Eastern Condors

Original title: Dung fong tuk ying

1987
R
1h 33m

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A group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy a cache of American weapons left behind after the Vietnam War, before the Vietcong discovers its locati... Read allA group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy a cache of American weapons left behind after the Vietnam War, before the Vietcong discovers its location.A group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy a cache of American weapons left behind after the Vietnam War, before the Vietcong discovers its location.

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7.1/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

Trivia
Sammo Hung hired a personal trainer to help slim him down so he could more easily perform some of the acrobatic kicking combinations which he had devised for the project with his stunt team.

Quotes
Ching: It's the Americans's fault. They got us into this. Idiot Americans, fucking America, goddamn America!
Ming-Sun Tung: When this is over, where do you think you'll go?
Ching: Back to America!

Alternate versions
All UK versions prior to 2019 had to be cut by 22 secs to remove real animal cruelty to conform with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937. The casualty was the scene in which Yuen Biao rips a snake's head off. This cut was waived for the Eureka Entertainment release of 2019, upon confirmation that the snake in question was already killed off camera prior to the shot (the live snake caught by Yuen Biao is in one shot, while the dead snake whose head is ripped off is in the second).

Connections
Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

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10/10

Hong Kong version of the Dirty Dozen, courtesy of Sammo Hung.

Eastern Condors (1986) is an awesome movie from Hong Kong Cinema legend Sammo Hung. Hung, along with his crew of usual actors remake the classic Dirty Dozen along with Full Metal Jacket. The end results is one of the best action movies ever made. From the beginning until the end, this action packed film doesn't disappoint it's intended audience and will make converts out of the non-believers.

A group of Chinese-American soldiers are given a second chance at redemption. If they complete this dangerous assignment they'll receive a full pardon and compensation money. They have to take out a cache of weapons left behind by the U.S. Army in Viet-Nam. Can this bunch destroy the weapons depot and avoid detection from the local Vietnamese military?

Lam Ching-Ying is appointed by the government to lead the rag tag soldiers into combat. Sammo Hung is second in command. Yuen Biao is a local Vietnamese resident who joins the soldiers, Yuen Wah co-stars as the ruthless Vietnamese officer who purses the soldiers to no end. Joyce Godenzi also co-stars as the leader of a small unit of freedom fighters.

Like I said before, this is a no nonsense action packed film from beginning to end. The fight scenes are amazing and the direction from Sammo Hung is pretty solid. If you enjoy action films by all means grab this one immediately.

Highest recommendation possible.