5 Lucky Stars 1983  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Winners and Sinners
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, John Sham, Richard Ng, Charlie Chin, Fung Shui-Fan, Cherie Chung, Philip Chan, James Tien, Lam Ching-Ying, Cecilia Yip, Paul Chang
After their release from prison, five friends try to go straight and run a cleaning business. But they just can't manage to stay out of trouble when a cop, CID 07 (Jackie Chan) arrives at a house they are cleaning, mistakenly tosses evidence into their van, and they drive off with it.
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Bloodsport 1988 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Newt Arnold
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Forest Whitaker, Bolo Yeung, Roy Chiao, Philip Chan, Lily Leung, Wilson Lee, Pierre Rafini, Ken Siu, Kimo Lai Kwok Ki, Bernard Mariano, Bill Yuen Ping Kuen
In this early Jean-Claude Van Damme entry, he takes on the role of American Ninja Frank Dux who became the first Westerner to win the major international martial arts competition that tests one to the limit. Lots of action and violence.
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Hard-Boiled 1992  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: John Woo
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
In this, another of John Woo's extremely violent films (see, for example, "The Killer"), a tough cop must team up with a mysterious hired gun to rid Hong Kong of gun smugglers. The action scenes are incredible!
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Police Story 3: Supercop 1992  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller / Drama
aka: Supercop
Director: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Philip Chan, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Josephine Koo, Kenneth Tsang, Kelvin Wong, Yuen Wah, Lieh Lo, Shum Wai, Bill Tung, Ken Lo, Mars, Kim Penn
Hong Kong detective Chan Ka Kui (Jackie Chan) goes undercover to track down a drug ring, and he teams up with Chinese inspector Jessica Yang (Michelle Yeoh). They are in Malaysia attempting to get Panther (Yuen Wah) out of prison and have him lead them to his brother, drug lord Chaibat (Kenneth Tsang). Then, Chan Ka Kui's girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung) arrives on the scene, and Chan Ka Kui's cover is blown. The criminals kidnap May and force Chan Ka Kui to come to their aid. This film has stunts galore (all of Chan's are performed by himself).
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 Twin Dragons 1992 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Nina Li Chi, Anthony Chan, Philip Chan, Sylvia Chang, Alfred Cheung, Jacob Cheung, Tung-Jo Cheung
Jackie Chan plays twin brothers–Na Yau and Die Hard–separated at birth, whose lives have taken diverse paths: one twin is a classical musician, the other a car mechanic. But those paths turn and converge in Hong Kong where the twins get mistaken for each other.
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| 1. 5 Lucky Stars (1983)
aka: Winners and Sinners
2. Bloodsport (1988)
3. Double Impact (1991)
4. Hard-Boiled (1992)
5. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
aka: Supercop
6. Twin Dragons (1992)
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