Last month, I saw a bunch of movies on the Criterion Channel that caught my eye. They were starring an actor named Sammo Hung, a guy whom I had heard about in my martial arts movie love, but I was embarrassed that I had only seen a few of them. Well, I sat down and spent a month watching these films, and I got obsessed with the action and with him as an actor. Today, I wanted to bring you some of my favorites. Let's dive in. 1. Eastern Condors (1987)This movie feels like Sammo basically watched The Dirty Dozen and Rambo, said "hold my beer," and then made a movie more insane than both. He plays a convicted soldier leading a bunch of other scumbags on a suicide mission in Vietnam. And it rocks. The script is basically an excuse to get from one jaw-droppingly dangerous stunt to the next.2. The Prodigal Son (1981)This movie contains a perfect character arc. A spoiled rich kid (Yuen Biao) thinks he's a kung fu master because his dad pays people to lose to him. Then he gets his ass handed to him for real and has to learn from the ground up. Sammo directs and plays one of the masters, and he fills every frame with some of the most authentic fighting ever filmed.3. Project A (1983)Okay, so this is technically a Jackie Chan movie, but Sammo’s fingerprints are all over it. He co-directed and co-stars as the lovable rogue Fei. This...
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