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Lifelong friends since they met as boys at Peking Opera school, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung conquered the Hong Kong film industry side-by-side in the 1970s and 1980s. One of their greatest collaborations sees the two 'brothers' playing actual brothers for a change: 1985's Heart of Dragon, a film that combines heart-rending drama with pulse-pounding action!

Tat (Chan) is a hotshot cop with more stresses than he can bear: if he's not on the verge of getting beaten up on his day job, he's looking out for his mentally handicapped brother Dodo (Hung), who needs constant supervision in case his naïve, kind nature gets taken advantage of. Tat wants nothing more than to escape his obligations and see the world; but when Dodo accidentally winds up in the line of fire, Tat must run into danger and make the ultimate sacrifice to save his brother.

More serious and emotionally driven than many of their prior films, Hung and Chan made sure not to skimp on jaw-dropping stunts and high-velocity violence while showing a broader depth to their talents than audiences had seen before. The result is one of the jewels of 80's Hong Kong action cinema, now restored with additional fight scenes filmed especially for the Japanese market!

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Bonus Materials

• 2K restoration from the original negative by Fortune Star
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of the 91-minute Hong Kong Theatrical Cut and the 99-minute Extended Japanese Cut via seamless branching
• Original lossless Cantonese and English mono audio on both cuts, plus Mandarin on the Theatrical Cut and Cantonese with alternate score on the Extended Cut
• Optional English subtitles for both cuts
• Brand new commentary by Frank Djeng & FJ DeSanto on the Extended Cut
• The Making of The First Mission and The First Mission: Pre-Release Event, two extended featurettes made to promote the Japanese release by Shochiku
• Archive interview with star Jackie Chan
• Archive interview with star Rocky Lai
• Two archive interviews with director/star Sammo Hung
• Archive interview with cinematographer Arthur Wong
• Alternate English credits as The First Mission
• Trailer gallery, including the ‘music video’ trailer by Su Rui
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Gilbey
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by Dylan Cheung and David West

Sales Points

• Classic pairing of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung with screenwriter Barry Wong (Hard Boiled)
• Won and nominated for multiple Hong Kong movie awards, including Best Actor, Director, Choreography, and Song

Press Quotes

The final showdown again allows Chan to stretch and be surprisingly vicious, dispatching bad guys by bullet, machete, and crowbar. This 10-minute sequence is stunningly staged, photographed by a fluid, prowling camera, and utilizing to full advantage the skeletal building site and construction tools as makeshift weapons

     —TV Guide

Whether you're into melodrama, comedy or action, this film has something for you

     —Love HK Film.com

A change of pace for Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, Heart of Dragon allows them to stretch their dramatic muscles

     —ERIC COTENAS, DVD Compare

Chan deploys his signature fight choreography with all the dramatic verve

     —JAKE COLE, Slant Magazine