suicide mission in Vietnam.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): CONTENDER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP; ARVATO SERVICES
Release date: 02/04/2001
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: MDV 467
Barcode: 5032438504671
Languages
Main Language: Cantonese
Dubbed Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
DVD Description
EASTERN CONDORS is director Sammo Hung's high-energy version of THE DIRTY DOZEN. To win their freedom, a group of hardened Asian convicts agree to go on a suicidal mission to Vietnam and destroy an abandoned ammunitions dump before the Vietcong discovers it. Along the way, the men run into a trio of female freedom fighters and a freewheeling martial artist named Rat, played by Hung's Peking Opera "brother," Yuen Biao. The film borrows liberally from other Vietnam war movies (the Russian roulette scene from THE DEER HUNTER, for instance), but there are plenty of imaginative turns, including an instance when Hung uses leaves as deadly projectiles. As is typical in Hung's films, the action choreography is fluid and energetic. Hung's wife, Joyce Godenzi, plays one of the Cambodian guerrillas, Oscar-winner Haing S. Ngor (THE KILLING FIELDS) appears as a mentally deranged peasant, and Yuen Wah (Hung's and Biao's other stage brother) gives a quirky performance as the relentless commander of the Vietcong forces.
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Special Features: Audio Commentary, Animated Biography Showcase, Original Trailers, Interview Gallery, Behind The Scenes Footage, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes
Sound: Dolby Digital AC-3
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital AC-3 Cantonese English
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