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The Fearless Hyena Series (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Dean Shek (Actor) | Austin Wai (Actor) | James Tien (Actor) | Lo Wai (Producer)
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The Fearless Hyena Series (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version)

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Bittersweet revenge is the name of the game in The Fearless Hyena Series. The Fearless Hyena marks the directorial debut of Jackie Chan, who also stars as the young layabout village boy Lung seeking vengeance after his master is brutally murdered. A vicious general (Yam Sai Kun) has been roaming the country, systematically wiping out his grandfather's clan. Finally dragged out of lethargy, Lung sets out in hot pursuit of the villainous general.

What could so easily have turned into yet another formulaic revenge piece emerges as an unmissable piece of Hong Kong action comedy, thanks in large part to the playful performances and expertly handled fight choreography. Lung's ineptitude forces him back into training before he can exact his revenge, prompting many highly amusing, as well as skillfully played out training sequences.

Fearless Hyena Part II was made four years later, and is quite a different animal. Jackie Chan walked out on the film after filming only a few scenes of this sequel. Somehow, Lo Wei and director Chan Chuen were able to use the footage already filmed and splice it together with previously unused sequences from Chan's earlier projects. The result is a surprisingly coherent and entertaining yarn, following Lung and his estranged brother, played by Austin Wai, as they are reunited to avenge the death of their mentor at the hands of the evil Heaven and Earth Devils. While not as accomplished as the original, Fearless Hyena Part II is worth seeing, if only as an opportunity to see numerous sequences of Chan's early work that would doubtless have never seen the light of day otherwise.

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Product Title: The Fearless Hyena Series (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) 成龍功夫喜劇精選 (DVD) (樂貿版) (香港版) 成龙功夫喜剧精选 (DVD) (乐贸版) (香港版) 成龍 功夫喜劇精選 (笑拳+醒拳) (デジタルリマスター)(香港版) The Fearless Hyena Series (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s): Dean Shek (Actor) | Austin Wai (Actor) | James Tien (Actor) | Lo Wai | Ren Shi Guan (Actor) | Jackie Chan (Actor) 石天 (Actor) | 惠天賜 (Actor) | 田俊 (Actor) | 羅維 | 任世官 (Actor) | 成龍 (Actor) 石天 (Actor) | 惠天赐 (Actor) | 田俊 (Actor) | 罗维 | 任世官 (Actor) | 成龙 (Actor) 石天(ディーン・セキ) (Actor) | 恵天賜(オースティン・ワイ) (Actor) | 田俊(ジェームス・ティエン) (Actor) | 羅維(ロー・ウェイ) | Ren Shi Guan (Actor) | 成龍 (ジャッキー・チェン) (Actor) Dean Shek (Actor) | Austin Wai (Actor) | James Tien (Actor) | Lo Wai | Ren Shi Guan (Actor) | 성룡 (Actor)
Director: CHEN QUAN | Jackie Chan 陳全 | 成龍 陈全 | 成龙 CHEN QUAN | 成龍 (ジャッキー・チェン) CHEN QUAN | 성룡
Producer: Lo Wai 羅維 罗维 羅維(ロー・ウェイ) Lo Wai
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Release Date: 2009-01-16
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Widescreen Anamorphic: Yes
Sound Information: Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Surround
Disc Format(s): DVD-9, DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher: Joy Sales (HK)
Other Information: 2DVDs
Package Weight: 250 (g)
Shipment Unit: 2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1014053097

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笑拳怪招
Fearless Hyena

導演︰成龍
Director: Jackie Chan

成龍首部自編自導作品
上映當年票房冠軍

  形意門大掌門人陳鵬飛(田俊 飾)因受清廷的迫害,與孫兒興龍(成龍 飾)隱姓埋名,居於山間。惜龍喜四出惹事生非,無意中洩露身份,被清廷統帶任天化(任世官 飾)追至。陳不敵任,慘被打死。龍親眼目睹祖父被殺,決意發憤圖強,拜祖父的好友八腳麒麟為師,苦練形意拳,誓為祖父報仇。究竟最後龍能否打敗任呢?

  In this directorial debut, Jackie plays Lung, a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather (James Tien) not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general (Yam Sai Kun) has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather's clan. When the general recognizes Lung's style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung's grandfather and kills him.
  
  A grieving Lung plans his vengeance and is aided by crippled kung fu master who imparts to him a new kind of "emotional kung fu". Mentally and physically ready, Lung finally seeks out the wicked general to see justice done.

*特別收錄 : 數碼修復 - 前睇‧後睇
Bonus Feature : "Before and After"


龍騰虎躍
Fearless Hyena Part II

導演︰陳全
Director: Chen Quan

《笑拳怪招》續集
功夫招式更創新悅目

  程家三雄為武林除害而殺死奪魂羅剎,因此與天地雙煞結下深怨。天地雙煞為父報仇,突擊程家莊。老大程振東死於天地雙煞的絕招——鬼影移形之上。老二振南及老三振北各攜獨子分別逃生,並隱居山間。

  振南獨子阿龍(成龍 飾)生性頑皮,喜四出搗蛋生事,因一次與村人打架而使出程家拳。天地雙煞聞風而至,先後打死振南及振北。阿龍與振北獨子阿棟(惠天賜 飾)決聯手對付天地雙煞。究竟最後他們能否打敗天地雙煞呢?

  Jackie plays Ching Lung, who is separated from his brother Tung (Austin Wai) when they were both very young. The brothers are reunited after their father is murdered by the cruel Heaven and Earth Devils. With Lung's outstanding kung fu and Tung's knack for machinery and setting traps, the brothers pool their talent to fight Heaven and Earth to avenge their father's death.

*特別收錄 : 方保羅談羅維與動作電影
Bonus Feature : Paul Fonoroff on Lo Wei and His Action Films
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Customer Review of "The Fearless Hyena Series (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version)"

Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (1)

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April 13, 2009

Chan's first directoral film Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
This review is for Fearless Hyena 1 and not for #2. I will talk later about # 2. But first, Fearless Hyena: It's the first time Jackie had the freedom to work on a film. The result is impressive for a first film. The story is not very original but for the time ( 1980 ) it was the standar ( revenge/training plot ). Jackie show"s off some great fights and training sequences, plus you get to see him in superb physical condition. The bad guy in this movie is a great kung fu actor, I d'ont remenber his name but he also play with jackie in Dragon fist and also in Jet Li's Once upon a time in china part 1 ( Jet is fighting him at the end with all those ladders. So that's why I give this film a 8 out 10. I highly recommended this film for fans of old school martial arts films.

Now, for Fearless #2, you get to see Jackie only in a few scenes cause he left the company right in the middle of shooting this movie. That's when he went to Golden Harvest and did Young Master. So for the few scenes he is in it's good but 75% of the rest is just a look a like Jackie, plus the story does not make sense. So here it is.
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