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 FEATURES2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackNew audio commentary featuring film critic Tony Rayns2K digital restoration of the English-dubbed “export cut” of the filmMeet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Sammo HungInterviews from 2001 with Hung and actor Yuen WahEastern Condors Live!, an onstage performance from the 1987 Miss Hong Kong PageantTeaser and trailersNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by film critic Sean Gilman

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Eastern Condors, 東方秃鷹, Sammo Hung, Barry Wong, Yuen Biao, Joyce Mina Godenzi, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Wo-ping, Corey Yuen, Criterion Collection, action, drama, war, home release, restoration

A lively mix of wartime guys-on-a-mission jams like The Dirty Dozen and The Inglorious Bastards - not really comedic (apart from the weird squeaky-voiced villain that appears in the latter half), but ...

Sammo Hung's action film EASTERN CONDORS (1987) has been released on Blu-ray by Criterion Collection