Sammo Hung

Eastern Condors

Eastern Condors

Legendary actor-director Sammo Hung delivers a bazooka blast of pure adrenaline in this exemplar of Hong Kong action cinema at its most entertaining. Drawing inspiration from Hollywood war films like The Dirty Dozen, Eastern Condors follows a ragtag band of Asian American prisoners dropped into Vietnam on a secret suicide mission to prevent a cache of weapons from falling into the hands of the Viet Cong, who are more than ready for a fight. Propelled by a dynamic ensemble cast that includes the ever-charismatic Yuen Biao as a black-market trader and a superhuman Yuen Wah as a giggling martial-arts monster, this rip-roaring spectacle offers a nonstop barrage of turbocharged set pieces that defy death, logic, and gravity itself.

Film Info

  • Hong Kong
  • 1987
  • 98 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.39:1
  • Cantonese
  • Spine #1244

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • New audio commentary featuring film critic Tony Rayns
  • 2K digital restoration of the English-dubbed “export cut” of the film
  • Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Sammo Hung
  • Interviews from 2001 with Hung and actor Yuen Wah
  • Eastern Condors Live!, an onstage performance from the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant
  • Teaser and trailers
  • New English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Sean Gilman

    New illustration by Sam Hadley

Purchase Options

Coming soon, available Dec 17, 2024

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • New audio commentary featuring film critic Tony Rayns
  • 2K digital restoration of the English-dubbed “export cut” of the film
  • Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Sammo Hung
  • Interviews from 2001 with Hung and actor Yuen Wah
  • Eastern Condors Live!, an onstage performance from the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant
  • Teaser and trailers
  • New English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Sean Gilman

    New illustration by Sam Hadley
Eastern Condors
Cast
Sammo Hung
Tung Ming-sun
Yuen Biao
Kiet
Joyce Mina Godenzi
Cambodian guerrilla leader
Lam Ching-Ying
Lieutenant Colonel Lam
Yuen Wo-ping
Yam Yan-hei
Chin Ka-lok
Yuen Siu-chuen
Corey Yuen
Woo Dik-chu
Charlie Chin
Szeto Chun
Cheung Kwok-keung
Chin Dai-gong
Billy Lau
Chin Dai-hoi
Peter Chan
“Onion Head” Ma Bat-kau
Ka Lee
Stuttering Keung
Hsiao Ho
Fan Man-lung
Ha Chi-chun
Liu Shun-ying
Yuen Wah
General
Dr. Haing S. Ngor
Yeung Lung
Credits
Director
Sammo Hung
Executive producer
Raymond Chow
Produced by
Leonard K. C. Ho
Screenwriter
Barry Wong
Cinematographer
Arthur Wong
Lighting
Chow Lam
Art director
Raymond Lee
Editor
Peter Cheung
Music
Sherman Chow
Theme song composed by
Jonathan Lee
Stunt coordination
Sammo Hung’s stunt team