Eastern Condors (DVD)

Boys love action movies, that have absolutely no realism in it. When a single gun fires more bullets than a machine gun on F-22, without changing a single clip or magazine, we know that is going be a good movie. Eastern Condors is one of those movies. Probably didn't got a lot of attention because off it's Asian production, but can still be measured with his western "look a likes". Story is about a group of ex-cons sent to Vietnam, on a suicide mission - destroying an ammunition dump left behind by Americans in Vietnamese war. On their way thy are accompanied by accidents, traitors, angry Vietnamese solders and problems within the group. Relying on ...  Read the complete review

When I was a young boy of 11, growing up in the vast wasteland of Austin, Texas(well I'm still here, so go figure!), one of my few solaces was Hong Kong film. I used to frequent empty film halls on college campuses and go to the midnight showings(being the only anglo there wasn't the most comfortable of circumstances); I lived it like a religion till I turned 18 and somehow grew out of it, what with the increasing commercialization of the genre it is deader than a door-knell but... It is, obviously a subject I am comfortable with and very knowledgable wherebouts; and as Sammo is one of the bigger gems in the genre, here goes... This film was released ...  Read the complete review