The Legend of the Drunken Master
(Screened Wednesday February 4, 8.30pm)
(Hong Kong, action/comedy)
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Starring: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti
What's it about?Considered one of the best Jackie Chan movies of all time, The Legend of the Drunken Master is set in the early 1900s in China. Wong Fei Hong (Chan) is a young master of the martial art of "drunken boxing," in which fighters use alcohol to blind themselves to pain and release the angry brawler within. The "Drunken Master" can turn just one drink into devastation and humiliation for his enemies. His technique is fast, furious... and powerfully funny.
Thunderbolt
(Screened Wednesday February 11, 8.30pm)
(Hong Kong, action/comedy/drama)
Director: Gordon Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Michael Wong
What's it about?Strap yourself in for the ride that is Thunderbolt. Jackie Chan explores his more dramatic side playing mechanic and family man, Chan Foh To. When Chan's sisters are kidnapped by a criminal car racer named Cougar, Chan has no choice but accept Cougar's racing challenge in Japan.
The Medallion
Wednesday February 18, 8.30pm
(Hong Kong/USA, action/fantasy)
Director: Gordon Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani
What's it about?In this fast-paced production bursting with spectacular stunts and special effects, Jackie Chan plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong detective working with Interpol to capture a crime lord who kidnapped a boy gifted with special powers and a magic medallion that grants immortality. Eddie and Interpol agents manage to free the boy, but Eddie dies during the operation. The boy applies the powers of the medallion on him, and Eddie is reincarnated with superhuman powers.
Armour of God
Watch it now at SBS On Demand(Screened Wednesday February 25, 8.30pm)
(Hong Kong/USA, action/fantasy)
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan
What's it about?Blurring comedy with thrills in his trademark style, Jackie verges on Indiana Jones territory, as the star and a bumbling sidekick, embark on a quest to locate missing pieces of medieval armour. (Jackie narrowly escaped death when one of the movie's relatively routine stunts ,at the beginning of the film, went awry).
