Dragon Strike 1982  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Dragon Lord
Director: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chan Wai-Man, Mars, Sidney Yim, Whang Ing Sik, Kwan Young Moon, Chang Chung, Tai Do, Cheng Hong Yip, Ny Yuen Yee, Tien Feng, Fung Hark-On
Dragon (Jackie Chan) and his friend, Cowboy (Mars), vie for the attention of Alice (Sidney Yim), find ways to get away from studying, compete in martial arts, and still find time to save lives and valuable antiques. This is Jackie Chan's second directorial effort.
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Magnificent Butcher 1979  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-Hing, Yuen Biao, Lee Hoi San, Simon Yuen, Wei Pai, Chung Fat, Fan Mui Sang, Fung Hark-On, Lam Ching-Ying
Sure, the dubbing is poor and the cinematography could benefit from improved methods, but this an entertaining kung-fu flick with wild action scenes and well-choreographed stunts. It is well-worth viewing.
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Police Story 1985  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
aka: Jackie Chan's Police Story
Director: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Ken Tong, Chor Yuen, Bill Tung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Charlie Cho, Chi-Wing Lau, Fung Hark-On, Hing Ying Kam, Mars, Po Tai, Fat Wan, Fung Woo
The incredible stunt work of Jackie Chan is highlighted in this comedy/action film in which Hong Kong Police Department cop Kevin (Chan) captures drug czar Chu (Chor Yuen). Then, the tables are turned, and Chu frames Kevin for the murder of another cop, and now Kevin must clear his name.
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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. Dragon Strike (1982)
aka: Dragon Lord
2. Magnificent Butcher (1979)
3. Police Story (1985)
aka: Jackie Chan's Police Story
4. Snake in Eagle's Shadow (1978)
5. Warriors Two (1978)
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