In this goofy early martial arts comedy, Jackie Chan and his pal Mars are extremely close. They play, study, lie to their fathers, and get into trouble together. They even urinate together - no, I'm not kidding. While "draining the dragon" in a nearby creek (their words, not mine), they see a pretty girl and both want to pursue her. Thus causes the first rift in their long friendship, and they get pretty nasty about trying to sabotage each other.
Even more memorable than their pursuit of the same girl are the lengthy group sports sequences. The film starts off with a relay-capture-the-flag-type of event with hundreds of men trying to transport a pseudo-football to their corner of the field. It's intense! There's also another pseudo-soccer game that makes you tired just to watch the players. This film feels very much like a time capsule of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s. Poofy hair, silly gimmicks, and an overall feeling of "we made kung fu movies last decade, so let's have a little fun now" to it. This won't be the best movie you'll ever watch, but if you like Jackie Chan, you can check it out - especially since he co-wrote and directed it.
Even more memorable than their pursuit of the same girl are the lengthy group sports sequences. The film starts off with a relay-capture-the-flag-type of event with hundreds of men trying to transport a pseudo-football to their corner of the field. It's intense! There's also another pseudo-soccer game that makes you tired just to watch the players. This film feels very much like a time capsule of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s. Poofy hair, silly gimmicks, and an overall feeling of "we made kung fu movies last decade, so let's have a little fun now" to it. This won't be the best movie you'll ever watch, but if you like Jackie Chan, you can check it out - especially since he co-wrote and directed it.