Super Cop: The perfect action film?

 I know some of you might be angry about me calling the film Super Cop and not Police Story 3 as it was released in Australia, but the version of the film I downloaded and watched was the 1996 Dimension Films cut, so I can't review the original version if I never watched it.

Produced by and starring Jackie Chan

Directed by Stanley Tong
Written by 

Edward Tang
Ma Fibe
Yee Lee Wai
Produced by 

Willie Chan
Edward Tang
Leonard Ho

Starring   
    Michelle Khan
    Maggie Cheung
    Ken Tsang
    Yuen Wah
    Bill Tung
    Josephine Koo
    Wong Siu

Synopsis

To infiltrate a drug cartel, Royal Hong Kong Police Force Inspector Kevin Chan (Jackie Chan) goes undercover in a Chinese prison. There, he earns the trust of Panther (Yuen Wah), a cartel member, by breaking him out of prison. With the help of another undercover agent, Jessica Yang, (Michelle Khan), they travel to Hong Kong and join up with Panther's gang. Ka Kui is accepted by the gang's leader (Ken Tsang), but his operation is jeopardized when Kevin's girlfriend, May (Maggie Cheung) accidentally reveals his true identity.

Review

Supercop is easily the best work in the Police Story series. Jackie Chan and his stunt team went all out on this one. Unlike First Strike which was overloaded with comedy (like putting too much salt on a food), the comedy in this was funny and subtle.

Anyway, Michelle Khan is a great actress, and this is the movie that introduced me to her. Her movies are insane, and soon enough you'll be seeing more of her on this site (infact, reviews of Supercop 2 and Yes Madam are coming soon)

Super Cop is one of the best Chan films ever. It must have taken months to come up with choreography. Jackie Chan is a legend. This movie is one you wish never ever ended, unlike it's spinoff, Supercop 2, which I gave up on watching after 2 minutes. I'll be watching it again for the sake of the blog. 

(edit 2.1.24 - I watched the movie on Dec. 16 2023. A review is coming in June.)

Not to mention, Dimension Film and Miramax's edit and voice casting choice of films is actually amazing, including this one, and it's actually great they got Chan and Khan to voice for the film. Many would complain about the American editing of this franchise, but especially this movie, I actually enjoyed it! In fact, it was even better then the Hong Kong version. I'm not exageratting when I say this movie is the best movie of the whole 1990s. Watch it for yourself!

Superheroes? Forget them. We have the one and only Supercop.

Watch Supercop at the

Original Hong Kong version from 1992 (Cantonese audio, English subtitles) - https://archive.org/details/police-story-3

Rating: 10/10 

Die Hard with a Vengeance - Action-packed and realistic

 Think fast. Look alive. Die Hard - with a vengeance.

 Directed by John McTiernan

Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh

Based on   

    Simon Says by Jonathan Heinsleigh

Produced by   

    John McTiernan

    Michael Tadross

Starring   

    Bruce Willis

    Jeremy Irons

    Samuel L. Jackson

    Graham Greene

    Colleen Camp

    Larry Bryggman

    Sam Phillips

Release date: May 19, 1995 

May 25, 1995 (Australia) 

 

Synopsis

Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is now divorced, alcoholic and jobless after getting fired for his reckless behavior and bad attitude. He is called back into action, however, when a cryptic terrorist (Jeremy Irons) takes New York City hostage in a lethal game of "Simon Says" and refuses to speak with anyone but McClane. Teaming up with a street-savvy electrician named Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson), McClane dashes through the city, trying to stay one step ahead of a murderous plot.

Review 

Die Hard 3 is the perfect action movie. Okay, so maybe half the movies I've watched are better then this, but Samuel and Bruce make a great duel, and the fight choreography is amazing in the movie. While the movie is not as good as Die Hard and Die Harder, it still has the same feel and even more awesome scenes. Die Hard 3 is a great recommendation, and if you have nothing better to do, then you should probably be watching this movie.

Yippie ki yay, mother----er.

Watch Die Hard on

https://tubitv.com/movies/622895/die-hard-with-a-vengeance

Rating: 7/10

 

Let's have a drink because of how awesome Drunken Master II is

My review of a masterpiece

 

Directed by and starring Lau Ka Leung

Co-directed by and starring Jackie Chan

Screenplay by 

Edward Tang

    Tong Man-ming

    Yuen Chieh-chi

Produced by   

    Eric Tsang

    Edward Tang

    Barbie Tung

Starring   

    Anita Mui

    Ti Lung

    Felix Wong

    Ho Wing-fong

    Chin Ka-lok

    Lau Ka-yung

    Ram Cheung

    Ken Lo

    Ho-Sung Pak

    Andy Lau

    Yvonne Yung

    Suki Kwan

    Vindy Chan

Release date: February 3, 1994

 

Synopsis

 From a land where honour and tradition reign, comes the legend of a martial-arts hero unlike any other -- the "Drunken Master" -- who can turn just one drink into devastation and humiliation for his enemies. His technique is fast, furious... and powerfully funny. Fei-hung Wong (Jackie Chan), a young martial artist who knows the ways of Drunken Boxing is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts when Wong Fei-Hung is unwittingly caught in a battle between smugglers who want to steal ancient Chinese artefacts and loyalists who are determined to save the pieces from leaving the country.

