Episode three - Eastern condors (1987)

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05/31/23 • 105 min

Episode three! And this time we are switching to another legend of Hong Kong's cinema with Sammo Hung's Eastern Condors, a movie he stared in and directed alongside his future wife Joyce Godenzi. This war movie set in Vietnam tells the story of twelve convicts forced to accomplish a dangerous mission. The movie follows some American tropes and switches between comedy and drama in-between some incredible action scenes.

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Episode Two - Royal Warriors (1986)

For this second episode, we are following Michelle Yeoh's career after Yes, Madam and moving to Royal Warriors, alongside Michael Wong (Z Storm, City Hunter) and Hiroyuki Sanada (John Wick 4, Ringu) for an action movie that's full of fridging and memorable action scenes but low on character development and directed by three pair of hands, one official and two "unofficial".

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Royal Warriors on IMDB

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Episode Four - The Mission (1999)

Epside four is up and its turn for us to move out of the 80s and talk about a 90s classic, Johnnie To's The Mission. Although hard to find outside of a very good french DVD edition from 2002 which is probably difficult to find nowadays, The Mission is a classic worthy of spending the time necessary to get a copy any way possible. Hopefully this gem will be reissued at some point.
The movie deals with a group of criminals who are assembled to protect a gang leader targeted for unknown reasons by other hired killers. The team slowly bonds and becomes a unit but obstacles will stand in their way.

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The Mission on IMDB

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