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Anubis 2012-05-20 04:24:40

Jackie Chan's best martial arts movie

Jackie Chan's Project A is one of the best martial arts movie ever made. Iwatched this movie at least 30 times in the last month thats how good themovie is. the plot is awesome and the characters in the movie are the best,the fighting scenes are tremendous specially the final boss battle which isprobably the best ending of any martial arts movie. this movie is a mustseeand guaranteed to entertain no matter what kind of movie watcher youare.

Phil Doyle 2012-05-19 16:36:57

Want to see Jackie Chan in his prime? See this.

This is just a great film; Chan at his prime, Sammo Hung being cool, YuenBiao doing amazing stuff and a great level of genius. Chan's breakthroughmovie combines all of the elements that would make him the biggest Asianstar; the stunts, balletic martial arts sequences and a fair dose ofhumour.One of the best HK martial arts movies ever? Yes.*For the best HK martial arts film, see ProjectA II, by theway.

2012-05-10 05:32:14

PIRACY PRODUCT

Dear Ragini !Thank's for your email UNFORTUNATELY the DVD that I received yesterday is not the same that I bought from you.This is A JET LI movie with a BAD QUALITY ....I'm sure this product is PIRACY.What can we do now? I'm very dissaponited with AMAZON.....Best,Roberto

2012-05-09 17:51:36

Jackie and Sammo are Great!!

This is one of the best Jackie Chan Movie!! There's a lot of Kung-Fu Scene, and a lot of action and comedy!!

2012-05-08 13:25:44

Review of New Media/CineVu release

This is a review of the New Media/Cinevu release, not the dubbed Dimension one.Do not buy this movie - this product should be pulled immediately as it seems to be an incomplete bootleg not even containing the whole movie. That should be sufficient warning there, but if you must know why, read on.I was hesitant at first to buy this DVD, as all other reviews - both good and bad - seem to be of the Deimnsion version. I'm not sure why these two seperate products are linked to the same page for comments, but they are.In short, this DVD is horrible. The only good thing is that it is in the original language - unfortunately, the subtitles - both Chinese and English - are hard coded into the screen, so you have to deal with both subtitles being up there. Secondly, the transfer is atrocious - so bad, in fact, that the hardcoded subtitles are so blurred its virtually impossible to read them (that's not even including the very small font used). The bad transfer also applies to the picture in general, giving it a low quality that makes the worst of TV show DVDs look like painted masterpieces.There are no bonuses, sound options, or in fact any menus. The set up is bare minimum and the presentation so horrid that I feel as if I paid 15$ for a bootleg from Amazon, and I would not be surprised if in fact this IS a bootleg, as I can find no information on this New Media company or even this release of the DVD outside of Amazon.But somehow, for some reason, I bore through this to continue on with the movie. Taking great effort I could make out the subtitles and grimey picture enough just to realize that the movie ends at 47 minutes - in an hour and a half movie. So not only is the transfer horrible, but it is incomplete, literally cutting off in the middle of the movie. This isn't a criticism about the editing, mind you, but the DVD actually just suddenly ends as if they didn't bother to burn the entire movie onto the DVD.I will be emailing Amazon about this shortly, but I must urge all people to avoid this DVD, the reasons being clear - you aren't even getting the movie you paid for, its literally not all the way on the disc.

ag-nor 2012-05-07 18:48:48

One of the best from Chan

Pirate Patrol is clearly one of the best and funniest of this film-serieswith Jackie Chan. It's exciting & funny at the same time and manages tocombine this two elements in a successfully way. I remember I saw most ofthis movies back in the late 80's, and thought they was amusing as hell.Thesequel of this one is also good.(8 out of 10)

