Dragon Lord

Dragon Lord (also known as Dragon Strike, ) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring and directed by Jackie Chan, who also wrote the screenplay with Edward Tang and Barry Wong. It was originally supposed to be a sequel to The Young Master and even had the name Young Master in Love until it was changed to Dragon Lord. The film was experimented by Chan with various elaborate stunt action sequences in a period setting, serving as a transition between Chan's earlier kung fu comedy period films (such as Drunken Master and The Young Master) and his later stunt-oriented modern action films (such as Project A and Police Story). Plot Dragon (Jackie Chan) is the son of a Chinese aristocrat who is always getting in trouble, and likes to skip his lessons. Dragon tries to send a love note to the girl he likes via a kite, but the kite gets away. Dragon tries to get the kite and letter back which have landed on the roof of the headquarters of a gang of thieves who are planning to steal artifacts from the towns temple. Dragon interferes with the gang’s plans and is forced to fight off the gang. Cast Jackie Chan – Dragon Ho / Lung Mars – Cowboy Chin Hwang In-Shik – The Big Boss Tien Feng – Dragon's Father Paul Chang – Chin's Father Wai-Man Chan – Tiger (as Hui-Min Chen) Fung Hak-on – The Killer King (as Ke-An Fung) Kang-Yeh Cheng – Ah Dee Fung Feng – The Referee Kang Ho – The Reteree Kam-kwong Ho – The Commentator Pak-kwong Ho – Spectator Yeong-mun Kwon – The Hatchetman (as Kuen Wing-Man) Lei Suet – Alice (as Sidney Yim) Corey Yuen – Lu Chen gang member Mang Hoi – Lu Chen gang member Alan Chui Chung-San - Lu Chen gang member Yuan-li Wu – The Matchmaker (as Yuen-Yee Ny) Yan Tsan Tang – Smuggler Po Tai – Ah Dum Pao (as Tai Do) Clement Yip – Thug Benny Lai – Braves' team player Johnny Cheung – Smuggler Production Dragon Lord went over budget and took twice as long to shoot as was originally planned due to Chan's many retakes of shots to get them exactly as he wanted them. One scene in the film is reputed to have taken 2900 takes to complete, although sources disagree on whether the scene in question is the opening scene involving a human pyramid or a sequence depicting a Jianzi game.