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1986

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Starring	Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying, Joyce Godenzi
Director	Sammo Hung
Genres	Action/Adventure, World Cinema

Eastern Condors

EASTERN CONDORS is director Sammo Hung's high-energy version of THE DIRTY DOZEN. To win their freedom, a group of hardened Asian convicts agree to go on a suicidal mission to Vietnam and destroy an abandoned ammunitions dump before the Vietcong discovers it. Along the way, the men run into a trio of female freedom fighters and a freewheeling martial artist named Rat, played by Hung's Peking Opera "brother," Yuen Biao. The film borrows liberally from other Vietnam war movies (the Russian roulette scene from THE DEER HUNTER, for instance), but there are plenty of imaginative turns, including an instance when Hung uses leaves as deadly projectiles. As is typical in Hung's films, the action choreography is fluid and energetic. Hung's wife, Joyce Godenzi, plays one of the Cambodian guerrillas, Oscar-winner Haing S. Ngor (THE KILLING FIELDS) appears as a mentally deranged peasant, and Yuen Wah (Hung's and Biao's other stage brother) gives a quirky performance as the relentless commander of the Vietcong forces.

Starring	Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying, Joyce Godenzi
Director	Sammo Hung
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Cantonese
Dubbed	English
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1986 To Rent: DVD: 02 Apr 2001

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  I don't speak Chinese
  
  Great action sequences spoiled by the lack of English subtitles to understand the dialogue in between
  
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  the very best dumb fun
  
  Sammo Hung stars and directs in his take on The Dirty Dozen. Set in post Vietnam war Vietnam, this is a massive action packed film, that veers on the slightly ... read more »
  
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  EASTERN CONDORS is director Sammo Hung's high-energy version of THE DIRTY DOZEN. To win their freedom, a group of hardened Asian convicts agree to go on a suicidal mission to Vietnam and destroy an abandoned ammunitions dump before the Vietcong discovers it. Along the way, the men run into a trio ...