Operation Condor (1991)
"Fei ying gai wak" (original title)

Agent Jackie is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bundling women (the 3 stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However a team of ... See full summary »

Director:

Jackie Chan

Writers:

Jackie Chan, Edward Tang

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Eva Cobo

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Asian Hawk / Condor / Jackie
Carol 'Do Do' Cheng	...	Ada (as Carol Cheng)
Eva Cobo	...	Elsa (as Eva Cobo de Garcia)
Shôko Ikeda	...	Momoko
Aldo Sambrell	...	Adolf (as Alfredo Brel Sánchez)
Ken Goodman	...	Adolf's Guard #1
Steve Tartalia	...	Adolf's Guard #2 (as Gregory Tartaglia)
Vincent Lyn	...	Mark / Adolf's Guard #3 (as Lyn Percival)
Bruce Fontaine	...	Adolf's Guard #4
Wayne Archer	...	Adolf's Guard #5 (as Archer Wayne)
Brandon Charles	...	Adolf's Guard #6
Ken Lo	...	Adolf's Guard #7 (as Low Houi Kang)
Peter Klimenko	...	Adolf's Guard #8
Christian Perrochaud	...	Adolf's Guard #9
Jonathan Isgar	...	Tasza

Storyline

Agent Jackie is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bundling women (the 3 stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However a team of mercenries have ideas on the ownership of the gold. A battle / chase ensues as to who gets there first. Lots of choregraphed Kung-Fu and quirky Chan humour.

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Plot Keywords:

gold | nazi | sahara | chase | kung fu | 

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Taglines:

The Biggest Martial Arts Epic Ever Made.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for martial arts action, some shootings, and sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Dimension Films Official site

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

18 July 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Operation Condor

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

HKD 115,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,731,751 (USA) (18 July 1997)

Gross:

$10,440,032 (USA) (22 August 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 92 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono SDDS (US version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the title was brought over as Operation Condor, it is actually the sequel to the movie Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods (Long xiong hu di.) Armour of the Gods was imported AFTER its sequel, and was given the confusing name Operation Condor 2, when Operation Condor should actually have been named Armour of the Gods II: Operation Condor.

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Goofs

During the first invasion of the sand people, a "KISS" medal can be seen on the head of the guy in charge.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jackie Condor: Not a good start

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Crazy Credits

The ending credits in Chan movies show outtakes (footage not used in the film). They often show Chan to be a perfectionist.

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Connections

Follows Long xiong hu di (1986)

User Reviews

Widescreen thrills on a lavish budget

ARMOUR OF GOD II: OPERATION CONDOR (Fei Ying Ji Hua)

Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 (Technovision)

Sound format: Mono

Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) comes under fire from all sides whilst on a mission to retrieve Nazi treasure buried in the Sahara desert.

One of the most popular films in Chan's extensive filmography, this superior sequel to ARMOUR OF GOD (1986) is clearly patterned after the success of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981), but Chan's movie celebrates its American influences whilst remaining defiantly Asian in concept and execution. It isn't perfect, by any means: The female characters are rendered almost entirely subordinate (Carol Cheng, Eva Cobo De Garcia and Shoko Ikeda give OK performances under the circumstances), and some of the Arab stereotypes are borderline offensive (prompting protests by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee when a re-edited version - OPERATION CONDOR - opened in US theaters), but viewers willing to overlook these conspicuous blunders will be treated to some of the most astonishing set-pieces of Chan's entire career.

In fact, the entire movie is a showcase for world-class stuntwork, photographed in glorious widescreen by veteran cinematographer Arthur Wong. Chan is clearly doubled in a number of sequences (notably a car-and-motorcycle chase during the film's opening stretch), but there's no denying his participation in the show-stopping finale, where Good and Evil engage in mortal combat within a vast underground labyrinth, culminating in a spectacular wind-tunnel sequence which took *months* to film and sent the entire movie over-schedule and way over-budget. Released in the UK as OPERATION CONDOR: ARMOUR OF GOD II.

(Cantonese dialogue)