Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods

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This fast, entertaining adventure -- directed by and starring the world's number one action superstar, Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR, OPERATION CONDOR, SUPERCOP) -- is the must-see "prequel" to the crowd-pleasing hit OPERATION CONDOR! Jackie is back and hotter than ever as a hard-hitting fortune hunter whose ex-girlfriend is kidnapped and held for ransom by an evil cult! Then things really kick into high gear when her fiance, an old friend of Jackie's, turns to him for help in finding and delivering the kidnappers' lone demand: the priceless Armour Of The Gods! Performing his own death-defying stunts, there's no stopping Jackie as he -- with the help of a sexy woman and a hilarious sidekick -- attacks his mission with a lethal mix of pulse-pounding action and sidesplitting humor!

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[3.5] jackie chan is indiana jones, well, not really.......2007-09-06

Operation Condor: Armour of The Gods, as you probably are already aware of, is not a sequal to Operation Condor, it was just released later in the U.S. and they decided to put a 2 after it. Being a U.S. release, you can expect the usual pathetic English dubbing, although a plus is that Jackie Chan actually dubs over his own voice. This film, along with the other Operation Condor, are sort of Jackie's closest makes at an archeology/adventure type of film. Though I wouldn't go as far to say it is Indiana Jones, it does have a lot more martial arts than Harrison Ford can obviously provide.

I was rather bored with the plot, and it seemed rather lame. A group of religious men, whose religion is influenced by Lucipher, wishes to become the most powerful group in the world by aquiring and destroying all 5 pieces of the Armour of God. They learn that Jackie has recently aquired a piece, and kidnap his ex-girlfriend (now his best friend's girl) to lure him in. There's not much more to the plot other than some chase scenes and the rescue operation of the girl and his best friend from the bad guys. Jackie also makes it quite clear that good must overcome evil, and he will not let the men succeed with their mission.

The films action is great but rather limited. Don't expect anything like Legend of Drunken Master or Who Am I, but there is still a lot of great classic action that you won't find in today's Chan films. The beginning scene is great, and reminds me a lot of the beginning scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indiana Jones is running from the natives. In Armour of the Gods, Jackie slides down a mountainside and the natives follow in special woven one man sleds they made. There is a great car chase scene in the movie too. And lastly, the only other noteworthy action scene is the finale, where Jackie takes on a whole room of the evil men followed by their leader's 4 Amazon-like, leathered up women. Its kinda silly, but the choreography is rather amazing and its at least a solid 4 minute fight scene.

This is a Jackie Chan film that remains average overall. There is some good action, but it occurs infrequently, and the plot is too boring and uninteresting to hold my attention. There is a great stunt at the conclusion, where Jackie lands on a hot-air balloon, but the camera makes it seem unsure of the height of the balloon off the ground. Nevertheless, I am sure it something that none of us could ever pull off. Also, Jackie has a song that is in the soundtrack during the stunt, and he does his own singing. Unlike the comment in First Strike, he's not as lousy as a singer as I thought.

not the best of Jackie's movies, but not worst either.......2007-01-26

Unfortunately, I don't think Jackie's fighting scenes in this movie are as good as in some of his other movies such as Who Am I, although it was kinda funny to see him fighting four chicks in high heels. The movie has plenty of death defying stunts and humor even if the bad guys are a bit cartoonish (satanic monks with bushy eyebrows) and the plot a bit thin.

The back of the cd case calls it a prequel to Operation Condor. I haven't gotten to watch the latter yet, so can't compare.

I deducted another star because as others have pointed out the dvd does not have great features. I don't mind not having a chinese sound track. If I want that I can buy a Hong Kong release. However, I get used to most dvd's having some kind of extra features. Of course, it was still worth the price. It's a nice addition to my slowly growing collection.

Very fun.......2006-03-06

This movie is probably closer to a 2/5, but I really lked it. The plot sucks, the acting is easily the worst of rosamund kwan, and everybody else in this movie. None of the action scenes blew me away, but one was pretty unique. WAtch for the final scene, it's pretty freakin cool. Also the funniest part of the whole movie comes on after that hot-air balloon stunt, Jackie has his funniest singing performance ever, worth a listen if you want a good laugh.

armour of god (operation of god 2?).......2005-02-23

This film is an adventurefilm in the good old Indiana Jones style. But this time its Jackie Chan who has the leadingrole.
All in all its an ok Jackie Chan film. The first 15 min is good. JC fights african primitiv people and does many shocking stunts. One of the stunts almost killed him!
After the shocking beginning, the film gets a bit booring untill the last half hour of the film. Jackie Chan fights about 20 monks and 7-8 crazy amazongirls.. He use a fastpackt effective fightingstyle fuild with amazing stunts.. Jackie Chan is incredeble..

ALWAYS STICK WITH HK ORIGINAL.......2004-02-23

Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look acting so dumb by English Dubb. For ANY of HK movies, ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots though.

Armour of God (digitally remastered) series I & II DVD boxset

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Armour of God (digitally remastered) series I & II DVD boxset

Manufacturer: Fortune Star (HK)
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2 disc set (region 3 ntsc)
Digitally Remastered Edition

ASIN: B000GSA650

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Known as Operation Condor pt. 1 & 2. Both digitally remastered edition with NO voice overs.

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