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Summary: Not a sequel, no matter WHAT the distributor says, but fun
Review: While it's great that one of Jackie Chan's most popular movies, "The Armour of God," has finally been released here in the states, the way it's been done is both deceptive and sloppy. First of all, it's not a sequel to "Operation Condor." It'a actually the other way around--"Operation Condor" was a sequel to THIS film. Secondly, "Armour" was originally released in 1986--hardly "his newest adventure," as the packaging claims. Lastly, little advantage has been taken of the DVD format: "Armour" has been released in widescreen, which is nice, but no extra features (like an "original language" option or a "making of" docu-short) have been added. And an actress whose last name is credited as "Porner" in the movie is listed as "Forner" on the packaging. Typo? Carelessness?All that having been said, "Armour of God" is still a great deal of fun. The plot--in which Jackie's old girlfriend is kidnapped by a death cult, who demand the Armour as payment for her release--would have been too silly for an episode of "Scooby-Doo." But the stunt work by Chan and his crew is amazing, especially in the last half hour. Jackie gets kicked, punched, set on fire & blown up...yet still can chew gum at the same time! The fight scenes and car chases are funny and astoundingly complex and dangerous at the same time. They're so delightful, in fact, that all else can be forgiven. See this movie--just don't pay any attention to the package it comes in.
Rating:
Summary: Not a sequel, no matter WHAT the distributor says, but fun
Review: While it's great that one of Jackie Chan's most popular movies, "The Armour of God," has finally been released here in the states, the way it's been done is both deceptive and sloppy. First of all, it's not a sequel to "Operation Condor." It'a actually the other way around--"Operation Condor" was a sequel to THIS film. Secondly, "Armour" was originally released in 1986--hardly "his newest adventure," as the packaging claims. Lastly, little advantage has been taken of the DVD format: "Armour" has been released in widescreen, which is nice, but no extra features (like an "original language" option or a "making of" docu-short) have been added. And an actress whose last name is credited as "Porner" in the movie is listed as "Forner" on the packaging. Typo? Carelessness? All that having been said, "Armour of God" is still a great deal of fun. The plot--in which Jackie's old girlfriend is kidnapped by a death cult, who demand the Armour as payment for her release--would have been too silly for an episode of "Scooby-Doo." But the stunt work by Chan and his crew is amazing, especially in the last half hour. Jackie gets kicked, punched, set on fire & blown up...yet still can chew gum at the same time! The fight scenes and car chases are funny and astoundingly complex and dangerous at the same time. They're so delightful, in fact, that all else can be forgiven. See this movie--just don't pay any attention to the package it comes in.
Rating: 
Summary: ALWAYS STICK WITH HK ORIGINAL
Review: Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look acting so dumb by English Dubb. For ANY of HK movies, ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots though.
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Summary: wots wiv america?
Review: y did they call it operation condor 2?, even u americans can work out this is the 1st of the series, and one of jackie chans all time greats! the movie is actually called 'Armour of God' this, along with meals on wheels, wos the 1st jc movie i ever saw (when i was about 6 yrs old!) and is still one of my faves. When u watch this movie u might notice a sudden change in the length of jackies hair, thats because he nearly died perfoming a (relatively straight forward) stunt damging his skull badly, the nurses in the yugoslavian hospital where jc woz treated had to shave his head so they could operate - he nearly died!
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Summary: The Best among JC's movies
Review: You can see a young Jackie Chan, who can perform all his stunt work at his peak. Go to buy it, I highly recommand all JK's fans to keep one copy of this movie.
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