Jackie Chan's second film as a director (made in 1980, but only officially released in the US on home-video in 1997) dispenses with such niceties as a linear plot, instead wandering aimlessly from action set piece to action set piece, allowing him to exhibit everything he's got and engage
the maximum number of kung fu sidemen in imaginative fights.
Just before the big "lion dance" competition, Tiger (Wei Pei) is injured and Dragon (Jackie Chan) has to take his place. Dragon loses the competition after discovering that Tiger faked his injury and is in fact his disguised competitor, but he keeps this knowledge to himself out of loyalty to his
pal. When Master (Ti...
Released:
1980
Rated:
NR
Length:
101 mins