|
 Movie
B- |
Video C+ | Audio C+
| Extras D-
Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, David Lam, Rosamund
Kwan
director Jackie Chan | Dimension Films (Buena Vista)
1983 | Comedy - Action - Marshal Arts | NR | 102 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Jackie Chan returns in this sequel as the Dragon
Mao, a Navy police officer who stopped some pirates in the first movie.
Dragon Mao is tasked with putting an end to the corrupt police precincts in Hong Kong.
The humorous slapstick-style martial arts action, for which Jackie Chan movies are known for, is mediocre at best.
The acting is superficial, and is on par with the English dub. (That’s a bad thing.)
This brings me to my next
point...
I think all foreign movies should offer the original audio track, with the original native dialog.
This is not the case with this DVD. There are no original Chinese audio tracks.
The only soundtrack is the English dub, in re-mixed Dolby Digital 5.1.
I was not impressed with the soundtrack. Nor was I impressed with the picture quality. The film source was scratched and the picture frequently appears soft.
The cover boasts a critic’s quote that
Project A2 is a “One of the 10 best Jackie Chan films...
ever”. I would have to strongly disagree. That may be true at the time of this movie’s release back in
1983, but it is certainly not true today. There are far better Jackie Chan movies made since.
Hong Kong cinema and Jackie Chan flicks have come a long way. If you
must, rent the movie.
Special Features: sneak peeks of Equilibrium,
Invincible, Malevolent, Asunder
DVD released on 5/20/2003 | Reviewed 7/13/2003
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Additional Notes: Unless we specify otherwise, the
video and audio quality are very good when their grades are "A-"
or better. Only the highest number of channels of surround sound
format is listed (e.g., Dolby Digital 5.1). If there are both Dolby
Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 soundtracks, then both are listed. All
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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