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 Heart of Dragon  

Heart of Dragon
Anthony Chan, Dennis Chan

20th Century Fox, 2003

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     highly recommended  highly recommended




Another side of two Hong Kong legends

Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung completely re-invented the Hong Kong action movie in the 1970's and 1980's, and Jackie especially was the undisputed king of the HK box office. Heart Of The Dragon was a brave step for them, a movie that largely eschews action and focuses on drama. I guess they wanted to prove that there was more to them than best-in-the-world action direction, and here they prove it beyond doubt. The dramatic performances of both are excellent, and Sammo's direction is wonderful. It's a really moving story, very well told.

Obviously they knew that the fans out there expected action though, so the movie has a few small fights and then a largely unnecessary but brilliantly filmed action finale that lasts a good 20 minutes. The movie would probably have been just as good without it, but one cannot complain about a 20 minute action scene when such masters of the art were behind it. Even if the action is all you care about, the quality of the finale here is so good you will not want to miss this movie.


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Heart Of Dragon (1985)

This is a drama/action. Jackie plays an officer burdened by the responsibility taking care of his retarded brother, Samo. When Samo accidentaly gets involved in a robbery, he is kidnapped by thugs and Jackie's forced to rescue him.


THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST AS GOOD AS THE ''RAIN MAN''

A COP [JACKIE CHAN] IS FORCED TO TAKE CARE OF HIS RETARDED BROTHER [SAMO HUNG]. BUT, HE MUST FIGHT TO PROTECT HIS BROTHER WHEN HE IS ACCUSED OF A ROBBERY. THIS MOVIE REALLY DID DESERVE RECOGNITION. TO MY SUPRISE, THIS A FLOP WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED TO THEATRES IN HONG KONG! I WAS SUPRISED BY HOW EMOTIONAL THIS MOVIE WAS. THIS MOVIE TENDS TO FOCUS MORE ON ITS PLOT THAN ITS FIGHT SCENES, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T REALLY SEE TOO OFTEN IN A JACKIE CHAN MOVIE. SAMO HUNG PLAYS JACKIE'S BROTHER TO PERFECTION. I'M TRULY AMAZED AT HOW WELL JACKIE CHAN AND SAMO HUNG HANDLED A MOVIE LIKE THIS. THIS TRULY IS ONE OF JACKIE'S BEST MOVIES. I GAURANTEE YOU THAT YOU WILL BE AMAZED WITH THIS MOVIE. BUY THIS NOW! AVAILABLE IN DUBBED AND SUBTITLED VERSIONS.


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Touching

I watched this as "The First Mission" too. I was pleasantly surprised as the acting skills of Jackie Chan & Sammo Hung was broght to the fore. This is more of an emotional drama than the regular Jackie Chan action flicks. However there's still enough fight scenes for the martial arts fan.


Dramatic film

This Jackie Chan film is dramatic. There is little comedic material. When Sammo Hung's character is getting tutored, it's frustrating to see the tutor shout at him. To their credit, Sammo never launches into kung fu mode. He pretty much does a good job as a mentally challenged person. This film was different from what I expected. Jackie uses guns in this film.


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