Dragons Forever: One of Jackie Chan’s Best?
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In the mid-eighties, Jackie Chan was the biggest star in Asia. After failing to break-out like Bruce Lee in the North American market, he focused on Asia, with his film Police Story making him one of the biggest box office draws of his day. At the same time, Chan was frequently working with two other action stars, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, with whom he had been raised at the brutal Peking Opera School. Their movies, Project A and Wheels on Meals, where big hits, but 1988’s Dragons Forever was the breaking point for their relationship, with them never again headlining a film together. What happened? We dig into it in this special episode of Reel Action, written, narrated and edited by E.J. Tangonan.
Have you seen Dragons Forever? Let us know in the comments.
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That factory battle at the end still holds up
@gandalainsley6467
8 ай бұрын
One piece live action imitated it little bit.(the part that is at 9:12)
these three were huge part of my childhood.. loved their brutal , raw and realistic action sequences.
Jackie Chan + Sammo Hung + Yuen Biao = Perfection
@user-tu7kn9ug7s
8 ай бұрын
late 70s through to early 90s was a golden era of kung fu/martial arts cinema from Hong Kong
@randomstuff797
8 ай бұрын
@@user-tu7kn9ug7s thank Bruce lee
@tylerdordon99
8 ай бұрын
@@user-tu7kn9ug7s true my friend. Then we got the triad and gun fu movies in the 90s and 00s but now unfortunately Hong Kong Cinema seems to be dying.
@user-tu7kn9ug7s
8 ай бұрын
China has killed Hong Kong cinema. Sadly trying to appeal to that market they sold out creatively. Sad really given all the talent and experience. Thank God for DVDs so we can watch the classics and remember how good it used to be.@@tylerdordon99
@skeaneable
8 ай бұрын
@@tylerdordon99 yeah now it's all 100 percent wuxia live action anime featuring monsters,demons gods with some questionable CGI effects ,🙄
Bro I just got this on 4K. It's lit and the cigar guy sliding down the stair rail had me in stitches.
Omg this movie was so awesome beyond words. I cannot praise it highly enough. 👍💪
Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Sammo Hung vs Benny Urquidez, Yuen Wah, and the Peking Opera/Jackie Chan stunt team. Most epic fight scene ever shot.
It's kinda sad there's so few reaction channels that cover true Jackie Chan classics like this. All they ever react to are his inferior Rush Hour movies 😂 Movies like this, Project A, the Armor of God movies and Wheels on Meals is a must watch and need more exposure. Even Sammo movies like Pedicab Driver, Millionaire Express co-starring Yuen Biao, Knockabout and Eastern Condors are great.
@tylerdordon99
8 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you.
@salvambala7779
8 ай бұрын
exactly I've heard someone say Jackie's movies aren't as good as michelle yeoh or jet li but this person has only seen his american films like Rush hour, shanghai noon, the tuxedo and the forbidden kingdom but literally everything he made in his hong kong days were better than those
@thezeppo1138
8 ай бұрын
My channel does.
@gohamorgohome
8 ай бұрын
... also drunken master, brilliant!
@personatodo
8 ай бұрын
@@gohamorgohome ah yes especially the second movie. Drunken Master 2 has some of his best fight scene choreography.
Keep the Jackie Chan content coming!!!🔥💯💯
We really need a proper Region A release of Project A and Project A pt 2 on blu ray.
Wheels on meals , 3 lucky stars , winners & sinners . i hope joblo gets to revisit all these and other classical hong king comedy action flicks😂❤❤❤
I must admit, I think I had at one point, every jackie Chan and Bruce Lee film
I would like to see any review of Bryan Leung's filmography (also known as Beardy). He had no training in martial arts but a very successful career.
@skeaneable
8 ай бұрын
Totally agree like Sleeping First and Thundering Mantis
Random video topic but happy to see it!
Dragons forever is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING Starring the legendary Sammo Hung Kim Bo, Yuen Biao and Jackie Chan Way much better than the so called stand up comedians and clowns of Hollywood Who uses punch lines and Auto-aim when they fire a weapon
I love these guys. I love these movies. Pure joy for me. No one even tries to mimick their style. It will die with them, the combination of...sincere love, slapstick humor, and amazing REAL physicality.
Great video! More of Jackie please...
My favorite of the Three Brothers films is Dragons Forever, I enjoyed the switch in roles each brother had
The phenomenal cinematography for the end fight scene is less appreciated it seems. Sammo and whoever he had working with him on camera created the perfect shots throughout that final fight scene, very creative.
