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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 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.Product Identifiers
UPC0601643499239
eBay Product ID (ePID)3164840
Product Key Features
GenreForeign Language, Foreign Films
DirectorSammo Hung, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Samo Hung Kam-Po
EditionWidescreen Dubbed Version
Movie/TV TitleEastern Condors
RatingNR
Leading RoleYuen Biao, Angela Mao, Joyce Godenzi
Sub-GenreChinese
Signal StandardNTSC
Additional Product Features
FormatVhs
Display FormatWidescreen Dubbed Version
Release Date19981013
Film CountryHong Kong