Eastern Condors (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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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 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 actor-director Sammo HungInterviews from 2001 with Hung and actor Yuen WahEastern Condors Live!, an onstage performance from the 1987 Miss Asia PageantTeaser and trailersNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by film critic Sean Gilman