Eastern Condors 1986  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah, Haing S. Ngor, Wu Ma, Melvin Wong, Angela Mao, Charlie Chin, Kwok Keung Cheung, Corey Yuen, Chan Lung
Prisoners will be given their freedom provided they take on a suicidal mission to destroy weapons (inadvertently left behind when the U.S. left Vietnam) before the Vietcong can get them. Along the way, they pick up three female freedom fighters and "Rat" (Yuen Biao), a martial arts fighter. Lots of action.
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Encounter of the Spooky Kind 1980 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Spooky Encounters
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Chung Fat, Chan Lung, Wong Ha, Lam Ching-Ying, Cheung Ti-Hong, Leung Suet-Moi, Wu Ma, To Siu-Ming, Billy Chan, Yuen Biao, Dick Wei
An unfaithful wife hires a warlock priest to use evil curses and black magic against her husband. But, he catches on to her plot and works with the priest's brother in a counterattack.
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Heart of Dragon 1985  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The First Mission
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Emily Chu, Yuen Wah, Mang Hoi, Melvin Wong, Corey Yuen, Lam Ching-Ying, Chin Kar Lok, Chan Lung, James Tien, Phillip Ko
In a change of pace for Jackie Chan, drama plays a bigger role than martial arts action–though there are good fight scenes. Fung (Jackie Chan), a police investigator, longs to become a sailor, but instead he must take care of his mentally challenged brother Dodo (Sammo Hung) with the help of Fung's wife, Jenny (Emily Chu). When Dodo is kidnapped after inadvertently getting in the middle of a gangland struggle, Fung must act.
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The Prodigal Son 1982  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Pull No Punches
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-Ying, Sammo Hung, Frankie Chan, Chung Fat, Dick Wei, Wei Pai, Wu Ma, Chan Lung, James Tien
After kung fu expert–undefeated after 200 fights–Leung Chang (Yuen Biao) discovers that his rich father has been bribing opponents to take a dive when they fight his son, Leung Chang sets out to prove he can, indeed, be a successful fighter. But, the road to success proves to be filled with many challenges.
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Snake in Eagle's Shadow 1978 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Simon Yuen, Jackie Chan, Chan Lung, Fung Hark-On, Roy Horan, Hwang Jang Lee, Dean Shek, Wong Ching-lei
This early Jackie Chan film shows why he became so popular using his comedy and graceful stunts. Jackie plays a young student at a martial arts school in Hong Kong. When he saves an old man from an ambush by the evil clan that has developed a deadly new style of fighting, the man teaches Jackie the lethal Snake Fist style of fighting. Now Jackie can stand up to the rival gang.
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Warriors Two 1978 R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Casanova Wong, Leung Ka-Yan, Fung Hark-On, Lam Ching-Ying, Lee Hoi San, Dean Shek, Yuen Biao, Eric Tsang, Billy Chan, Chan Lung, Chung Fat
When a bank teller learns that his boss is plotting to take over the town, he gets aid from a kung-fu master who teaches him how to fight back. Good fight sequences.
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| 1. Eastern Condors (1986)
2. Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)
aka: Spooky Encounters
3. Heart of Dragon (1985)
aka: The First Mission
4. The Prodigal Son (1982)
aka: Pull No Punches
5. Snake in Eagle's Shadow (1978)
6. Warriors Two (1978)
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