Review

Drunken Master II / The Legend of Drunken Master was Jackie Chan's first traditional martial arts film for 12 years since the release of Dragon Lord (1982). While he hadn't done any martial arts films for twelve years, wow. He definetly improved with DRUNKEN MASTER 2!

Drunken Master 2 is the pinnacle of Hong Kong 90s action films right beside the US cut of Supercop (1995). Watching as Chan gets his butt beat, you know he's gonna win but it's super interesting to see. The movie also has an inpeccable soundtrack in both versions, scored by William Hu in the original version and Micheal Wandmacher in the Dimension Films / Miramix re-release. 

I'm not saying that Micheal W's is bad, but it's like store-bought pizza. The real thing is better, and in this case the real thing is William Hu's score. Micheal W's score is just "durr insert Asian noises" and so is the original, but because it's about an Asian fighting style. Not to mention it actually uses Asian instruments beautifully. William takes the win.

The movie also teaches a lesson to drinking and all the bad things that happen to Fei-hung (getting beat up, disowned AGAIN just like in Drunken Master 1, and brain damage at the end of Hong Kong's OG version of the film) unlike 1978's Drunken Master, which glorified drinking. 

The film shows a lesson, has impeccable music and fight choreography, and a mix of Lau Kar-leung's serious action which is more respectful and accurate to actual Drunken Boxing / Drunken Fist / Drunken Fairy / Drunken Monkey (Jui kuen/Zui quan) Jackie Chan's comedy kung fu.

 The movie also has multiple scenes with comedy during fights, like when Kei-ying fought his own son and Fei-Hung started touching his nose and saying "Oh, papa ha ha what a cute nose!" and when Anita Mui's character (Wong Ling) fakes pregnancy to not get her stepson in trouble, and when Fei-hung spits out kerosene on a burning rod and he looks at the flame then to Ken Lo with a "Huh, cool." face then goes back to beating him up. Same with when Fei Hung throws a Drunkfit (Temper tantrum) right in the middle of the fight and breaks a box then goes back to fighting him, then at the end of the fight Fei hung blows a bubble out his mouth, has a fazed/shocked expression then falls unconscious to the ground.

Anyways, Let us have a non-alchaholic drink to how amazing this movie is.

Watch The Drunken Master II on

https://archive.org/details/TheLegendOfTheDrunkMaster21994 (1994 Warner Bros version)

The Legend of Drunken Master - English re-dub, 2000 Dimension Films version

https://archive.org/details/the-legend-of-drunken-master

Rating: 10/10

Believe's rating: 9/10

Must Watch Jackie Chan Movies

 I've watched 27 Jackie Chan films, and here are all the ones you need to watch AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

• Enter the Dragon 1973 - While not a Jackie Chan movie [he appears in only 11 seconds] it is a Lee movie and his best.
  
• Snake in The Eagle's Shadow 1978 - Chan's first breakout movie, and the first out of seven released in 1978. While Drunken Master comes in a close second, this film is MUCH better
• The Young Master 1980 - Incredible! Let Jackie take the lead when he makes films.
• Dragon Lord 1982 - Missing a lot, but also has a lot. Very great
• Project A 1983 - The three dragons star in this film all-together. It's amazing.
• Dragons Forever 1988 - Great movie after a long day of school.. and a great movie on the weekends.
• Drunken Master II 1994 - Much better then the original film
  
• Supercop 1996 - WATCH IT NOW. IT IS AMAZING.
• My Stunts 1998 - The only documentary I don't get bored 5 minutes in.
  
• New Police Story 2004 - Darkest film in Police Story series but also very good.
• The Karate Kid 2010 - Emotional, funny, and has some kick butt scenes. Jackie fights TWICE in this movie (one of them is an alternate ending).

Operation Condor is an action-packed flight

 It might be weird to review Armour of God 2 without watching the first movie, but there's extreme nudity in that one, and the first 2 minutes were weird enough for me to turn off the TV and watch something else.

 

Starring, written and directed by Jackie Chan  

Written by  
Edward Tang
Produced by Raymond Chow
Leonard Ho
Starring   
    Carol Cheng
    Eva Cobo de Garcia
    Shôko Ikeda (池田昌子)

 

Synopsis

Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) -- code name Condor -- is a secret agent for hire. Assigned by a Turkish duke to find stolen Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert, Condor must face mercenaries, guards and one remaining Nazi (Aldo Sánchez) who wants the treasure he helped steal all those years ago. Even after teaming up with three inept ladies (Carol "Do Do" Cheng, Eva Cobo de Garcia, Masako Ikeda), Condor still has his work cut out for him on his hunt for the stolen loot.

 

Review 

So, Armour of God 2 is a pretty mediocre movie but the film has a good plot and good fight scenes.

I don't have a lot to say, except in my opinion the film started out a bit boring. Police Story started out with an epic gun-fight, Police Story 2 started with a recap of Police Story, Die Hard started out with hilarious dialogue by McClane and Argyle, Drunken Master started out with a fight, Snake in The Eagle's Shadow started out with comedy, and this movie started out boring. If you do get your hands on this film, fly away like a condor and watch something else - like Die Hard or Project S.

Oh yeah, there are 3 butts in this movie, so you might wanna stick around for that.

To clarify, this was not marketed as Armour of God 2 in Hong Kong.

Watch Armour of God II: Operation Condor on

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/armour-of-god-ii-operation-condor/1464153155606 (Chinese audio, English subtitles)

Rating: 6/10