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Armour of God [VHS]

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While it's great that one of Jackie Chan's most popular movies, "The Armour of God," has finally been released here in the states, the way it's been done is both deceptive and sloppy. First of all, it's not a sequel to "Operation Condor." It'a actually the other way around--"Operation Condor" was a sequel to THIS film. Secondly, "Armour" was originally released in 1986--hardly "his newest adventure," as the packaging claims. Lastly, little advantage has been taken of the DVD format: "Armour" has been released in widescreen, which is nice, but no extra features (like an "original language" option or a "making of" docu-short) have been added. And an actress whose last name is credited as "Porner" in the movie is listed as "Forner" on the packaging. Typo? Carelessness?

All that having been said, "Armour of God" is still a great deal of fun. The plot--in which Jackie's old girlfriend is kidnapped by a death cult, who demand the Armour as payment for her release--would have been too silly for an episode of "Scooby-Doo." But the stunt work by Chan and his crew is amazing, especially in the last half hour. Jackie gets kicked, punched, set on fire & blown up...yet still can chew gum at the same time! The fight scenes and car chases are funny and astoundingly complex and dangerous at the same time. They're so delightful, in fact, that all else can be forgiven. See this movie--just don't pay any attention to the package it comes in.

Now I have all of Jackie Chan's movies except 3(Project A, City Hunter, and Island of Fire), and out of all the movies that I have seen, this is the best! The plot is kinda like Indiana Jones, but the action, is definetely JACKIE CHAN! The best fights he's ever done are in this movie, listen to a true Jackie Chan fan, buy this movie, you won't regret it!

Hold everything! If you are planning to watch Operation Condor 2 and Operation Condor back to back, heed my warning.

This is actually the original OC. The movie labeled Operation Condor is actually the sequel to this film. This film was originally called simply The Armour of the Gods. Operation Condor was the follow up. you can tell that this film is older looking and Jackie looks younger. US marketing genius at its best. Since OC was released in the US first they had to make the original the sequel, duh?!

As for the film itself, the action is few and far between. Aside from the first escape form the natives Jackie doesnt show off his skills again until near the end of the movie. These scene however are spectacular.

He takes on a very unholy horde of monks and a group of amazons that has to be seen to be believed. All in all a solid Jackie Chan flick and well worth it.

Contrary to what the title says, and you think, this isn't a sequel OR a prequel. This is "Armour Of God" and was made before the sequel, "Operation Condor", and the US distributors got the name wrong.
This is the film that almost cost Jackie his life while doing a "simple" stunt that went tragically wrong, which you will see in the out-takes.
A great action film, and many people's favourite Jackie Chan film.
Recommended.

This is the greatest movie i have ever watched in my life( and i've seen a lot of movies) it has comedy up the yin-yang and more action then you can ever hope for, and if you don't like this movie your crazy(but you should at least give Jackie some credit b/c he almost killed himself just for your entertainment)the middle may be a little slow but it doesn't really matter b/c it is full of comedy(what Jackie is known for in his movies) but even if you are bored then you will be glad you watched, for the end fighting sequences are the best fighting scenes in the history of movies and they all include Jackie Chan's great sense of humor in them too. If you want to see a Jackie Chan movie this is the one. Also, the sequel to this movie(Operation Condor) is equally pleasing.

An entertaining film, but this DVD would have been much improved if it would have featured the original Cantonese language track.

Release in the US after "Operation Condor," Armor of God actually was made before Operation Condor, and was relased to the rest of the world before Operation Condor.

Jackie turns in an entertaining performance as the Asian Hawk, and while Operation Condor is bigger and better, this film is fun also.

Operation Condor 2 was a good movie to watch for me and I thought it was a great sequel. Jackie Chan plays an Indiana Jones type character in this movie. This whole movie is about the kidnapping of Jackies girlfriend who sang together in a band called "The Losers". Well after the kinapping Jackie had sold one piece of the armor of god. Well the kidnappers want all the pieces of the armor of god as a ransom. Later on you will see all the great stunts Jackie does. I especially liked his dare devil jump to a hot air balloon. The outtakes show some of the major wipeouts that Jackie took but you will have to wait and watch for yourself because I will not spoil anymore. You should enjoy this movie.

In this film Jackie almost died. to perform a stunt he had to jump onto a branch. when he tried it out the branch broke! He fell and landed on some rocks which punctured his skull! This film is better than "Operation Condor"! it has got more eye-boggling stunts and possably better fighting! This film is quite alot like those Indiana Jones movies only better!
P.S.
Jackie, if you get the chance to read this review I just want you to take care!!!

Excellent film, miles better in Cantonese though. one thing this is actually the prequel to what they have called the Armour of God. think about how can this be a sequel to a film from the 90's when it was made in the mid 80's? a lot better than the sqeuel.

This is perhaps one of my all time Jackie Chan movies.Unfortunately, the producers of this disc have seized littleopportunity to take advantage of the DVD format and add features which are common place on new releases.

If anyone has seen a Jackie Chan film in his native Cantonese, you will find the poor voice acting laughable at best or at worst irritating. I had hoped that DVD with it's support for multiple soundtracks would have allowed for incorporating the original soundtrack along with English subtitles. Maybe in the next production run? I can only hope.

Regardless - if you're a fan of Jackie's 80's films, this is a must see. I'd recommend you try before you buy to see if you can live with the dubbed voices.