Heart of Dragon (1985)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Please don't spend money on this.

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Jackie Chan plays a cop in Hong Kong. He has a brother (Sammo Hung Kam-Bo) who has the mind of a 4 year-old and Jackie is frustrated with trying to do his job and keep his brother out of trouble. Mostly it's a losing battle. Later in the film, the brother accidentally gets in trouble with the mob and it's up to Jackie and his friends to come to the rescue.Jackie Chan and his frequent collaborator Sammo Hung Kam-Bo star in this very bizarre film. Despite these two martial arts stars being in the film, it's really not exactly a martial arts film. It's supposed to be an uplifting family film, action/cop movie and comedy all rolled into one. If it sounds like this is an impossible combination, you are right--and the film really doesn't work very well. The biggest problem, however, is that Sammo is supposed to be mentally retarded and his role alternates from occasionally being sensitive to mostly being a very broad comedy--with Sammo playing the part with as much subtlety as a nudist at a Baptist picnic! Now I noticed that a lot of the reviewers liked it--so be it. But I also know that it will offend folks--especially if they have developmentally delayed family members. In the film, they mostly are to laugh at--and that's very sad. Its a shame, as SOME of the issues between them are compelling--but mostly it's pretty awful. There also isn't any sort of a clear ending--just a weird montage that makes no sense. Obviously a bizarre misfire and not a particularly pleasant film to watch unless you LIKE laughing at Sammo's antics.By the way, if Sammo isn't potentially insulting enough, look for the scene where he and his young friends are playing 'Jesus and the Assassin'. What were they thinking?!

"Heart of the Dragon" is perhaps one of the more 'honest' of movies from Jackie Chan, as it is based on the action and the acting, and it doesn't have the usual slapstick comedy that we all love from him. His performance in this movie was entirely serious and I will also say that this is one of the more 'raw' and brutal of his movies. Why? Well because you get to see him shoot and kill someone, kill someone with a machete, and stab someone with a crowbar. Yeah, not the usual hit and knock-down Chan material.That being said, then it should also be said that "Heart of the Dragon" is driven by a great storyline. Sammo Hung did a great job with this storyline. It is about Tat (played by Jackie Chan) who is on the Hong Kong police force (yeah, been seen before, duh!) and he is taking care of his mentally challenged brother Dodo (played by Sammo Hung). Tat is struggling with his career and having to take care of his brother. They get tangled up in a robbery and Dodo ends up kidnapped and Tat have to hand over a captured robber in switch for his brother.What is so great about this storyline is that it is held in a very realistic sense and it is nicely told, really helping you immerse yourself into the story and get to grow with the characters and get to know them. The story is driven by the acting performances, and not the action, which is a great element here. And it should be said that both Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung do great jobs with their roles. But the supporting cast is also doing great jobs. And as an extra treat, then to us familiar with Hong Kong cinema, there is a couple of familiar faces to be seen here and there throughout the movie."Heart of the Dragon" is from 1985, and only three years later Hollywood put out "Rain Man" which seem to have a lot of elements from this movie. Coincidence? Watch the movie and make your own call on that.This movie is a great addition to any fan of Jackie Chan's DVD collection. I have always put off seeing the movie up till now, which was a mistake on my side, because this is one of Jackie's better movies, and it is nice to see him out of the usual slapstick comedy element.

They are: - the initial "CID vs. SWAT" extravaganza with the cheap electronic soundtrack as the background (the scenes with all that acrobatic stuff are useless here - they have guns, damn it! and the neck-breaking scene looks absurd), - the overblown eyebrows of the SWAT commander (my! did they really have to do it?), - the proper fights, which were moved to "deleted scenes" section (even if they could not add anything good to the story, they should have been included into the movie, while they are great), - too little real violence (after reading about the brutality of the final showdown I was disappointed by the actual grand finale of the movie, while even the notorious "blade-into-the-neck" scene is too swift and too dark)... well, this is about it.All the rest is great. I really enjoy the story and the performance of Mr Sammo Hung. A very neat job.I can give it a definite 7 out of 10 (I wish the movie-making team could stay away from the comedy elements during this production - it would be, quite possibly, my favourite Jackie Chan film then). Thanks for attention.

I enjoyed this movie, but that's because I'm a big fan of Jackie Chan, so if your not, it may not be a good idea to go and see it. Also, this movie is for those who like martial art movies no matter the quality or when it was made, and where. It was set in Hong Kong, made is the 80s obviously, but is also set in the 80s. So high quality can not be expected, and if you can look passed it it can be an enjoyable movie. This movie is about a guy who's a police officer (Jackies character) who takes care of his mentally ill brother. They set up the brother relationship in this movie pretty well, and Jackies acting goes a little bit passed what most people are used to. (I've seen many of his movies and it's the first time I've ever seen him cry) This movie is not funny like many of his movies out there, but its not to serious either. There two pretty good fight scenes, one right in the first 2 minutes of the movie, and one near the end. There are small brawls in between, but they are not really big. The movie is mostly story though, so the fighting is pretty much what I said it was. So if your looking for action packed Jackie Chan movie, this is probably not it. But if you are a fan, and want to try something maybe a little different then what you are used to, then this one may be a good one to see.