While on dispatch in Australia to extradite a drug courier, a tough Hong Kong cop wages a one-man war against Sydney's most powerful kingpin.While on dispatch in Australia to extradite a drug courier, a tough Hong Kong cop wages a one-man war against Sydney's most powerful kingpin.While on dispatch in Australia to extradite a drug courier, a tough Hong Kong cop wages a one-man war against Sydney's most powerful kingpin.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Caroline Thorne
- (as Ros Spiers)
- Win Chan
- (as Hung Kam Po)
- Charles
- (as John Orschik)
- Martial Arts Heavy
- (as Geoff Brown)
- Martial Arts Heavy
- (as Brian Trenchard Smith)
- Directors
- Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Jimmy Wang Yu(Hong Kong version)
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the final fight, George Lazenby did the stunt where his character catches fire and goes on fighting himself - only for it to go wrong when he was unable to get his burning jacket off. The take of him struggling is kept in the movie. Lazenby received minor burns to his arm from doing this stunt.
- GoofsAt 56 minutes, Jimmy Wang Yu (Jimmy Wang Yu) climbs through a window that has a vertical opening when shot from outside as he enters the window. When shot from inside as he comes inside, the window has a horizontal opening.
- Quotes
[Grosse is worried about Fang's impending interrogation of Chan]
Bob Taylor: Now look, don't worry - he's in good hands.
[Fang throws Chan into the interrogation room]
Morrie Grosse: Hey, hey, hey... hey! I don't mean to be rude, man, but no torture, no thumbscrews - this is Australia. We're not allowed to get into that sort of thing, mate.
Inspector Fang Sing Leng: He's a Chinese, I'm a Chinese. Don't worry!
- Alternate versionsThe UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to edit assorted fatal blows including groin kicks.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stunt Rock (1978)
- SoundtracksSky High
Performed by Jigsaw
Composed by Clive Scott (as Scott) and Des Dyer (as Dyer)
Arranged by Richard Hewson
Wang Yu plays Hong Kong police inspector Fang Sing Leng, who travels to Australia to extradite a drug dealer (Sammo Hung). When the criminal is assassinated, Fang Sing Leng investigates, suspecting the involvement of Sydney crime-lord Jack Wilton (Lazenby).
What follows is a succession of silly escapades for the fish-out-of-water renegade cop, including lots of punch ups (choreographed by Sammo Hung, but not his best work) and vehicular stunts (of the sort that always end up with a car crashing and immediately bursting into flames). The silly ending sees Fang Sing Leng hang-gliding onto the roof of Wilton's penthouse, abseiling down the side of the building and smashing his way in through the window, where he takes on the machine-gun toting villain. The HK cop gets a full confession and blows the penthouse (and its owner) sky high, to the amusement of his Aussie counterparts.
Best scene: Fang Sing Leng's bloody fight against numerous martial artists (after which our hero gets his wounds patched up by a country vet and thanks the helpful fellow by screwing his tasty daughter).
5.5/10, generously rounded up to 6 for IMDb.
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- Apr 9, 2019
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- Dragon Flies
- Filming locations
- Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Australia(kite flyers' park)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- A$535,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $684
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1