- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Eastern Heroes
- DVD Release Date: 22 Oct 2001
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005NGVC
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 59,600 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
Promotional Trailer
Interactive Menus
Jackie Chan Interview
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
Promotional Trailer
Interactive Menus
Jackie Chan Interview
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is another of Jackie's "Before he was famous" films from the late 1970s.
The film is a revenge style kung fu film, but it does in fact evolve into much more than that as the plot develops.
Jackie's master is beaten in a fight, but his opponent goes too far, leading to the death of Jackie's master. He swears revenge.
Three years later when he's finally good enough he travels to meet the killer of his master and fight him.
However he has cut his leg off as a sign of remorse, so Jackie doesn't fight him.
Jackie then ends up having to fight for the rival clan, as they have the only cure for his step mother's illness. It all concludes with a huge fight between the two rival clans.
The acting is pretty good throughout, with the actors playing their roles with a fair amount of conviction. The film itself is mostly about the fighting but there are some scenes of anger / drama, due to certain people dying.
The setting is excellent as well, it's really believable throughout. None of the settings or props look tacky or fake, it really sets the scene well.
But now, lets look at the thing most of us will have bought this film for, the martial arts!!
I myself haven't seen a huge amount of martial art films, but I'm not new to them, so I do know what I'm talking about.
I have to say, the martial arts fight scenes in this film are AMAZING!
As soon as the film starts you're presented with an excellent fight scene, pitting Jackie's master against 4 other experts.
Then a short while later you see the master against an old rival.
All throughout the film you'll experience some really great fight scenes.
It's worth buying the film for the final fight scene alone. It's about 15 - 20 minutes of pure fighting, with Jackie fighting the killer of his master, his daughter, his two best students.
And (!) then he ends up saving the killer of his master, fighting the rival clan's two best students, before seeing off the leader of the rival clan.
This final scene had me in awe, all the different moves and jumps were amazing.
Now onto the actual DVD itself. I seem to have been one of the lucky ones, as I received a Widescreen version of this and not the 4:3 full screen version other people have. All the scenes were clear and didn't appear to have any parts chopped off.
The picture quality was very good, a little bright maybe and there were scratches and marks occasionally. Apart from that it was fine.
The only thing which will put some people off is the forced dubbing. There is no choice of having subtitles and the original soundtrack. What you get is the dubbed version. Some of the voices are dodgy, but they're pretty bearable.
So in conclusion, this is definitely worth buying if you like martial arts films which are packed full of fighting. I expect fans of Jackie's 1980 - mid 1990s films will also enjoy this.
Well worth a look!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
...but rubbish DVD. Eastern Heroes should be ashamed of themselves! They have included the original trailer which shows that the film was shot in widescreen (2.35:1), but the actual film is cropped to full-screen. So, the fantastic fight scenes are impossible to enjoy because you don't see wat's going on!!! And don't get cheated by the cover which says "digitally remastered", cause I've never seen a film with such awful picture resolution and washed out colours!! May Eastern Heroes live in shame forever.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
From the early to late 70's Jackie made movies for a guy called Lo Wei. These movies don't really depict the Jackie Chan we know and love today because Lo Wei wanted Jackie to be a straight man like Bruce Lee. However the era shouldn't be dismissed entirely and for me this is a pretty good revenge thriller in which you will find yourself wanting the villains to get their just desserts ...which is exactly what happens in a display of glorious bonecrunching mayhem!
This movie is part of the rich tapestry of Jackie Chan's career and fans should definately give it a shot.
This movie is part of the rich tapestry of Jackie Chan's career and fans should definately give it a shot.
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Published on 13 Jan 2002 by Mr. A. T. Whitaker
GREAT!!!!!!!
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