Eastern Condors

One of my favorite Hong Kong movies is Sammo Hung's men on a mission flick, Eastern Condors.

In promoting the movie, the cast showed up in costume to perform a live peking opera style show during a 1987 Hong Kong beauty pageant, and it's a marvel to see how physically talented performers like Yuen Wah (don't miss his incredible entrance at 1:23 in the 1st clip) are without wires or edits:





Here's the trailer for the film, check it out if you want to see a crazy good action movie:



The guys from Podcast on Fire have recorded their own entertaining and informative audio commentary for the film, check it out:

Sammo Hung needs to get paid!

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Sammo Hung, the vastly underrated Hong Kong star/director/producer/choreographer/talent responsible for dozens and dozens of my favorite movies, is in negotiations to fight some sort of supermonkeys in an upcoming American film directed by Kevin Munroe. Maybe some new exposure will help Sammo's legend grow in the U.S., where he's woefully under-appreciated. Sammo's the equal of Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo Ping (combined!) and should be working on some major projects!

Here's the Hollywood Reporter story!

If you've never seen Sammo in his true Hong Kong glory, do yourself a favor and check out some of his movies!



And let's not forget Sammo's comic sensibilities, here directing the amazing Richard Ng, who thinks he's invisible, but is really just naked: