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The Fearless Hyena 2

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Whatever you do, DO NOT GET THIS MOVIE! Fearless Hyena II on DVD is one of the worst DVDs I have ever had the unfortunate experience to waste money on. The transfer of this DVD is horrible and whoever is responsible should be forced to watch this over and over; it is THAT BAD!

My impressions:

THE DVD has no menu or special features. Pressing the MENU button on the remote simply causes the playback to flicker for half a second. Pressing the GUIDE button on the remote takes you to a white screen that does nothing and remains blank.
THE TRANSFER is horrible. It appears as if they set up a recording device to record direct to DVD a straight projection of the film on a cheap screen. There are even film scratches and spots and the entire screen is blurred and distorted beyond recognition. The sound is muffled as if you are in a padded cell listening through a tin can. The dubbing of British accents over the dialogue really throws you off when the use odd phrasings. The acting is nonexistent. It seems as if it was cut together in a rush and several scenes are missing. In one scene, you see Jackie Chan walking down a road in a marketplace and moments later you are cut to his character's father in the middle of an action scene as the house burns down around him.

The quality of the movie is less than what you would get taping something off CBS without cable. HORRIBLE RECEPTION HERE!

My recommendation: DON'T BOTHER!

Here's the movie. Step one, get some monkeys TOTALLY BLITZED.

Step two, take Fearless Hyena 1. Cut out all the good parts. Add some of the throw away scenes/cuts from any movie previously staring Jackie Chan. Splice in a new plot and make all the characters the children of the previous movies characters (that's why the look EXACTLY the same).

Step three, sell it to an unwitting public and make a few $$$.

If you want UNCUT ORIGINAL version, ALWAYS look for ORIGINAL LICENSED Production. NOT US Release. Its a foreign film, it should not be US version to begin with~! HELLO!!!?? Why settle for LESS with US Version where they edit and cut so many excellent scenes especially with Jackie's Fighting Scenes. And US Release ruins the speed and sound as well. I have been collecting Jackie Chan's movies both HK and US Release Version for quite some time now. I found HK Version to be MUCH MORE in enjoyable, and HIGHER in Quality. American Market always like to "Americanize" and "Control". Regional Code Regulation thing is one of the example to CONTROL the Market. Why not let everyone enjoy the same HK Original Release move the same way ENTIRE WORLD enjoys it ?? No one makes Hollywood American movies to "French version" or "Chinese Version" ~! This what Americans are doing~! Well, enjoy the cheap "American version" then~! LOL