Released Date:
1983-12-22
Languages:
English, Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
105 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (9709 Reviews)
Jackie Chan
Jack Maeby (english adaptation)
Edward Tang
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Reluctantly, the Coast Guard is given money to fight these pirates, but the pirates themselves have many contacts (that is, bribed officials) in the government, and seek to thwart the Coast Guard's efforts to eliminate them. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made fools of.
Released Date:
1981-12-22
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
100 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (2217 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungSammo Kam-Bo Hung
Barry Wong
Jing Wong
A rich man's son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher. Furious kung fu battles and slapstick comedy.
Released Date:
1983-07-07
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (2775 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungFive friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. Trying to mind their own business (and run their Five Star Cleaning Service), they are unfortunately caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
Released Date:
1984-08-17
Languages:
Cantonese, English
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
100 min
Rated:
TV-14
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (7220 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungCousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket. Action and humor abound in the streets of Barcelona, culminating with a battle in the castle hideout of the evil gang.
Released Date:
1985-02-10
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (3020 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungTwo Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
Released Date:
1986-01-30
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
98 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (944 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungMulti-genre flick (western, martial arts, comedy, adventure, etc.) with an all-star cast about a man who returns to his home town, buys everything in sight, and tries to improve its municipal (and his personal) profits by sabotaging a train so the passengers all have to stop in his town and spend lots o' money! Throw in various subplots involving some Japanese swordsmen, some bungling bankrobbers (one of whom is the head of security), and a gang of no-goods who try to mess up the town.
Released Date:
1985-10-16
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
91 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (2573 Reviews)
Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
Released Date:
1988-02-11
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
TV-14
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (4790 Reviews)
Gordon Chan (original story)
Yiu Ming Leung (original story)
Cheuk-Hon Szeto (screenplay)
Jackie Chan stars as a hot-shot lawyer hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, Jackie is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
Released Date:
1989-02-24
Languages:
Cantonese
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (542 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungSammo Kam-Bo Hung (story)
Kin Lo (story)
Barry Wong
Kai-Chi Yuen
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
Released Date:
1998-03-18
Languages:
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
88 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (18379 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungFibe Ma (screenplay)
Edward Tang (screenplay)
Melbourne, Australia. TV Journalist Diana tapes evidence against drug lord Giancarlo, but on her way away from the scene, she is spotted and has to run. In the street, she runs into TV cook Jackie, whose knowledge of martial arts helps her survive the threat. Accidentally, her VHS-tape then gets mixed up with some kid's films in Jackie's car and so all the bad guys are after him as well as Diana, without him knowing where to find the right tape. But when Jackie's visiting girlfriend Miki gets kidnapped for the tape as ransom, Jackie puts the image of being the nice and friendly TV cook aside and goes to see Mr. Giancarlo himself to get her back: playtime's over.
Released Date:
1997-02-01
Languages:
Cantonese, English
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (2456 Reviews)
Director:
Sammo Kam-Bo HungCheuk-Hon Szeto
Sharon Hui
Mei-Yee Sze
Philip Kwok
Man Sing So
The story is set in both Hong Kong and the U.S. So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.
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