Stars: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying, Joyce Godenzi

Director: Sammo Hung

Summary: Fast-paced gunplay and martial arts action abound in this story of hand-picked mercenaries on a suicide mission in Vietnam.

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.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on June 30, 2006 10:14 PM

Eastern Condors is regarded by many enthusiasts as one of the crowning achievements of Sammo Hungs celebrated career . In a
powerful high - energy tribute to The Dirty Dozen , ten soldiers condemned to life - term prison sentences are offered an amnesty
if they go behind enemy lines in Vietnam . Plenty of kick - ass mega
action also starring Joyce Godenzi , Yuen Biao and Lam Ching Ying.
Give it a go if you like war films , it,s no bad !

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	Cantonese
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary, Animated Biography Showcase, Original Trailers, Interview Gallery, Behind The Scenes Footage, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1986
Release Date:	April 2, 2001
Runtime:	93 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	M D V 467
Label:	Hong Kong Legends
Keywords:	Special, Action, Martial, Subtitled, General, Edition, Wide, Screen, Eastern, Dubbed, Dong, Fang, Adventure, Cantonese, Condors, Arts, Collector's, Tu, Ying
Genre:	Martial Arts