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      Eastern Condors

      R 1987 1h 36m Action List
      Reviews 79% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Asian POWs get a chance at freedom when the United States offers them a mission to destroy a secret depot of missiles in Vietnam. Read More Read Less

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      Joey O'Bryan Austin Chronicle Rated: 4.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Not much more to say, "Eastern Condors" is a masterpiece of the Hong Kong action/martial arts scenes, one of the best movies of Sammo Hung, and a definite must-see of all fans of the category. Jan 19, 2020 Full Review Richard von Busack MetroActive Rated: 2/5 Sep 27, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      DanTheMan 2 If you only know Sammo Hung for his more happy-go-lucky roles, then Eastern Condors will be a massive shock to the system, going as far as to tread into John Woo's territory of heroic bloodshed. Taking the idea of The Dirty Dozen but setting it in Vietnam, Sammo got serious with this one, even cutting his trademark hair and slimming right down. There are no mincing words about how brutally violent Eastern Condors gets... Hands get chopped off, Vietcong kids play Russian Roulette and people are shot point blank with no hesitation, in the wrong hands it's distasteful stuff, but Sammo treats it all with sincerity, marking this film out as one of his finest accomplishments as an actor, martial artist and director. Although the majority of the action is hyper-intense gun fights occasionally punctuated by a familiar moment seen in Western war films like The Deer Hunter or the Rambo franchise, there is a spectacular final bout of full-contact fisticuffs for the patient ones among you. The cast is populated by plenty of familiar names and faces, although I do wish they got a bit more characterisation outside of their nicknames and who plays them, they all commit often coming away bloody and bruised from the hyper-dangerous stunt work. For better or worse, Eastern Condors has a gritty edge that makes it truly stand out amongst Sammo's filmography often feeling like what Heroes Shed No Tears had originally wanted to be, it's an absolute must-see! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/16/23 Full Review delysid d This movie kicks God damn ass! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/17/18 Full Review Audience Member Fun, violent, fast-moving Hong Kong action film; a classic of its genre. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Eastern Condors Is A Mixture Of War Violence And Martial Arts, Which Helps Keep The Dirty Dozen Like Story Running Throughout The Film. Sure The Plot May Be Stolen From One Of The Greatest War Classics, & Relocated To Vietnam, But That's What's Good About This Flick, It's Not To Complicated & The Fact It Stars Sammo Hung (Who Also Directs) & Yuen Biao Is A Bonus. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review sarfaraz a Dung fong tuk ying (Eastern Condors) co-directed as well as co-starring Sammo Hung and Biao Yeun. The film also starrs Dr. Hang S. Nigor (Academy Award winner for The Killing Fields) and Joyce Godenz (real-life wife of Sammo Hung). Set in Vietnam War in 1976 Ming (Sammo Hung) a Chinese commando led by colonel and his team group up with guerrilla fighters (mostly female) to destroy lethal weapons left behind by the US after the fall of Saigon. The weapons are currently under guard of Vietcong General. The group seeks help of local man (Yuen Biao no name mentioned in the film) with his three-wheel scooter and he deals in black market. Gala treat of slow-motion fight-sequences, with extraordinary tricky and locking clutches, kicks, jumps, head-lock, neck-lock, sharp knife use by both Sammo and Biao are enough to entertain huge fans like me. Movie deserves praise for quick pace, ultimately trying to reach to the point. Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao succeeded in applying maximum hilarious scenes and comedic expressions from fellow characters. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This film features some good action scenes! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Asian POWs get a chance at freedom when the United States offers them a mission to destroy a secret depot of missiles in Vietnam.
      Director
      Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
      Screenwriter
      Barry Ping-Yiu Wong
      Production Co
      Golden Harvest Company
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 4, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 36m