2012-05-05 07:20:12

Garbage And A Travesty

I had the opportunity to check out this DVD by renting it. I also have the original chinese language version on DVD, and I must say that these Disney reissues are total garbage. The movie itself is great, although I found the print on the Disney DVD to 'flicker' a bit - alternating lighter then normal brightness. The Deltamac version I have has a cleaner looking picture with consistent brightness. The terrible things about this DVD include the dubbing (Jackie Chan didn't participate, although it sounds like him; and some of the Disney voice-over actors sound constipated); the 'hatchet' editing (isn't there any respect for artistic integrity with chinese movies distributed in North America?); and the music - incongruant and ruins the feel of the scenes. If this English dub were taken from the 80's English version, I wouldn't mind because the music would have been intact. An example of the new music dubbing ruining a scene is the one on a boat where Jackie and Sammo are dressed in chinese opera costumes. In the original, you hear the crashing cymbals as they speak, just like in Chinese opera. In the Disney version, the cymbals are absent which totally ruins the joke. It's the sum of these alterations to the movie that have made me take away 4 stars from an otherwise 5 star movie.Send a message to Disney by staying away from their hatchet job reissues. Show them how disgusted you are at these terrible alterations of classic HK films.

2012-05-04 15:21:24

A Definite Classic

Well, frankly, for me--any movie with Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao in it is a movie I've got to see. And Project A is definitely worth the time. First of all, I saw only the U.S. release with the lame dubbing and cut scenes. This means I probably have no idea what I'm missing. As a true martial-arts flick collector, I can understand why people say to stick with the Asian released editions as compared to the U.S. releases, although in this case I gave in and just bought the U.S. release. Oh, well. I still liked it a lot. Fight scenes and stunts were unbelievable. *small spoiler* Watch as Jackie climbs up flag poles to unbelievable heights, and then later falls from the same heights--yeah, falls! Ouch! Watch Sammo Hung deliver a full-forced drop kick (you know how heavy he is) to the end bad guy. And everyone is falling off of bikes, ledges, whatever. Great stunt work. It's a killer movie. *end of the spoiler* With regards to the story, yeah, it's kinda "off" just a little--but then again, I haven't seen the Asian full version, which has slightly different dialouge and storyline from what I've heard. Even so, the story is very enjoyable despite being kinda silly in some places. I actually like the storyline a lot. I consider the storyline as being a contributor to my 5-star rating. Pirates, action, villains, friends in "low" places, all of these things make for a refreshing and different martial-arts movie experience. The dubbing is so-so, and the music--I feel safe in guessing--is surely better in the Asian release. But, that's ok. The comedy is really done well, and the movie is full of genuinely funny dialouges and scenes. I really like this movie and consider it one of my all-time favorites.

diac228 2012-05-01 23:58:26

Chan and co. deliver a powerhouse flick full of moments that can make any action fan squeal

