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Summary: Does The Maniac Stuntwork Ever Stop?
Review: I rented this movie thinking it would be a real dissopointment since it was made in 1984. But I was all wrong! It starts out with a crazy beer fight between Sailers and cops and thats just the beginning. There is a bike chase, clocktower fight, a crazy brawl in a mansion where everything is broken onto people's head's and bodys. Sure it gets a little slow at times but all you will be thinking about is the action scenes that just happened. The little things in this movie make it good like when jackie hops off his bike while its still going and it goes by itself straight into the bike rack. Never underate a Jackie Chan movie no matter how old it is.
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Summary: Project A -- gets a grade of "A"!
Review: If you want to get the best version of the moive, find the subtitled veresion (the Hong Kong version), rather than the dubbed version. Both are wonderful, but the subtitled version has a few extra scenes, without the (once-in-a-while) difficult-to-follow dubbing. Jackie Chan is the undisputed master of stunts (I still cringe when he falls from the clock!), and the bicycle chase is pure Jackie and truly wonderful! This is definitely one for everyone's action collection, especially if you can get the subtitled version!
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Summary: Project A -- gets a grade of "A"!
Review: If you want to get the best version of the movie, find the subtitled version (the Hong Kong version), rather than the dubbed version (look for the "region-free" or Region 0 versions. Region 1 is the US and Canada, and Region 3 is Asia only) Both versions are wonderful, but the subtitled version has a few extra scenes, without the (once-in-a-while) difficult-to-follow dubbing.
Jackie Chan is the undisputed master of stunts (I still cringe when he falls from the clock!), and the bicycle chase is pure Jackie and truly wonderful! This is definitely one for everyone's action collection, especially if you can get the subtitled version!
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Summary: STICK WITH HK IMPORTS "ALWAYS"
Review: If you want to see the uncut, no bull, original official version of ANY Jackie Chan, or ANY Honk Kong movies, STICK WITH HK IMPORTS. Now, make sure HK IMPORTS are OFFICIAL LICENSED PRODUCT, and not BOOT LEGS. It gets really tricky, but it is worth the search. American version cut off so much, and also make acting look so dumb by English Dubb. Not worth it.
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Summary: Project D
Review: In my opinion the original Chinese language version of Project A is one of Jackie Chan's best films. A film full of great stunts and some of the best fight scenes of any Jackie Chan movie. This version however is extremely poor. I was very excited when I saw this release in the video store on DVD. I have a subtilted video tape and I have been waiting for it's release on DVD. However I became leary when I recalled the recent release of Jet Li's Fist of Legend and other recent English dubbed Hong Kong action movies like Iron Monkey, Police Story 1 and 2 and Black Mask. It seems to me that the people involved in these re-releases have no respect for these great movies. It many cases, especially Jackie Chan's movies, scenes are edited out, the original score is replaced by inferior music, profanity is added and the English duubed voices are just horrible and at times downright goofy. The English language versions are so inferior to ther originals that it is not even funny. Often times these films come off as comedies because of the horrible dubbing. Project A is no exception. What was once a serious action movie, with some comedic touches, is now a goofy, wateredowned movie. The voices can not be taken seriuosly. The new score is just ok, the original was so much better. The new score actually slows down the action sequences and eliminates most of the tension that was in the original. I was extremely disappointed with this DVD. I might recommend it to anyone who has not seen the original version and is curious about early Jackie Chan. However I will stick with my subtitled video tape.
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Summary: Project A
Review: It is a good movie. Jackie Chan is good he moves so fast with his martial arts and stunts. If a person is looking a good action and stunts then I recommed it to buy it.
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Summary: Really rates a 3.5 but I rounded up.
Review: Jackie chan is joined by Sammo in this excellent example of Jackie before the big time. It is a frantic, comedic martial art romp that dares to drift from the totally formulaic storyline. The storyline is a 3, the martial arts are a 5 watchability is a 2, due to dubbing.
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Summary: Really rates a 3.5 but I rounded up.
Review: Jackie chan is joined by Sammo in this excellent example of Jackie before the big time. It is a frantic, comedic martial art romp that dares to drift from the totally formulaic storyline. The storyline is a 3, the martial arts are a 5 watchability is a 2, due to dubbing.
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Summary: There's Very Little Not to Like About This Movie
Review: Lately, after viewing all of Jackie's movies made over the past 10 or so years (the high budget movies like Police Story and Who Am I?), I have started to look at his earlier, less budgeted and clearly less known movies. However, my search lead me to a couple of decent movies, and then Rumble In Hong Kong (IMO, the only truly bad Jackie Chan movie). After seeing that disaster, I was skeptical as to see this one, but I rented it anyhow and found loads of charm and excitement. As I watched, I recognized a lot of actors used in some other movies like Police Story (Mars, Ti Pai), and a lot of faces that, although I never saw them before, I loved seeing them too. Additionally, I find that martial arts movies differ than Anime in terms of dubbing. I find that in martial arts movies, reading the subtitles and watching the action a bit tiring, and unlike Anime, the original voices aren't exactly better to listen to. So, while many have problems with dubbing, trust me, the dubbing is not a problem. Every character has a large amount of likability, including Lord Sam Pao, the main villain. Almost never do you see a movie that so successfully coasts on the charisma of the characters. Yuen is a tough, but helpful and agreeable man, while Sammo Hung just can't help but be really cool, as well as funny. Both support Chan, a rebellious yet charming character with a great sense of loyalty and justice. It's not just the characterizations of these characters that works, but remember that these three men are action stars, and while Chan hogs the spotlight, Sammo and Biao deliver some great moves and moments in action. Going along with the awesome martial art sequences comes the infamous clock falling stunt, a stunt that Jackie broke his skull pulling off. Another really awesome scene is when Jackie rides through the streets on a bike, and I had to watch Biao Yuen talk his way out of telling the pirate guard the password several times, for he pulled it off insanely well. This movie never stops with its coolness; it's either adrenaline pumping, funny, or just plain likable. That all covers the movie itself, and know this here and now: the DVD version is better than the VHS version, mainly due to the superior look of widescreen mode, and superior sound quality from the DVD hardware. This movie is nothing short of a work of art, one of Chan's best of all time, and all the DVD does is enhance it. Well worth the price!
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Summary: The DVD stinks!!
Review: No choice of subtitles? Only dubbed?! And the outakes are taken out!? And what is with those Gawd-awful introduction credits? I really had high-hopes for this DVD but it failed me big time. You'll be further disgusted when you find out that the BACKGROUND MUSIC HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL!! This is one of Jackie Chan's masterpieces and it shames me to know that Hollywood would deface it for no reason at all. 5 stars for Project A and No stars for the DVD version
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