Dragon's Forever reunited the Peking Opera Brothers Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung. All incredible performers. This film also has a young Fruit Chan (Made In Hong Kong, Three Extremes) co-directing some scenes.
Jackie Chan plays a sort of sleazy playboy type, cast against his usual type of the hapless goofball boy next door, Sammo Hung plays a goofier role than usual almost like Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun where he gets caught up in situations despite having good intentions and Yuen Biao plays a charismatic madman criminal.
I think the main appeal of his film is for HK action cinema fans, unlike films like Police Story and The Killer it has less universal appeal. The joy for me is watching each actor trying to outdo each. There's some incredibly hard falls taken as well as stuntmen being thrown through sugar glass windows. The fights with all three leads show how good their timing and athleticism is. Credit also goes to hardkicking Benny Urquidez and excellent stuntman Yuen Wah who uses a cigar as a prop.
The Blu-Ray from 88 Films feature an incredible looking print with 5.1 sound and director's commentary.
Jackie Chan plays a sort of sleazy playboy type, cast against his usual type of the hapless goofball boy next door, Sammo Hung plays a goofier role than usual almost like Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun where he gets caught up in situations despite having good intentions and Yuen Biao plays a charismatic madman criminal.
I think the main appeal of his film is for HK action cinema fans, unlike films like Police Story and The Killer it has less universal appeal. The joy for me is watching each actor trying to outdo each. There's some incredibly hard falls taken as well as stuntmen being thrown through sugar glass windows. The fights with all three leads show how good their timing and athleticism is. Credit also goes to hardkicking Benny Urquidez and excellent stuntman Yuen Wah who uses a cigar as a prop.
The Blu-Ray from 88 Films feature an incredible looking print with 5.1 sound and director's commentary.