There are certain cinema ideas that were just meant to work, no matterwhat the circumstances might be. Jackie Chan fighting pirates easilyranks up there as one of the slickest ideas ever composed. Thankgoodness it delivered on the premise. Jackie Chan's Project A is a meshof action, comedy, and homage to classic slapstick. Within the 100+minutes you'll see some spectacular fights, even more spectacularphysical stunts, hilarious physical humor, and of course, Chan at hisbest. Unlike the insurance-run Hollywood, the Jackie Chan Stunt Teamwasn't afraid of taking risks or getting hurt at the sake ofentertainment, and this beat-em-up' underrated classic overpowers anymodern-day action film that Hollywood could muster. Project A is sillybut viciously raw; and thanks to clever direction and choreography, itsone of the better martial arts movies out there.Project A is about (Yes guys, there is a plot) a group of sailors,Navy-like men trying to stop Chinese pirates from wreaking havoc in thecoastline. However, because of corruption amongst the government andthe police force, they are unable to receive enough funding to continuethe fight and are forced to thwart the terrorism when it strikes ontheir home turf. Jackie Chan and co. must try to stop the rivalryagainst the Chinese police force and unravel the web of corruptionthat's entangling everyone involved and heightening the danger present.Jackie Chan not only starred and directed the flick, but he wrote thescript too, and it's quite clever at times. Other times, it can bequite confusing—usually in those instances you are anticipating thenext fight, which is never too far away.In a martial arts movie, we watch for all about the fighting. WhileEnter the Dragon may have started the obsession and love towards thegenre, Jackie Chan and his reliable crew perfected the art in the 80s.Project A is easily one of the best choreographed films of all-time interms of the action; some of the fights are just flat-out unbelievable.Jackie Chan fights with a bicycle for crying out loud. While thepunching and kicking combinations aren't as gruesome as his other films(Drunken Master, Meals on Wheels, Dragons Forever), the elaboratemovements and avoidance of damage (example: Chan avoids a man swinginga sword at him for two minutes straight) more than make up for it. Nota single action fan should be disappointed. Plus, just like Chan's bestcomedic work, there has to be at least one humorous fight thrown in,and Project A delivers in this category as well.Chan's direction does two things: allows for the action to remainintense, and showcases just how elaborate everyone's movements are.There is no trickery; you shall see elongated shots of hand-to-handcombat that's too precise to be filmed in the United States. While Chandoesn't have the ability to capture emotions like Spielberg or Scorsesehe knows how to flesh out the energy and craft of a good fight. Andthat's why we are watching this, correct? Nobody's acting here isaward-worthy, but it gets the job done and maintains itssilly-but-serious tone. Sammo Hung gives the best performance of thefilm as the thief that thwarts Chan's quest for justice and at the sametime helps him.Bottom Line: While perfection or masterpiece isn't achieved here,Project A delivers everything you could possibly want in a martial artsfilm: amazing stunts, great fights, decent story, good acting, worthyadversary, explosive finale, and a tang of humor. Well-directed andwritten by the master himself, Project A remains one of Jackie Chan'sbest work and another example of how his foreign films are far superiorto that of his work in America. It's not all his fault though;Hollywood doesn't lust as much over precision and perfection as theChinese do when staging a fight. Legend of Drunken Master's final fighttook months to film; one stunt here required a week of merelyconvincing Chan before actually filming it----we don't believe ininvesting that much time towards a couple of minutes. This is calledeffort, and Chan's career has more effort than twenty-five actors andactresses put together. Project A: Jackie Chan fighting pirates; it'stoo good to be true. Thank goodness it's true.P.S. Is it so hard to correctly dub a movie? Buena Vista pretty muchbutchered this film.

imdb-3239 2012-05-01 00:43:44

Huge fun and awe inspiring stunts

Let's get the criticisms out of the way to start with. I came to thisfilm cold, I'd seen around half a dozen of Jackie Chan films, about a50:50 split between his Hong Kong and Hollywood films, but I hadn'theard of this before picking it up cheap from Big-W. I found the first10 minutes tedious and cheesy and thought this would be a b-grade kungfu film trading on Jackie Chan's current fame. How wrong was I. This film rocks. By the end of the film I was slack jawed by the quality of the stuntsand choreography and I'd found myself laughing out loud with real bellylaughs on numerous occasions. Undoubtedly the best Jackie Chan filmI've seen. Indeed I can't comment on the quality of the martial artscompared to someone Bruce Lee but I can say I enjoyed this far morethan any other kung fu film I've seen. I've read comments that thislooks dated and lacks characterization - I say nonsense. OK, Hamletthis isn't, but it puts any Hollywood action film I've seen lately inthe shade in, oh, so many ways.*possible spoiler* I was convinced the clock tower stunt used a dummy given the height andthat Jackie clearly landed on his neck(!) but I understand this was thereal deal - Mr Chan I salute you but I suggest you consider psychiatrichelp!

2012-04-24 20:55:57

Project failed

This review is from: Project A (DVD) BECAREFUL: dvd has been copied onto a dvd-r (imation,sony etc...) and not sealed from the studio, the cover is printed by an inkjet printer with faded colors.I didn't expect amazon was selling bootlegs, because this is barely worth $1.

dunny 2012-04-24 11:14:56

dated and over-rated

at the time of release this may have looked much better but compared totodays standards the fight scenes are poor ... the clock tower stunt wasgood and chan pulled off some good stunts but on a whole the film islaughable by todays standards.

2012-04-24 10:02:27

Good movie, not so good DVD

Project A the movie is a Jackie Chan classic. Doesn't have a great story, but it's not bad enough to detract from the action, and it's well paced. The action scenes are some of Chan's most inventive. Unfortunately the DVD doesn't take advantage of some of the benefits of DVD's, namely the option of viewing the original cantonese soundtrack with subtitles. Why not let people choose how to watch it. But an even bigger gripe from this release is the fact that they cut out the outtakes from the end. That's a Chan trademark! The original version featured several takes of his insane clock tower fall. Anyway, it's worth a view, but if you're thinking about buying it, try to look for a Hong Kong DVD.

