Operation Condor

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Summary: Excellent film, more features should have been added
Review: I love to watch Jackie Chan in action, the only reason this DVD didn't get full 5 stars is, as I prefer to watch the movies in Chinese with English sub titles, better sound. Apart from that Top Film.

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Summary: Good Movie but not great...
Review: I remember seeing this film in the theater with my brother and not really getting into it until the wind tunnel scene and the outtakes... The wind tunnel scene was awesome! If the guy wasn't wearing wires, you could swear that he was really flying like Superman! Other then that the movie seemed to keep showing nude ladies behinds... I bought the film for the wind tunnel sequence... I will never get tired of watching that sequence...

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Summary: Chantastic!
Review: I still get a kick out of all of Chan's films, the comedy and action work perfectly. One quibble here: could the U.S. distributors stop editing these things to include just the action and barely any story? This routine is sloppy when done, and old. And yes, this is the second film after the mysteriously titled "Operation Condor 2." Once again, thank the distributors for assuming you cannot count or read subtitles.

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Summary: Humorous and exciting, but pulling for laughs in parts.
Review: Jackie Chan displayed his fantastic prowress and ability for humor in this film as much as in his others, but some supporting characters seemed to drag the movie down with their "melodramaticism", their lack of ability to execute lines at the precise moment, and their unconvincing acting. One thing you may wish to look into is : You advertize this video at "PG-13", whereas it is found in video stores as "R". If this is a mistake that you can remedy, you may wish to do so.

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Summary: Energetic and expensive Chan vehicle
Review: Jackie Chan is a physical genius and this,together with a sense of comedy and an air of winning self-deprecation,help set his movies apart from those of other action stars such as the wooden Van Damme and the pompous dirigible Seagal.The physical skills are well in evidence here as are the comedy traits -although personally I find them less well showcased this time around

Operation Condor is clearly an expensive movie and makes widespread use of well photographed North African and European locations ,in its tale of Chan and some female colleagues hunting abandoned Nazi gold in the face of opposition from Arab terrorists and one of the gold's former owners.
There are draggy bits in the middle when the story gets bogged down in broad comedic interludes ,and the dubbing throughout is execrable.All is forgiven when it comes to the climax -an elongated fight scene in a wind tunnel that has flair ,pace and panache.

The end credits show the injury sustained by Chan in making the movie when a stunt went wrong-proof that here is an action star who does not stint on placing himself on the line .Four stars for Chan -and marked down only for the dubbing and the misfiring comedy scenes which simply dont travel well to Occidental audiences

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Summary: The Asian Hawks Journey for Gold
Review: Jackie Chan plays the adventurer code named Condor. In this movie he joins with three ladies to find the gold that is hidden in a base underground. This movie was a great martial arts-action/comedy. I keep laughing during his outtakes except when he bites the dust (well sand actually). There is one scene in the outtakes when Jackie is hanging upside down on a metal chain. In the movie the chain was supposed to get stuck but in the outtakes the chain somehow slides free causing Jackie to fall straight on his face against a huge mountain of sand and rock. People had to rush him out and wipe all the powdery sand off of his face. That is two major incidents in two Operation Condor films. Hope you enjoy this comedy. I sure enjoyed it and so will you.

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Summary: Brilliant action with a superb ending
Review: Jackie has done it again. If you are a big JC fan, or many just a hongkong fan, this film is absolutly worth your while. MIND YOU ! This is actually the second film of the 2 Operation condor films. The one that the american market claims to be OC2 was made back in 1986, whereas this one is from the nineties. Dont make the same mistake as I did, and buy the wrong one.

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Summary: Has a james bond feel
Review: James bond with more martial arts and comedy.

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Summary: Operation Condor was a disappointment for me
Review: Most people probably won't agree, but I found Operation COndor to be a bit lacking. Yes, there is a lot of hand-to-hand combat to the film but it leaves a lot to be desired as the action sequences (with the exception of the car chase and the last one) lack creativity and start to feel rather repetitive after we watch Chan beat up the same guys over and over and over again. As to where First Strike featured the fabulous sequence that involved Chan fighting with chairs, tables, sticks, a broom, and even a ladder (a big one, too) and Who am I? had the great two against one martial arts fight on top of a building Operation Condor basically has Chan fighting a bunch of hired guns underneath the ground. It surprisingly lacks tension and excitement considering this is Jackie Chan we're talking about.

Chan's attempts for Indiana Jones are a bit misplaced. Yes, there are some genuinely humorous moments, particularly in the beginning, but I found the majority of the jokes to be flat and unfunny, something that's usually not common with Jackie Chan films.

But the most damaging aspect of the movie were Chan's three female companions, played by Carol Cheng, Eva Cobo de Garcia, and Ikeda Shoko. While Garcia was okay and mostly unannoying in her role, Cheng and Shoko really know how to get on the viewer's nerves.

Chan's later attempts after this proved to be better (in my opinion) and he has since then made some of his best films. Condor has some punch but it never quite connects.

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Summary: ONE OF CHAN'S BEST, BUT A VERY POOR DVD
Review: Ok, i used to own the U.S version of O.C when i was on holiday in U.S.A but i couldn't stand the dvd. There is a completely new soundtrack featuring modern music ( which doesn't sute the film ) and during an excellent acrbatic end fight, having funky music ( like U.S version of Black mask )in an end fight is crazy, makes me mad, hk fights should not hav music, except maybe the very modern films that don't need sound affects but O.C needs to hav the sound affects to make the fights more realistic, that is waht this dvd is lacking of. But this film is a cracker, about 5 fights mybe more with an unbaliveble end fight, great film, poor dvd.