A 4k version is available on YT.
i saw this on tv as a kid... loved it..... few years later in highschool i saw it again again on vhs at a dodgy shop for $3 which was the price of 2 meat pies back in the days absolute bargain, but i noticed some of the audio dialogue been changed..... that part where the 2 guys tried to rob sammo for the guns...on tv he said 'you know what i used to be before an arms dealer? 'a capion? campion' (not sure what he said) the one on vhs and all the newer release he was dubbed over and unenthusiastically says 'a karate teacher' hahah
My favorite of the 3 dragons movies
I grew up watching these 3 powerhouses since I was a baby. I’m 24 and I still get goosebumps seeing all 3 of them together
Awesome
One of my favorites. Shame they will never work together again 😢 the end fights pure magic
@JoBloOriginals
7 ай бұрын
Yeah I think their time as a trio has long passed
Yes -- such a fun movie - one of Jackie's best for sure!
Loved this movie so much as a kid
YES!!! The fight with Benny still holds up today. I hope you guys cover more martial arts/Hong Kong action cinema. Actually every fight with Jackie and Benny hold up today lol.
How have I never seen this before my only real exposure to Jackie Chan has been Jackie Chan Adventures, project a and the rush hour movies😂😂😂
@gahan101
8 ай бұрын
You must see his 80's-90"s HK flicks. They're the best.
@personatodo
8 ай бұрын
@@gahan101 start with Police Story movies, if you want more Jackie Chan Adventures, watch Armor of God 2 and Armor of God 2: Operation Condor (find the Hong Kong version of the movies, the American version mixed up the movies chronologically and is censored heavily) for his martial arts, just watch Drunken Master 2 and Wheels on Meals.
Dragons for ever is 5 star 🌟 movie .
thank god i had great movies in my childhood i feel sorry for kids today
Debatably my favorite film of all time, it has EVERYTHING. This is Yuen Biao’s best performance by far to me as well. Yet, between the 3, I cannot pick a favorite character in this classic!! A testament to how well they were utilized! No other movie do I see people get hurt as bad as this also
@tylerdordon99
8 ай бұрын
Best Yuen Biao performance is in the triad movie On The Run.
😊great
Biu Yuen doesn't get as much love as the other two, but his acrobatics are incredible.
@JoBloOriginals
7 ай бұрын
Physically, one could argue he’s the most gifted
@davidfitzgerald5110
Ай бұрын
He is the most gifted Sammo always used him for the most complex fight moves, that man could do things with his body that defy the laws of physics ...
Gamerfans Trivia : Marshal Law from Tekken looks more similar to Yuen Wa than Bruce Lee His signature move is a jump backflp kick . Bruce Lees only stuntmen for Jumpstunts was Yuen Wa and only Yuen wear a mustach ,Bruce never did flipflops and such.
Yuen Biao was a beast as well. Always loved Righting Wrongs... Of course Cynthia R was in that as well... (mega teenage crush lol)
@JoBloOriginals
8 ай бұрын
Oh yes - we love Cynthia here.
@DiecastNewb
8 ай бұрын
@@JoBloOriginals do you have a feature/episode on her? Would love that and maybe some chop socky b movie guys like Don The Dragon Wilson!!
Sick lol!
I have the recent Arrow release of this awesome flick😎🕺
This movie is like Kung-Fu Three Stooges
Why was Benny urquidez wearing so much makeup😂
So just Jackie Chan, was in project a 2, I thought the other 2 was in it too
Pronounced 'yoon be you'
@wutamanwutman
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the correction! I will make sure to pronounce it correctly going forward!
I remember I disliked this movie as a kid because of how weak Jackie looked compared to other 2 guys. Also it did not help that my dad did taekwondo and I could tell even then when someone does not know how to kick and Jackie is not good at kicking. I am guessing that is why he never did it much in his movies and he used doubles when there were more kicks involved. I think this is the movie where he kicked the most.
Dragons forever isn't a really good movie. It's passable cause of the fight scenes. But the story is all over the place, and kind of drags whenever there is not a fight. So week script.Good fight scenes
@tylerdordon99
8 ай бұрын
It's my least favourite movie frim tye three dragons. Project A and Wheels on Meals are better.
@johnnyguitar6639
8 ай бұрын
@@tylerdordon99 Yeah.They all have tighter story line. Though Wheels.Has a more whimsical rom com feel to it. Still better than this one. I think the only one I like less. Must be the one were sammo play retarded.
@davidfitzgerald5110
Ай бұрын
I agree i thought the story and the dubbing version i had was quite boring compared to some of there other movies but in terms of the action it's up there with the best but the movie as a whole wouldn't be one of my favourites..
Tried to watch this movie. Couldn't get past cringy romance