Eastern Condors (1987) (Criterion Collection, Restaurierte Fassung, Special Edition)

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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.

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