Product: Operation Condor [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 5.0
Ah, Awesome Movie! Better than the Other OC Movie
This was both the first Jackie Chan I saw, and owned for the VHS, and as such, this is one of my all time favorite Jackie Chan films. It's a simple story about Chan and two very hot women (later on, a third one joins!) who are sent to Africa to find an old Nazi gold base and get the gold out before the European nations begin to quarrel over it. What they are not told (but Chan finds out really quickly) is that there are a few other small factions of criminals after it also.The movie opens with a great Indiana Jones parody, which is more than enough to get you used to Jackie Chan's character. The other characters are either comic support, or stuntmen in which a few can act well enough to say a few lines before they get beaten up in some of Jackie's coolest action ever.This movie quite possibly contains more action than any other Chan movie, as every scene is either a fight scene or a setup for one. It is high charged, whitty and fast; hey, it was written, directed and co-produced by Jackie Chan himself! Now with the DVD version, you can see more via widescreen, and the added detail really adds to both the picture and intensity, for there were badguys standing next to Jackie when he was beating up one of their mates that you can't see on the VHS version. If you want cool, fast or funny action, get this movie; hell, it's all three! Trust me, it's great.