Long xiong hu di (1987)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jackie Chan

Writers:

Jackie Chan (writer)
John Sheppard (writer)

Release Date:

21 January 1987 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Jackie Chan in his greatest adventure ever!

Plot:

Jackie Chan and his bumbling sidekick are sent on a quest through Europe to find a mysterious treasure held by a shadowy organization of monks.

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Europe | Cult | Fight | Martial Arts

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Jackie
Alan Tam	...	Alan
Rosamund Kwan	...	Lorelei
Lola Forner	...	May (as Maria Dolores Forner)
Bozidar Smiljanic	...	Bannon
Ken Boyle	...	Grand Wizard
John Ladalski	...	Chief Lama
Robert O'Brien	...	Witch Doctor
Boris Gregoric	...	Man at Auction
Alicia Shonte	...	Fighter
Vivian Wycliffe	...	Fighter
Stephanie Evans	...	Fighter
Linda Denley	...	Fighter
Marcia Chisholm	...	Fighter
William Williams	...	Fighter

Also Known As:

Armour of God (Hong Kong: English title)
Lung fong foo dai (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

88 min | Germany:87 min | Spain:94 min (25 fps) (DVD edition) | UK:94 min (25 fps) (restored version) | USA:86 min | Hong Kong:97 min

Country:

Yugoslavia | Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:12 (re-rating) (uncut) | Germany:16 (original rating) (cut) | Australia:M | France:U | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 | Spain:T | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

This was the first of the Operation Condor movies, but was entitled Operation Condor 2 because it was released in the U.S. after the second film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the end where The Asian Hawk is supposedly jumping onto a balloon floating thousands of metres in the air, just as he lands on it, a tree is clearly visible in the background on the same level as the balloon.

Quotes:

[upon hearing the siren from a police car approach]
Alan: What's that sound?
Asian Hawk: It's not an ice cream-truck...

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

Soundtrack:

Lorelei

Not much of a plot, but get a load of the stunts!!

ARMOUR OF GOD (Long Xiong Hu Di)

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Sound format: Mono

Fortune-hunter Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) travels to an ancient monastery in central Europe where his ex-girlfriend (Rosamund Kwan) is being held to ransom by a deadly cult who want Chan to deliver fragments of an all-powerful religious artefact.

Forever remembered as The Movie In Which Jackie Chan Almost Lost His Life™ (footage of the accident is even played over the closing credits, just to prove it!), this thinly-plotted action-adventure boasts a series of death-defying stunts (watch out for a truly breathtaking car chase early in the film) and brilliantly choreographed fight scenes, set against the backdrop of various far-flung European locations. Chan draws most of the limelight away from co-stars Alan Tam and Lola Forner, and the 1.85:1 image seems a little cramped in places (Chan was forced to adopt the narrower frame favored by original director Eric Tsang, who withdrew from the project following Chan's near-fatal mishap), but the movie still has much to recommend it. Dimension's rescored, re-edited US version - titled OPERATION CONDOR 2: THE ARMOR OF THE GODS (!) - should be avoided at all costs. Followed by ARMOUR OF GOD II: OPERATION CONDOR (1991).

(Cantonese dialogue)