Product Description

This fast, entertaining adventure -- directed by and starring the world's number one action superstar, Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR, OPERATION CONDOR, SUPERCOP) -- is the must-see "prequel" to the crowd-pleasing hit OPERATION CONDOR! Jackie is back and hotter than ever as a hard-hitting fortune hunter whose ex-girlfriend is kidnapped and held for ransom by an evil cult! Then things really kick into high gear when her fiance, an old friend of Jackie's, turns to him for help in finding and delivering the kidnappers' lone demand: the priceless Armour Of The Gods! Performing his own death-defying stunts, there's no stopping Jackie as he -- with the help of a sexy woman and a hilarious sidekick -- attacks his mission with a lethal mix of pulse-pounding action and sidesplitting humor!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51070 in DVD
• Brand: Disney
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 86 minutes

Amazon.com
When martial arts wizard Jackie Chan is in top form, no movie star on earth is more fun to watch. Armour of God never achieves the beautiful, smooth flow of continuous movement that distinguishes Project A--Part 2. In fact, it feels like a botched international coproduction, short on common sense and plot momentum, long on Eastern European scenery and huggermugger intrigue. The wispy premise is the first danger sign: all the segments of an ancient suit of armor have to be located and reassembled, so that the suit can be used to pay the ransom on a kidnapped girl--Jackie's old flame. (He competes for her affections with a chum played by heartthrob pop star Alan Tam.) The creepy Aryan bad guys are hiding out in a mountain retreat in Yugoslavia, which is stormed with gusto. A long second-act interlude of door-slamming bedroom farce is a dreary drag, but there's some good body-slamming action toward the end--especially when Jackie squares off with a trio of black female body builders in S/M leather. With the dashing Rosamund Kwan (the glamorous revolutionary of Project A) as Laura Lai. --David Chute

Customer Reviews

Not a sequel, no matter WHAT the distributor says, but fun
While it's great that one of Jackie Chan's most popular movies, "The Armour of God," has finally been released here in the states, the way it's been done is both deceptive and sloppy. First of all, it's not a sequel to "Operation Condor." It'a actually the other way around--"Operation Condor" was a sequel to THIS film. Secondly, "Armour" was originally released in 1986--hardly "his newest adventure," as the packaging claims. Lastly, little advantage has been taken of the DVD format: "Armour" has been released in widescreen, which is nice, but no extra features (like an "original language" option or a "making of" docu-short) have been added. And an actress whose last name is credited as "Porner" in the movie is listed as "Forner" on the packaging. Typo? Carelessness?

All that having been said, "Armour of God" is still a great deal of fun. The plot--in which Jackie's old girlfriend is kidnapped by a death cult, who demand the Armour as payment for her release--would have been too silly for an episode of "Scooby-Doo." But the stunt work by Chan and his crew is amazing, especially in the last half hour. Jackie gets kicked, punched, set on fire & blown up...yet still can chew gum at the same time! The fight scenes and car chases are funny and astoundingly complex and dangerous at the same time. They're so delightful, in fact, that all else can be forgiven. See this movie--just don't pay any attention to the package it comes in.

It's The Best Movie Ever Made!
Now I have all of Jackie Chan's movies except 3(Project A, City Hunter, and Island of Fire), and out of all the movies that I have seen, this is the best! The plot is kinda like Indiana Jones, but the action, is definetely JACKIE CHAN! The best fights he's ever done are in this movie, listen to a true Jackie Chan fan, buy this movie, you won't regret it!

2nd verse same as the first?
Hold everything! If you are planning to watch Operation Condor 2 and Operation Condor back to back, heed my warning.

This is actually the original OC. The movie labeled Operation Condor is actually the sequel to this film. This film was originally called simply The Armour of the Gods. Operation Condor was the follow up. you can tell that this film is older looking and Jackie looks younger. US marketing genius at its best. Since OC was released in the US first they had to make the original the sequel, duh?!

As for the film itself, the action is few and far between. Aside from the first escape form the natives Jackie doesnt show off his skills again until near the end of the movie. These scene however are spectacular.

He takes on a very unholy horde of monks and a group of amazons that has to be seen to be believed. All in all a solid Jackie Chan flick and well worth it.