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Heart of a Dragon (1985)
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Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped ... See full summary »

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Ted / Tat Fung
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Danny / Dodo Fung (as Samo Hung)
Emily Chu ...
Jenny
Hoi Mang ...
Yan / Ian (as Man Hei)
Ching-Ying Lam ...
SWAT Team Commander (as Lam Ching Ying)
Lung Chan ...
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SWAT Team Member / Yan
Kar Lok Chin ...
SWAT Team Member / Log (as Ka Lok)
Corey Yuen ...
SWAT Team Member (as Yuen Kwai)
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Inspector Wong
Ying-Fat Lam ...
Edmond Pang / Pang Kwok Hwa (as Lam Ying Fat)
Ka-Ho Lee ...
Kid / Heung Chi Ming (as Lee Ka Ho)
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Waiter
Wing-Cho Yip ...
Restaurant Manager (as Ip Wing Cho)
Anthony Chan ...
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Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant. Written by Towne 3, San Jose, Ca

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Warrior, Brother, Protector, Friend


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Rated R for violence | See all certifications »
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Soundtracks

"Sui Hoh Seung Yi (Who Could Be Dependent)"
Music by Man Yee Lam
Lyrics by Yuen-Leung Poon
Performed by Noi So
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Again, good in a serious role...
20 June 2001 | by (IN, USA) – See all my reviews

A pretty good, though slow drama, Jackie proves himself as an actor, and Sammo pulls off the part of the handicapped brother beautifully. It's very somber and pretty sad, with a really violent fight at the climax when Jackie and his cop friends go to rescue Sammo. Jackie even buries a machete in some poor sap's neck! If you want a good serious battle, check out Jackie vs. the awesome (and underrappreciated) Dick Wei at the finale....I've always enjoyed this guy as his usual cool as ice villain! Not bad, but vastly different from most of Chan's work...


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