Come and have fun.

Karlie 2022-01-13 08:01:40

It was mentioned in "The Self-report of Jackie Chan" that due to the excessive investment in the previous film "Miracle" but not much profit, Jiahe Company was very dissatisfied with it. Jackie Chan made the filming of the sequel of "Dragon Brothers and Tigers" "The Flying Eagle Project". A relatively conservative plan is better to win more box office.

It is tragic to say that he really wants to make a literary film. At least "Miracle" was originally intended to be a literary film, but Jiahe's rule for him is that if there are too few action scenes or special effects in the film, he will not approve the filming. In the end, "Miracle" cost 70 million Hong Kong dollars to make it. It was the most expensive film in Hong Kong at that time.

Jiahe asked Jackie Chan to reduce expenses, but the "Flying Eagle Project" went beyond the budget in the end, more than 40 million more than the cost of "Miracle". When it was finally completed, it cost 115 million Hong Kong dollars. I really don't know what kind of mood Jiahe would feel at the time, but he had to throw money in when he got stuck in the middle. Therefore, "Flying Eagle Project" refreshed the production cost of "Miracle" and went online, becoming the new Guigang film at that time.

There are many reasons for the huge cost. Among them, Morocco is one of the shooting stops, the scenery is very good, everyone is relaxed and happy, but the machinery and equipment always malfunction due to sand entering and delaying the shooting. The camel did not listen. Because of the hot weather, more than 90% of the crew members were sick and bedridden due to unacceptable water and soil, and one was stung by a scorpion. The filming had to be postponed for two months. In order to ensure the completion of the filming task as soon as possible, Jackie Chan did a lot of logistical support at all costs. The most serious thing is that the banknotes used by the crew were somehow regarded as real banknotes and circulated locally. The Moroccan authorities contacted Jackie Chan and confiscated all the films. The crew hurriedly contacted the lawyer to deal with the matter, showed their identity and made a guarantee. After many days of hard work, the police finally returned the film to them. But the police arrested the production manager on charges of issuing fake banknotes, and the production manager spent three months in jail for this. They planned to take all the necessary shots locally and then transport another 10 tons of sand back to Hong Kong to prepare the remaining shots. The crew then returned to Hong Kong with the sick number of the wounded, the machinery and equipment that entered the sand, and the embarrassed situation.

Thinking about these experiences, and then watching this joyful film, I can't help but feel an inexplicable sigh.

Compared with the same type of American Hollywood films, this film appears to be joking and not serious in art design, scene design, and prop making, which reduces the sense of reality. However, in an objective comprehensive evaluation, Jackie Chan's films are much lower than the standards of similar Hollywood films in the United States in terms of manpower, material resources, financial resources, planning cycle, and production cycle, and the output is very high. In this kind of short frequency and fast frequency, the work can reach this level, which is quite commendable. Moreover, the film is full of laughter from beginning to end. This is also rare.

Oops, it's so joyful.


It was only later that I realized that at the beginning of the film, the thin and dry husband who had been detained by the indigenous queen was the executive director Chen Zhihua.

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Extended Reading
  • Dayana 2022-03-21 09:02:49

    It's a pity, I thought the nude was Zheng Yuling herself, but unfortunately it's a stand-in

  • Camylle 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    I watched it several times on TV, and obviously imitated "Indiana Jones", but it still has Jackie Chan's unique action comedy style. Few domestically produced movies can play the adventure treasure hunt theme so smoothly and interestingly.

Operation Condor quotes

  • Jackie Condor: [in pain failing to get diamonds] All that for nothing.

  • Elsa: [after he snuk into her house and has a bad guy pinned down, to Jackie] Who are you?

    Jackie Condor: [to the bad guy] Who are you?

    Elsa: I asked you first.

    Jackie Condor: Let me ask first

    [to bad guy]

    Jackie Condor: who are you?