Jackie Chan: The Invincible Fighter

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Summary: Sort-of a Documentary!
Review: I was a little disappointed in this DVD. It had the potential to be quite good, but "missed". I thought it was in English, but it is Cantonese/Mandarin with English S/T, not in itself bad if the documentary had been good. Mainly, it is various martial arts scenes from Jackie's Lo Wei film period (c. 1975-1978). The scenes are very good, all wide screen so you see everything. However, the Chinese commentators have tried to be "clever" and linked the scenes with a fake "story" on Jackie's training in various styles of kung fu. If you know the films the scenes are from (and I have seen them all) this type of treatment becomes very irritating. It could have been done so much better (ie. a REAL dissertation on Jackie's unique development of combination of various styles of martial arts and comedy). Not a bad DVD, if only for the opportunity to see some brilliant martial art action in wide screen, but not a must see for Jackie fans.

Rating:
Summary: Sort-of a Documentary!
Review: I was a little disappointed in this DVD. It had the potential to be quite good, but "missed". I thought it was in English, but it is Cantonese/Mandarin with English S/T, not in itself bad if the documentary had been good. Mainly, it is various martial arts scenes from Jackie's Lo Wei film period (c. 1975-1978). The scenes are very good, all wide screen so you see everything. However, the Chinese commentators have tried to be "clever" and linked the scenes with a fake "story" on Jackie's training in various styles of kung fu. If you know the films the scenes are from (and I have seen them all) this type of treatment becomes very irritating. It could have been done so much better (ie. a REAL dissertation on Jackie's unique development of combination of various styles of martial arts and comedy). Not a bad DVD, if only for the opportunity to see some brilliant martial art action in wide screen, but not a must see for Jackie fans.

Rating:
Summary: Sort-of a Documentary!
Review: I was a little disappointed in this DVD. It had the potential to be quite good, but "missed". I thought it was in English, but it is Cantonese/Mandarin with English S/T, not in itself bad if the documentary had been good. Mainly, it is various martial arts scenes from Jackie's Lo Wei film period (c. 1975-1978). The scenes are very good, all wide screen so you see everything. However, the Chinese commentators have tried to be "clever" and linked the scenes with a fake "story" on Jackie's training in various styles of kung fu. If you know the films the scenes are from (and I have seen them all) this type of treatment becomes very irritating. It could have been done so much better (ie. a REAL dissertation on Jackie's unique development of combination of various styles of martial arts and comedy). Not a bad DVD, if only for the opportunity to see some brilliant martial art action in wide screen, but not a must see for Jackie fans.

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Summary: 5 bucks at K-Mart
Review: This is a Documentary about Chan's early films and his rise to stardom. It's not a re-name of one of his earlier films.

Rating:
Summary: 5 bucks at K-Mart
Review: This is a Documentary about Chan's early films and his rise to stardom. It's not a re-name of one of his earlier films.

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Summary: anyone know what movie this is?
Review: this is not a movie i've heard about, i figure it's a re-release with a new name. does anyone know what the original title is? thanks.