![]() ![]() ![]() When Chan finally became big, Wei re-released New Fist Of Fury in this drastically cut form, even cutting out his own cameo so it opened instead with Chan, and removing a great deal of dialogue from the first two thirds. A major flop, it didn’t even get a release in Japan odd, since that country soon became one of Chan’s biggest markets. He jumped at the chance, though soon became frustrated with Wei not giving him any control over the action despite often listening to horse racing when he should have been focused on directing. Then he received a telegram from his manager Willie Chan wanting him to star in a sequel to Fist of Fury for the newly formed Lo Wei Productions and that it would be directed by Wei himself – but Chan had to sign an eight-film contract. After co-starring in Hand of Death for no less than John Woo, he retired to Australia, doing construction in the day and working in a Chinese restaurant at night. More known as a stuntman, Chan had already starred in The Little Tiger Of Canton, but that took two years to creep out to an uninterested public. ![]() Of course I watched it in the English dub which has several of the expected “but still”s. As for Chan, he doesn’t look too uncomfortable for the most part, though his acting isn’t that impressive yet. Lee directed all the action he was in for his two Wei films, and one sometimes wishes that Wei had given the job to someone else here too except for the rather good final confrontation. One thing he generally wasn’t so good with was martial arts. Yet despite its very poor reputation I don’t think it’s that bad for every weak, clumsy or unnecessary scene there’s a decent one, and the performances are generally quite strong one thing that Wei was often good with was actors. A direct sequel to director Lo Wei’s Bruce Lee-starring hit Fist Of Fury, it disappointed me intensely when I first saw it because our hero isn’t even in it very much and, apart from two very early scrapes which he loses, he doesn’t go into action until the last ten minutes – and this in a film that last two hours! It’s never actively boring, but Wei and co-screenwriter Pan Lei pack the film with scenes and even plot elements aren’t always necessary, especially in the full length cut which this review will primarily be of though I’ll describe the short version a bit in the next paragraph. I’m behind, so I’m going to be posting my write-ups on the three new 88 Films releases all today, starting with this unsatisfying, rather odd but certainly not uninteresting film. If you’re really up to date with Blu-ray releases then you’ll have noticed that I’ve been reviewing all the Jackie Chan film being released by 88 Films, this being part of a a project of my own accord to review all of his films. However, Mao’s initial problem is that a thief by the name of Ah Lung steals a box belonging to Mao which contains Chen’s deadly nunchuku…. Unfortunately, the Japanese rule there too, and Akumora the provincial leader wants to combine all the Chinese martial art schools under his Di Wah karate school and is prepared to turn nasty in order to achieve this. Survivors Mao Li Er – who was Chen’s girlfriend – and two of her friends escape to Taiwan to stay with her grandfather Master Su. The Ching Wu school of martial arts in Shanghai has been closed down and most of its students killed by the Japanese who rule there, including Chen Chao-un who was the very best of them. Alongside these hangars, there's an engineering deck, storage facilities, a mess hall with a bar, a medical bay with a wide variety of surgical equipment, several quarters, and a dorsal observation deck.Starring: Chan Sing, Jackie Chan, Luk Yat-lung, Nora Miao There's 2 hangar decks on the ship, one on the ventral hull and one on the aft. It's armed with heavy cannons, extensive broadside missile batteries, and an armory filled with dozens to hundreds of various firearms, allowing it to operate as a sort of gunship/troop transport/assault ship. It appears to be much larger than the Galaxy One and the Crimson Light, likely around the 100 meter range of length. The Galaxy Two acts as the primary mode of transportation for the Team Squad as of Season 3, following the destruction of the Crimson Light. after transferring himself into the ship. The ship was later stored in Belgium on Earth, where after six years it was later retrieved by Gary, Quinn, Kevin, and is operated by H.U.E. The Galaxy Two, originally named the Bearded Turkey Wing, and occasionally called the Dragon Hawk 5, is a ship that was built by Kevin Van Newton at the behest of Nightfall. ![]()
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