“Dragon Lord” is one of those old-fashioned martial arts films and it’s an early Jackie Chan (“Project A”, “Rush Hour”) picture. Although it doesn’t feature the most interesting characters or plot, the stunt work is amazingly creative.

“Dragon Lord” doesn’t really have a plot as such, all you need to know is that it manages to guide Jackie Chan through various impressive fight sequences and various other bits of well-choreographed stunt work. There’s something to do with a girl and something else about stealing Chinese artefacts but you’ll be to engrossed in all the stunts to really care about any of it.

Jackie Chan is physically amazing here. The stunts involving a sports scene where he is basically playing football with a shuttlecock are really creative and I haven’t really seen him do that before. The fight sequences are great too as we see Chan take a severe beating and I also love a scene in which he is sneaking on top of a rooftop and has to avoid the various spears people are trying to stab him with. Chan is a great action star because he balances all this amazing stunt work with a nice guy persona; you just want to smile right back at him.

The film is said to be the first Chan film to feature his now famous outtakes during the credits so it’s a landmark in that respect. Some people may find this film a little dull because of the characters and the story but this film is really about the stunts and it certainly delivers in that respect and I think even those that aren’t the biggest Chan fans will be wowed by the shuttlecock scene. The humour while not great has a nice charm to it so I wasn’t too bored in-between the fights and the acrobatics. Overall, it’s an enjoyable kung-fu film and definitely something hard-core Chan fans should seek out.