2012-04-23 20:51:47

Project A, One of Chan's Best

This movie stands out as one of Jackie Chan's best films. The stuntwork is absolutely amazing, and leaves one wondering just how dedicated his stunt crew is. Some of the fight scenes in this film involve falls and flips from amazing heights in which the stuntmen land with brutal force. The action and fight scenes are fast paced and choreographed with typical Jackie Chan mastery. His usage of props is as usual one of the best parts of the film. Whether in a bar brawl or in a high speed bicycle chase through the alley's of Hong Kong, Chan's mind works overtime to present unique and interesting fight scenes which are sure to delight any martial arts fan.If you've never seen a Jackie Chan film, start here. If you have seen Jackie Chan films, buy this one immediately. It should be a welcome addition to your film library.

2012-04-17 03:02:11

WARNING!!! BEWARE OF THE DIMENSION DVD EDITION!!! Features inside.

INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT A:Jackie Chan is an underestimated genious outside his own reputation, the historical importance of his legacy trascends his best known image as a comedian and daredevil acrobat: There's a talented Director and visionary, a man who changed the Action film industry in Honk Kong forever with his personal touch and style in the early 80's, by creating the perfect fusion of goofy physical comedy and incredible restless action with some of the most impressive and dangerous stunts ever displayed on film. This 1982 period film about sailors, police and pirates, was the consolidation of Chan as a star in Asia after his major breakthrought with Yuen Woo Ping's kung fu classic "Drunken Master", and a movie that started an influence to follow from there on in the industry. This is a true milestone, considered by critics not only as the first important Honk Kong action comedy , but one of the best productions of the genre next to Chan's second best directed film, the timeless classic "Police Story". Besides being one of his most entertaining and funny movies, the film contains some of Jackie's best stunts ever. We've all seen the reckless and almost imprudent asian stuntmen falling on their heads and backs from the roof to the solid floor in many occasions in 80's HK action movies, but no one can get used to watch Jackie climbing handcuffed to a flag pole, jumping to the top of a clock tower, and then falling to the ground with no protection but a couple of cloth roof tops. And he did it at least three times, two of them registered in this film. Even the MTV idiots getting their private parts bitten by baby alligators, thinks that its totally insane. Outstanding comedy and action, great period scenarios, enjoyable classic soundtrack: This movie defines an era.So Jackie became a hughe international star and the world embraced this delightful character and action hero that he is, and then came the re-releases of his early and most important work to satisfy the needs of us fans. Among those DVD releases, unfortunately we can find editions like this one. Check this out:THE PROBLEMS:- Incomplete, cutted version with english dubbing, and the worst of all, the original amusing and perfectly synchronized music score was replaced by a new, awful synthesized random score, killing the comedy and sucking the joy out of the movie by trying to turn it into the current action flick. I mean, the "updated" new cover of the DVD speaks for itself.- The Classic Golden Harvest presentation and original opening sequence with credits, was replaced by a computer generated pirate flag : Jackie Chan's Project A, the new title, makes clear that this release is a mere vehicle to show Jackie to new audiences, with no respect for anything else.- The bar fight sequence is incomplete: The whole "spaghetti" incident was excluded, along with precious seconds of the brawl. Nice.- The scene in the gambling house in wich the Sammo Hung's character is introduced to the movie, was completely excluded. Now, he just happens to know everyone. Awesome.- From the Police training sequence, the "shower" scene is missing. - The intro of Sammo, Jackie and Yuen Biao in the arrest sequence at the club house is missing. The fight sequences are chopped off too.- The intro of the rifle robbery on a boat at night perpetrated by Sammo and Jackie, conceived as a Pekin Opera satire, is chopped off and ruined by the lack of score, waysting the rhymes and the joke intended. - The pirate assault to the english ship sequence, chopped off.- From then, everything is in place, till the new ending credits. By this time, only sadness for the lost original music score and impotence for the waysted money remains. Honestly, the picture and sound are decent. But that's it. The intention of this DVD edition is to introduce new audiences to Jackie's glorious past, and in that part only, it delivers. But this is not the final choice for any collector or faithful fan, not for a moment.THE SOLUTION:A couple years ago, FORTUNE STAR released a flawless remastered ALL-REGION DVD Edition, including the complete version in Cantonese DTS, 5.1, and original 2.0 mono soundtrack (Hurra!) with original character voices and music score, all the deleted scenes and outtakes, original HK trailer, and photo galleries. More than any fan could ask for, i tell you.Dear Customer: Look for this edition in Asian DVD stores online, and forget about this Edition. Don't be afraid, they're just as safe and efficient as here, i guarantee.

