HEART OF DRAGON (1985)

MORGAN'S RATING

It's the two brothers of Hong Kong as you have never seen them before in a gripping drama where the lines blur between family loyality and upholding the law. In what is possibly the dramatic role of his career, Jackie Chan plays Ted, a SWAT officer who dreams of being a sailor. It is a dream he is forced to put on the back burner because he has to look after his mentally disabled brother Danny. The resentment builds up to a tense showdown between the two brothers and leaves Danny determined to prove his independence. Unfortunately, Danny lands in hot soup when he unwittingly ends up with the loot for a robbery. With both the law and the robbers after the witless Danny, Ted has to make an agonizing decision: does he save the hapless Danny or arrest him?

Jackie Chan (Tat Fung), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (Do-Do), Hoi Mang (Ian), Kar Lok Chin (Log), Wah Yuen (Yan), Lung Chan (Strawberry Team Member), Dick Wei (Thug), Ching-Ying Lam (Super), Fat Chung (Yee-Fat Cho), James Tien (Mr. Kim), Anthony Chan (Private Teacher), Dennis Chan (Waiter), Roy Chiao (Restaurant Owner), Emily Chu (Jenny), Hark-On Fung, Phillip Ko (Thug), Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko, Ben Lam, Hoi San Lee, Ka Lok (SWAT Team), Tai Shan (Kim's Man), Kao Shau Leung (Kim's Man), Po Tai (Keung), Melvin Wong (Inspector Wong), Fung Woo (Principal Pang), Ma Wu (DIm Sum Owner), Wing-Cho Yip (Maitre'd), Corey Yuen (Swat Team Member),

WARRIOR, BROTHER, PROTECTOR, FRIEND.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DVD RELEASE DATE: December 30th, 2003 (USA)

DIRECTORS: Fruit Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (My Lucky Stars). WRITER: Barry Wong. PRODUCERS: Chau Lam and Wu Ma. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Dick Tso and Pui Wan. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Leonard Ho. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Man Yee Lam. DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"One of Jackie's worst films, a movie that tries to cover too many bases by combining sodden melodrama with dumb comedy and a paltry few chop-socky scenes." -- Dawn Taylor, DVDJournal.com