Operation Condor (1991)

Jackie is hired to help the UN find Nazi gold hidden in Sahara. He's accompanied from Spain by 2 (later 3) cute women. As there are others wanting the gold, lots of kung fu fighting and comedy follows.

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 World War II Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bungling women (the three stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However, a team of mercenries have ideas on the ownership of the gold. A battle and chase ensues as to who gets there first. Lots of choregraphed Kung Fu and quirky Chan humor.

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Plot Keywords:

zorbing | almond eyes | chinaman | chinawoman | turbine | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Jackie Chan's autobiography " I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action", while filming the underground base chase scene, he was supposed to swing to a platform with a long chain, but he lost his balance and fell to the ground face-first, dislocating his sternum.

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Goofs

In the German dubbed version, Jackie refers to Elsa's house as being "for rent" while the sign outside actually reads "for sale" ("se vende").

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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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Alternate Versions

Originally released in 1990 and available on video in the USA under the title "Armour of God II", this Jackie Chan vehicle was re-released theatrically in 1997 by Miramax as "Operation Condor" in a newly-dubbed version to capitalize on Chan's popularity in the USA after "Rumble in the Bronx" and "Supercop". This re-release version has a new music score composed by Stephen Endelman and is cut by 20+ min. from the original Hong Kong version.

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Connections

Featured in Every Frame a Painting: Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag (2015)

User Reviews

The Greatest Adventure of All Time

Armour of God 2 destroys anything Indiana Jones ever did as it is the most accomplished action adventure film I have ever seen and I am not joking. This has everything from bad villains, female leads, well three actually, great action, great adventure, plenty of explosions and some of the most funniest scenes you will ever see in adventure film like this. Apart from Rush Hour you wouldn't usually associate Jackie Chan with doing much comedy only martial arts but he does it like a pro and it doesn't stop till the very end. I can go on and on for years and years watching this and you never ever get bored as there is so much to take in and not enough time. As soon as it is finished you'll be dying to go back for more and watch it on repeat viewings.

Jackie Chan has made some of the best kick ass films in the world. I rate his films much better than Bruce Lee's and if you want to challenge that then all you have to do is watch this, the first Amour of God and Project A and you will see how accomplished his films really are.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

18 July 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Operation Condor

Filming Locations:

Mt. Maculot, Cuenca, Batangas, Philippines

Box Office

Budget:

HKD115,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,731,751, 20 July 1997

Gross USA:

$10,405,394

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,405,394

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd., Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 92 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono SDDS (US version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1