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Cast:
Jackie
Chan
Sammo
Hung
Yuen
Biao
Deannie
Yip
Pauline
Yeung
Yuen
Wah
Crystal
Kwok
Billy
Chow
Action:
Sammo
Hung
Producer:
Leonard
K.C. Ho
Director:
Sammo
Hung
Score:
 
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DRAGONS
FOREVER
AKA:
Dragon Forever ||
Cyclone Z
Year:
1987 Reviewer: Andrew
Saroch
When
a fishing pond is polluted by the local chemical plant, the
owner (Yip) decides to take the culprits to court. The villainous
cigar-chomping plant owner (Wah) decides to hire a slippery,
yet charming young lawyer (Chan) to delay the case
indefinitely, forcing the case out of court. The lawyer uses
his shady friends (Hung and Biao) to gain information about
the opposition, but soon Chan and Hung realise that they're
falling in love with the very ones they want to spy on. Added
to this is the discovery of what the chemical plant is really
producing; behind the guise of big business is really a
refinery for drugs. When Hung is captured by an army of thugs
during a snooping mission at the factory, Chan and Biao leap
into action.
Having
starred in such classic as 'Project
A' and 'Wheels
On Meals', the 'three brothers' - Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung
and Yuen Biao - are reunited in another hugely enjoyable
action romp. The film's uneven narrative is compensated by the
eye-popping action; the film features impressive battles in a
nightclub, on a boat, between Yuen Biao and Billy Chow and
famously the finale which sees Jackie Chan in a re-match with
Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez. Sammo yet again packs the cast with
quality, both in terms of villains (Yuen Wah, Dick Wei, Billy
Chow, Philip Ko...) and actresses (the always reliable Deannie
Yip, Pauline Yeung and Crystal Kwok). Chan and Hung continue
to substantiate their legendary status in the cinematic hall
of fame, but it is Yuen Biao who really steals the film.
Playing a paranoid and slightly unhinged character, Biao
shines and gets another opportunity to show off his acrobatic
skills. Dragons Forever doesn't hit the heights of Project A,
but is still a prime example of Hong Kong's Golden Age.
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