Arsenic Drone 2012-04-16 14:20:38

Somewhat disappointing

I had heard that this was the best movie with the "Three Brothers" (JackieChan, Yuen Biao, and Sammo Hung), so I was looking forward to seeing it.There were some great stunts, especially the bicycle chase sequence, but allin all I was disappointed. Somehow the manic energy seemed to be missingfrom the fight scenes... they were plenty energetic, but they sort of lackedthe cleverness we expect from the Three Brothers. The plot was alsoespecially poor, not in that it wasn't enthralling (it wasn't and it's notexpected to be), but that it got in the way of understanding the movie. Inretrospect, it's possible that what I thought was one character was actuallytwo, which is not a good sign for the clarity of the plot. It's also oftendifficult to figure out why a character is doing a certain thing, likebetraying someone with apparently no motive. The plot isn't even expected tobe easy to follow, but in this case it was nearly impossible to follow,which is bad. Overall, worth seeing eventually if you like the ThreeBrothers, but I would rate Wheels on Meals much higher.

magilvilla 2012-04-12 04:29:51

Jackie's Masterpiece.

Jackie will proably never be able to top this film. It is without a doubthis best movie. Funny, fast paced, and full of action and amazing stunts. Iwas never bored while watching this movie. This should be released inAmerica as soon as possible. Many fans will be grateful.

udeaasykle 2012-04-11 22:13:09

Good entertainment

This is a good classic Jackie Chan movie. So if you are a fan, watchit!Youknow what you get when you watch a Jackie Chan movie. The story isn't toocomplicated but the action is second to none. One of the best stunts everisin this movie.

2012-04-07 21:01:39

One of Jackie's best

WOW!! This is one of the very first Jackie Chan films I saw years ago off the T.V. The film's about Dragon Ma (Jackie) on pursuit of pirates and their leader Sanpao. While being against the pirates, he also doesn't like the cops (he's a salior) and has a funny fight against them and their leader (fellor Opera chum Yuen Biao). Anyway most of you lot know the plot and along with Biao and crook Fei (Samo Hung)they go on to hunt out he pirates. The action is tremendous, especially the bycicle chase and the stunts the are great, with being the clock tower plunge as one of the most popular stunts he's ever done. The film doesn't really have a bad plot (like Mr.Nice Guy) and ranks as one of Jackie's best. A must buy for all Jackie (and action) fans!!

planktonrules 2012-04-07 08:32:45

Nice martial arts and stunt work but rather limp when it comes to comedy

In this film, Jackie Chan is in the Hong Kong navy circa 1900. Againand again, the navy is unable to locate and stop the marauding nearbypirates--thanks to help within the government. Unfortunately, Chan andis fellow sailors are blamed again and again for their failure, so it'sup to Jackie and a group of naval commandos to located and destroy thehidden pirate fortress.I love martial arts movies and have enjoyed several Jackie Chan movies.In this film, as usual, the stunt work is impeccable and exciting.However, I had a real hard time getting into this film when it came tothe rather silly plot and especially when it tried to be funny. WhileSammo Hung directed many of Chan's films, I can't stand him in all thefilms I've seen him perform in because he almost always plays a bigdope and his martial arts skills are very suspect. This rotund guy canbarely kick higher than knee level and yet you are to believe that he'sa butt-kicker--I think not. Jackie Chan is just fine and plays hisusual plucky and likable guy, but Sammo severely hampers Chan in thefilm. Plus, sadly, he's just not very funny--just really annoying.Sorry folks, but this isn't one of Jackie's best films.