Eastern Condors
東方秃鷹
Hong Kong • 1987
Directors
#1244Criterion Collection →Synopsis
Legendary actor-director Sammo Hung delivers a bazooka blast of pure adrenaline in this exemplar of Hong Kong action cinema at its most entertaining. Drawing inspiration from Hollywood war films like THE DIRTY DOZEN, EASTERN CONDORS follows a ragtag band of Asian American prisoners dropped into Vietnam on a secret suicide mission to prevent a cache of weapons from falling into the hands of the Viet Cong, who are more than ready for a fight. Propelled by a dynamic ensemble cast that includes the ever-charismatic Yuen Biao as a black-market trader and a superhuman Yuen Wah as a giggling martial-arts monster, this rip-roaring spectacle offers a nonstop barrage of turbocharged set pieces that defy death, logic, and gravity itself.
Synopsis
Legendary actor-director Sammo Hung delivers a bazooka blast of pure adrenaline in this exemplar of Hong Kong action cinema at its most entertaining. Drawing inspiration from Hollywood war films like THE DIRTY DOZEN, EASTERN CONDORS follows a ragtag band of Asian American prisoners dropped into Vietnam on a secret suicide mission to prevent a cache of weapons from falling into the hands of the Viet Cong, who are more than ready for a fight. Propelled by a dynamic ensemble cast that includes the ever-charismatic Yuen Biao as a black-market trader and a superhuman Yuen Wah as a giggling martial-arts monster, this rip-roaring spectacle offers a nonstop barrage of turbocharged set pieces that defy death, logic, and gravity itself.
Credits
Crew
DirectorSammo Hung, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
WriterBarry Wong Ping-Yiu
CinematographerArthur Wong Ngok-Tai, Au Kam-Hung
ComposerSherman Chow Gam-Cheung
EditorPeter Cheung Yiu-Chung
ProducerRicky Lau, Leonard Ho, Corey Yuen, Wu Ma
Cast
Sammo Hung Kam-Boas Tung Ming-Sun