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Jackie Chan, Jimmy Wang Yu

A 1976 novelty item for Jackie Chan completists only; he plays one of his rare costume roles, and his only bad guy. The star is Jimmy Wang Yu (One Armed Swordsman) as Hero Mei, a freelance warr...( read more  read more... )ior whose top-secret weapons are explosive projectiles known as killer meteors. Mei is hired by the so-called "Immortal Meteor," Hua Wa-bin (Chan), to eliminate his pesky wife, who (Hua claims) is plotting to kill him. There are some clever, gimmicky fight sequences and some amusingly far-fetched weaponry. A couple of glamorous sword-fighting women are also involved, as is a potion called the Pulverizing Drug, which melts people into puddles, like vampires exposed to sunlight. But there's so much plot to get through (adapted from a lengthy serial novel by Gu Long), and so many long-winded explanations to plow through that none of the characters have much free time for fighting. The movie plays both as hard-boiled (with everybody betraying everybody else) and as a medieval Chinese conspiracy yarn: kung fu Robert Ludlum. --David Chute

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PG-13, 120 min.

Directed by: Lo Wei, Wei Lo

Release Date: January 1, 1976

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DVD Release Date: October 21, 1997

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  • Cartman420
    February 21, 2008
    Cartman420
    If jackie chan is in the movie it must be amazing!
  • johnpaullucky7
    August 14, 2007
    johnpaullucky7
    it was crap jackie chan is only in a small part. do not see it
  • Venieza
    July 8, 2007
    Venieza
    Love watching Jackie nice martial arts moves and very funny as well
  • wqoq
    June 24, 2007
    wqoq
    The only other movie in which Jackie plays a villain.
  • noahfence
    April 10, 2007
    noahfence
    This is kinda lame. It's not really a Jackie Chan movie cos he's only in it for a bit. The pole fight at the end's alright, but not as good as the one in Iron Monkey....
  • triskelt
    January 11, 2007
    triskelt
    Good to see Jackie playing villain. This is Not a JC movie. This is one of the attempts made to turn him into the new Bruce Lee when he was young. Thank Goodness, he didn't comply!
  • kljytoo
    June 19, 2006
    kljytoo
    I DIDNT WATCH IT THOU
  • Jocgwenko
    June 17, 2006
    Jocgwenko
    one of the best chan movies

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