A Better Tomorrow II 1987  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Dean Shek, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Kwan Shan, Regina Kent, Lung Ming Yan, Shing Fui-On, Ken Boyle, Dean Harrington, Mark King, Waise Lee, Siu-Ming Lau
Following the highly successful "A Better Tomorrow," John Woo brings a sequel that is filled with intense scenes as twin brothers, aided by two other brothers, seek revenge on a notorious gang.
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Drunken Master 1978  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy
aka: Drunken Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Hwang Jang Lee, Dean Shek, Hsu Hsia, Lin Ying, Lin Chiao, Shih Fu Tsai, Chiang Chin, Shih Kien, Casanova Wong, Ging Man Fung, Linda Lin, Chen Tien Loong, Shun-Yee Yuen
In this film, Jackie Chan became a worldwide star via his role of Wong Fei-Hung–a young, spoiled kung fu student who uses what he has learned from kung fu master Sam Seed (Siu Teun Yuen) to bring down the assassin hired to kill his father. Time has not taken its toll on this film; it remains a classic in the martial arts arena.
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The Fearless Hyena II 1983  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Chuen Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Hui Lau Chen, Dean Shek, James Tien, Yam Sai-kun, Austin Wai
This follow-on to "The Fearless Hyena" uses some of the leftover footage from that film. Two evil men killed many people of a Brotherhood several years ago, and now the son of one of the victims has grown up and is ready to take on the pair. Fast forward (or skip ahead) to the last half hour for the long, fun fight scene.
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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu 1980 R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Chen Chi-Hwa
Cast: Jackie Chan, James Tien, Lung Jun-Er, Wu Ma, Dean Shek
This comedic parody of the kung fu films of the 1970s follows an orphan (Jackie Chan) as he learns kung fu and then puts it to good use when he joins the team guarding a valuable gemstone. When bandits steal the gem, Jackie goes on a tear and takes care of those baddies.
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Snake Fist Fighter 1971  R, 82 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Master with Cracked Fingers
Ten Fingers of Death
Director: Chin Hsin
Cast: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Dean Shek, Tien Feng, Cheung Lung, Kwan Young Moon, Choi Hon Kwok, Yuen Biao
Young (17 years old) Jackie Chan, starring in his first notable role, meets a beggar (Siu Tien Yuen), a martial arts master, who teaches Jackie to fight–against his father's desires. Jackie is punished but has gained the skills necessary to take care of the bad guys who threaten his family.
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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. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
2. Drunken Master (1978)
aka: Drunken Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes
3. The Fearless Hyena (1979)
4. The Fearless Hyena II (1983)
5. Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1980)
6. Snake Fist Fighter (1971)
aka: Master with Cracked Fingers
aka: Ten Fingers of Death
7. Snake in Eagle's Shadow (1978)
8. Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
9. Warriors Two (1978)
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