Dragons Forever is without a doubt the best work
from Peking Opera brothers Sammo, Jackie and Biao.
The three work so perfectly together on screen.
All the action is tight, well executed and very very fast.
You can't help grinning at their slapstick approach to
just about everything. Jackie is on top fighting form,
Yuen Biao's feet hardly touch the ground, and Sammo,
well lets just say I'm always amazed at how that bloke
moves so fast.
I have to say I enjoyed this film in every way, it's a
great movie, highly entertaining and genuinely funny.
Hopefully in the near future these guys will get together
once more and make at least one more masterpiece.


The basic story is that of a typical action movie.
The owner of a HK fish farm decides to sue an evil
industrialist Mr... Hua (Yuen Wah) for killing off her
fish with poisonous chemicals. So Johnny Lang
(Jackie Chan) a criminal layer is employed to defend
the industrialist in court.Johnny enlists the help of Luke
Wang (Sammo Hung)and Timothy (Yuen Biao) to do
some illegal spy work to help him in the case.
But of course everything doesn't go to plan and the
three stooges of the east cross wires, and bungle things
up. After all squabbling and misunderstandings are
cleared up. The three discover that Mr.. Hua is in
fact running a narcotics refinery. . . . . . . . . . . .
So between the three of them they beat everyone up!


Though the plot line is reasonably basic. The real
strength is of course Kung Fu, but also the characters
and their interaction with each other . Jackie is well
. . . . . . Jackie, he doesn't change much from his usual
heroic role. Sammo is a respectable fake arms dealer.
Yuen is a thief with a serious mental imbalance.
The three brothers play off each other brilliantly as
they get in each others way, which leads to comical
fights between the three in awkward places and situations.
Although Jackie Chan is the star, Yuen Biao in my
opinion steals the show, Biao shows how good he is
with handling comedy and displays his acrobatic skills
amazingly, especially in the final factory brawl where
he performs a load of high velocity flips and jumps
that demand incredible accuracy. As opposed to Biao's
nerdy "Wheels on Meals" character he is very much
in the thick of the fighting, somersaulting in to the
fights rather than away from them.
Jackie Chan performs no major (How in gods name
did he get the balls to do that!) stunts but he is on
top ass kicking form. Sammo Hung doesn't show off
too much in front of the camera, but he certainly
gives us a dose of his insane action directing behind
the camera.
The final fight between Jackie and Benny "The Jet"
Urquidez is classic, a worthy rematch between the two
after their previous "Wheels on Meals" encounter.
The "Wheels on Meals" fight is considered by many
to be the best Chop Socky fight ever, possibly one of
the main reasons is that it is reminiscent of a ring fight,
limited fighting space, no props used etc... This was
Bennys turf!. In "Dragons Forever" the fight moves
and is interfered with by the ratty Yuen Wah.
Personally I find this fight more interesting and
entertaining, . . . . . . . .So there!
Other actors to look out for . . . . .
The aforementioned Yuen Wah although he doesn't
get to show off his skills he plays his slimy rat
character very well.
Billy Chow (The General in Fist of Legend) throws
a load of nasty heavy looking kicks at Yuen Biao.
Notorious bad guy Philip Ko is also featured in
in the movie. Of course Benny "The Jet" Urquidez.
One of the most evil looking beasts, a real fighter,
deceptively quick and a genuinely powerful kicker.
dare I say ...... (Bootmaster extrodinare!)


Nothing special here at the moment
as I have lost my Jackie Chan reference book
(Peter Dillon if your reading this, where is my book?