Member daisho2004 Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 Has anyone seen this movie if so how is it? Sorry if it was already posted I couldn't find any reviews on it... # Actors: Michael Biehn, Simon Yam, Sammo Hung, Xia Yu, Lawrence Chou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member masterofoneinchpunch Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 Here's a quick write up I did on it awhile ago: Dragon Heat aka Dragon Squad (2005: HK: *½/****): This really should not be on the Dragon Dynasty label. It is poorly executed, badly written, scattershot, Michael Bay's and Chris Marker's bastard love-child influenced direction and should be ignored (watch Flash Point (2007) instead). This is another one of those idiotic covers from Dragon Dynasty that do not match the film (Maggie Q is the main attraction on the cover though she is just a small character; also she really isn't that popular). I am not going to try to explain too much of the plot except that it pits 5 young various cop(ish) members (including Shawn Yu Man-Lok; I'm not sure on who they actually report too) against a terrorist organization who kidnapped a triad member (one of the members looks like Christopher Titus). Don't think while watching this (how come the terrorist organization can kill all non-Dragon Squad people with ease while missing that team from close range). Fans of the triad/cop genre will notice that Simon Yam is in it -- well like Gordon Liu it is also just a small underwritten role. What more can you expect of a film that is partly produced by Steven Seagal and Bey Logan (who has a small role in this also). Hmmm I wonder how this got on Dragon Dynasty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Bus Posted May 28, 2009 Member Share Posted May 28, 2009 think there was another thread where almost everybody was dissappointed with it thinking it should've been better but thought that it was an ok flick. i thought it was pretty decent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member D1 Ma Posted May 29, 2009 Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 It looks like everybody hates this movie, but it's a guilty pleasure of mine. It has some decent, inventive and brutal action( courtesy of Chin Kar Lok), good baddies, including Maggie Q and Michael Biehn, decent soundtrack and some melodramatic bits, which are not totally bad. But it's ruined by extremely insane editing and week main characters. OK, I can even live with this kind of editing, but teen idols as Interpol agents - it's bad beyond believe. Here's a review which I love It's great! http://www.genrebusters.com/film/review_dragonsquad.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted May 29, 2009 Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 Haha, funny review D1 Ma. I don't think it's that bad either. It has a great veteran acting presense, just not enough of it. I've been a fan of Biehn for a long time. Simon Yam's part got cut down supposedly do to disagreements with Director Daniel Lee. Really if you take out all the corny photo still flashback moments, the film would have been 100 times better. Benny Chan should have directed this film. He would have at least fleshed out this movie more; everything else in it, actors, fight choreography, music, is game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted May 29, 2009 Administrator Share Posted May 29, 2009 Very poor. Sorry Bey. Too poor to rewrite why... I know there is a thread for this somewhere. Not worth looking though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted May 29, 2009 Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 One of the action scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 Sorry Bob I found the other thread after I wrote this one, I tried to delete it but I couldn't! I didn't realize it was under a different title name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted May 29, 2009 Administrator Share Posted May 29, 2009 Sorry Bob I found the other thread after I wrote this one, I tried to delete it but I couldn't! I didn't realize it was under a different title name! Why you...! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 30, 2009 Author Member Share Posted May 30, 2009 Bob you see I'm behind in the HK Flick section! I'm more up on the Japanese movies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted May 30, 2009 Administrator Share Posted May 30, 2009 Bob you see I'm behind in the HK Flick section! I'm more up on the Japanese movies! In this case, it served you well to be behind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted May 31, 2009 Member Share Posted May 31, 2009 I But it's ruined by extremely insane editing that's my memory of the film, constant cutting and "drunken camermen" needlessly wobbling. I was also disappointed Maggie Q wasn't in it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fightingfist Posted June 6, 2009 Member Share Posted June 6, 2009 This films sounds interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted June 6, 2009 Administrator Share Posted June 6, 2009 This films sounds interesting Hahahaha. It's not. Unless you think poop is interesting. I really wanted to like this film. I want to support anything Bey Logan does, it has a lot of great stars, but... it's just so lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WongFury Posted June 6, 2009 Member Share Posted June 6, 2009 I don't really remember much of it but i did love Sammo's fight, i thought if it wasn't for his fight scene the movie would have been put in the category of the u.s. straight to video stuff, it was at least better than Seagal's stuff out of the past few years, I can say i remember it being better than his stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted June 8, 2009 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2009 Comparing Sammo Hung to Steven Seagal is like comparing Jackie Chan to Van Damme, it's just wrong! Stay away from this movie, much like Wu Jing's Legendary Assassin, despite all the bad reviews I went ahead and bought it anyway, determined that a flick with so many stars must at least be a couple of hours light entertainment... ...It was terrible. The Dragon Dynasty DVD holds a few laughs though, such as in the interview with Lawrence Chou when he is asked why he got the role, he answers "I don't know"....& Bey Logan also explains in his commentary that one day the director, Daniel Lee, was annoyed at him over something, so in one of the shot's he is supposed to be in he is always off the edge of the screen! Funny stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted June 9, 2009 Member Share Posted June 9, 2009 Yeah, it's never good when your director is so moody that he cuts your time if you make him mad. Who cares about following the script, i don't like that guy! Very professional. The DD DVD also has a nice interview with Biehn as he compares HK filmmaking to Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WongFury Posted June 10, 2009 Member Share Posted June 10, 2009 oh no no no noooo..hell nah LOL, i wasn't comparing Sammo and Seagal in the least at all, i just mention his name considering he had something to do with the movie production wise, this film compared with his latest as a whole was what i meant, not the two men, im sure we all know even though both men are heavy sets sammo can run circles around steven nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fightingfist Posted June 11, 2009 Member Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hahahaha. It's not. Unless you think poop is interesting. I really wanted to like this film. I want to support anything Bey Logan does, it has a lot of great stars, but... it's just so lame. Lol ill think about it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blueCobra Posted June 15, 2009 Member Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thought that the audio commentary was better than the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted June 15, 2009 Administrator Share Posted June 15, 2009 Funny, me too! I really did enjoy the commentary more than the movie. I figured I might as well get my money's worth out of buying the freaking thing. So even though I didn't dig the movie, I watched (and listened)) to all the special features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member FoulMouff Posted June 30, 2010 Member Share Posted June 30, 2010 I dont know why so many people hated this movie, I actually enjoyed it. Not one of the greatest flicks, but it was enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted July 1, 2010 Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2010 Not one of the greatest flicks, but it was enjoyable In the same way a migraine is enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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