Lieutenant Colonel Lam is an American army officer given a top secret mission by the US military. The mission entails entering Vietnam to destroy an old American bunker filled with missiles before the Viet Cong can get to them. Due to the dangerous nature of the mission, a group of Chinese American soldier convicts are selected to accompany him, led by Tung Ming-sun. Survivors are promised a pardon, U.S. citizenship and $200,000 each. After a brief training session they are dropped into Vietnam. During the jump, Lam learns too late that the mission has been aborted. Once in enemy territory, they are met by some Cambodian guerrillas led by Godenzi and take refuge in a small town. There they meet Weasel (aka Chieh Man-yeh), and his mentally ill "Uncle", Yeung. Later, the squad is captured and incarcerated in a POW camp, where the prisoners are forced to play Russian roulette in a similar manner to the film The Deer Hunter. After escaping, they discover that one of the Cambodian guerrillas is a traitor. With the Vietnamese military in pursuit, they are able to reach the bunker, where a final showdown with the (giggling) Vietnamese general occurs. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 東方禿鷹
- Also Known As: Dung Fong Tuk Ying
- Director: Sammo Hung
- Genres: Action, Drama, War
Cast & Credits
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![Sammo Hung in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)]( "Sammo Hung in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)")
Sammo Hung Main Role -
![Yuen Biao in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)]( "Yuen Biao in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)")
Yuen Biao Main Role -
![Lam Ching Ying in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)]( "Lam Ching Ying in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)")
Lam Ching YingLieutenant LamSupport Role -
![Charlie Chin in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)]( "Charlie Chin in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)")
Charlie ChinSzeto ChinSupport Role -
![Cheung Kwok Keung in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)]( "Cheung Kwok Keung in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)")
Cheung Kwok KeungChing Dai KongSupport Role -
![Yuen Woo Ping in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)]( "Yuen Woo Ping in Eastern Condors Hong Kong Movie (1987)")
Yuen Woo PingYun Yen Hoy [Grandpa]Support Role
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Reviews
Sammo does John Woo
If you only know Sammo Hung for his more happy-go-lucky roles, then Eastern Condors will be a massive shock to the system, going as far as to tread into John Woo's territory of heroic bloodshed. Taking the idea of The Dirty Dozen but setting it in Vietnam, Sammo got serious with this one, even cutting his trademark hair and slimming right down. There are no mincing words about how brutally violent Eastern Condors gets... Hands get chopped off, Vietcong kids play Russian Roulette and people are shot point blank with no hesitation, in the wrong hands it's distasteful stuff, but Sammo treats it all with sincerity, marking this film out as one of his finest accomplishments as an actor, martial artist and director.Although the majority of the action is hyper-intense gun fights occasionally punctuated by a familiar moment seen in Western war films like The Deer Hunter or the Rambo franchise, there is a spectacular final bout of full-contact fisticuffs for the patient ones among you. The cast is populated by plenty of familiar names and faces, although I do wish they got a bit more characterisation outside of their nicknames and who plays them, they all commit often coming away bloody and bruised from the hyper-dangerous stunt work. For better or worse, Eastern Condors has a gritty edge that makes it truly stand out amongst Sammo's filmography often feeling like what Heroes Shed No Tears had originally wanted to be, it's an absolute must-see!
