Dragons Forever
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Movie Reviews of Dragons Forever
Movie Review: great movie, so-so DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
First let me say this is one of my favorite Jackie Chan movies, especially with the addition of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Lots of great fights and stunts, but unfortunately none of the standard Jackie Chan outtakes at the end of the movie.The DVD transfer is not up to Hollywood standards, but considering the source material it is not too bad - much better than the pan-and-scan VHS version I had previously seen.
The re-mixed Dolby Digital 5.1 sound was relatively clear, but the sound effects during the fight scenes were overdone with typical kung-fu movie sounds whenever characters took a swing or made a kick. This was very apparent when Benny the Jet "cracks" his neck - it sounds like he's made of balsa wood. This is no different from the VHS version, but with the directionality of the surround mix, the sounds become even more distracting.
There were some differences from the VHS version: a scene was missing where Yuen Biao visits his psychiatrist. This ommission makes his character's motivation a little harder to understand, but other than that you're only missing out on a little comedy.
Also, there were no subtitles to the song lyrics in the middle of the movie. This is unfortunate, because the subtitles on the videotape version were unintentionally hilarious ("our hearts walk arm in arm...a touch, and sparks of electricity leave my heart strings atremble, love is conveyor belt of warmth"). DVD owners will miss these wonderful lyrics.
Movie Review: Ligthhearted movie probably forgotable
Summary: 3 Stars
If you are not very exigent with good plot an credible villains you can watch this. The best are the scenes with Chan, Hung and Biao together. The fight of Chan in the boat is good too and of course the final figth have some good moments. But the villains are cartonboard in despicted of the plot and the romance scenes doesn't add more dimension to the characters. Like others Chan movies this is basically a fun movie with some good action scenes. Perharps it can be a three and a half stars movie but if I have to decide between 3 or four I give 3, because the bad villains .If you can rented first do it and the decide, if not I can say Chan have worst pictures but buy it used. Good DVD extras if you are oriental, many trailers and you are not going to be disappointed with captions, you have English and then: Thai, Chinenese, Japanese, Korean and many others, 2 languages: chinese mandarin and cantonese.
Movie Review: MMMMMMMM...
Summary: 3 Stars
COMPRE ESTE FILME ESPERANDO MUCHO MAS DE ESTE TRIO ACTORAL, LA PELICULA ES ENTRETENIDA, PERO ES UNA MAS, NO SOBRESALE DEL RESTO DE LA SAGA DE LOS LLAMADOS "TRES MOSQUETEROS".PARA VER NO MAS DE 2 VECES.
Movie Review: Surprise
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie is very good. But, its not the same cover and title that was showed when I purchased it. Anyway, the movie is nice and Jackie Chan's awesome.