Fearless Hyena

UPC: 043396071728

Studio: Columbia TriStar

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:null

Summary: Jackie Chan's first directorial assignment is a showcase for its courageous star, whose considerable reputation rests on his near-masochistic willingness to accept incredible amounts of physical punishment in order to entertain an audience, and, as the title suggests, his ability to laugh about it. Chan plays Shing Lung, a talented but lazy young fighter who disobeys his grandfather's orders not to fight. This proves costly, as the brutal General Yen (Yam Sai-kwoon) is slaughtering all of Shing's grandfather's anti-Ching clan. As soon as Yen hears of Shing's unique fighting style, he hunts down the grandfather (James Tien) and kills him. Shing has to take various jobs (including one as a second-hand coffin salesman) and disguise himself as a pauper and a woman until he is ready to fight the general. Chan Hui-lau plays the crippled master known as the Unicorn, who trains Shing in a deadly form of fighting called "emotional kung-fu," which uses laughter and tears as secret weapons. After a lengthy training sequence in which the long-suffering Chan does 14 sit-ups upside-down without a cut while loudly slamming his back into a tree after each, Shing finally takes on the general and his trio of assistants. For this film, Chan returned to producer Lo Wei's studio to fulfill a contract, then refused to work for the studio again. The producer managed to cobble together a paste-up sequel, Fearless Hyena 2, but was so incensed at Chan that he reportedly used his triad ties to put out a contract on the star, forcing Chan to work in Taiwan for some time rather than returning to Hong Kong. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Category: Action

Features: Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video
Presented in a widescreen version
Languages: English, Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Interactive menus
Theatrical trailers
Scene selections

Fearless Hyena

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 09/18/2001

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 94 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [4:30]
2. Shing Lung [2:34]
3. Grandpa the toyseller [:25]
4. "Place your bets." [2:13]
5. "Return the money!" [4:26]
6. Wine for Grandpa [1:19]
7. Training with Shing Lung [4:24]
8. The Coffin Maker [3:53]
9. Three fans [1:43]
10. Business proposal [2:18]
11. SSS school [:50]
12. Business calls [1:47]
13. Brothel bodyguard fight [5:27]
14. The Swordfighter [8:06]
15. The Sex Maniac [4:47]
16. Shing Lung's will [:55]
17. Three in a row [2:16]
18. Seeking Grandpa [1:20]
19. Yen vs. Grandpa [1:35]
20. The Unicorn [3:05]
21. Dueling chopsticks [2:30]
22. Training with the Unicorn [1:47]
23. Adjusting to circumstances [4:52]
24. Shing Lung vs. Yen I [6:05]
25. A new technique [6:07]
26. Three against one [2:19]
27. Shing Lung vs. Yen II [5:29]
28. Victorious [2:26]

Cast and Crew: Lo Wei  Actor 
Chan Hui-lau  Actor 
James Tien  Actor 
Yam Sai-Kun  Actor 
Jackie Chan  Director 
Jackie Chan  Actor 

Country: Hong Kong