CompleteMartialArts.com - The Jackie Chan Collection
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Manufacturer: Madacy Home Video
Starring: Jackie Chan
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780778622512
Format: Box set
ISBN: 0778622517
Label: Madacy Home Video
Manufacturer: Madacy Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Madacy Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-08-23
Running Time: 390
Studio: Madacy Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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This rare and astounding 5-DVD collector's edition features the high-energy wild hijinks of this one-of-a-kind martial arts hero! Performing wild stunts, doing hilarious double-takes and crushing opponents with furious Kung Fu kicks and punches. Jackie Chan mixes comedy with action better than any performer in the world. It's non-stop entertainment-fight sequences, funny gags andslapstick, plus cranked-up adventure. It's pure Jackie Chan! Featuring five HARD-TO-FIND films including : THE YOUNG TIGER, FIRE DRAGON , EAGLE SHADOW FIST, FANTASY MISSION FORCE AND MASTER WITH CRACKED FINGERS, This outstanding collectible is perfect for fans of martial arts action. You'll get to see Jckie Chan when he was a rising star in full command of his spectacular fighting skills, showcasing his brilliant stuntwork, his gift for comedy and his incredible charisma. An international star, Jackie Chan is renowned for his commitment to doing his own stunts. Now, this must-have 5 DVD collection is the best way to see Jackie do his stuff. Be ther for all the fun! It even comes in a high quality collectible TIN BOX!
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Summary: The Weird the Bad and the Ugly
Comment: These are five of the worst movies I have ever seen.
The only one worth the plastic it is encoded on is Master with Cracked Fingers. Even that contains scenes blatently chopped from Drunken Master (a true Chan classic), and for the grand finale Jackie has mysteriously disappeared, replaced by a barely adequate stand-in.
In Young Tiger, Jackie is miscast in an uncomfortable bad-guy role with a horrible, hairy mole on his cheek.
Fantasy Mission Force is just plain bizarre, with Chan appearing only occassionally. At least when he does show up, he's in classic Jackie Chan form. This is in stark contrast to his unfortunate roles in Young Tiger and Eagle Shadow Fist.
Eagle Shadow Fist is a fairly standard kung fu flick...in which Jackie is killed off in the first half of the movie. I can't comment on the rest of the movie because I turned it off after that.
Fire Dragon is, perhaps, the worst of all. It isn't even its own movie, it is a hacked up, alternate version of Fantasy Mission Force. Many scenes were blatantly chopped from Fantasy Mission Force and dropped awkwardly into Fire Dragon, overdubbed with completely different English dialogue. Weird! Fantasy Mission Force was bizarre to begin with, but hacked up and rearranged into Fire Dragon, it is completely baffling.
The only way I could recommend anybody to ever purchase this set of films, is if you really want to own five of the worst movies you'll ever see. Fantasy Mission Force, and its hacked up sibling, Fire Dragon, are so incredibly strange and awful, they're almost worth watching on that basis alone. Master with Cracked Fingers has its moments, but is ultimately disappointing on several levels (not the least of which is Jackie's absence in the big finale). Eagle Shadow Fist and Young Tiger might be tolerable for their genres, but certainly not for Jackie Chan fans.
Do not buy this set expecting to see the Jackie Chan we all know and love, or you will be bitterly disappointed. If you are looking for classic, early Jackie Chan, I highly recommend Drunken Master.
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