offkilter-2 There are certain words that trigger an instant interest in a movie. Spellbinding, Magical, Mysterious, Edge-of-your-seat-action, Kick-ASS. This movie is none of those things. What it is, however, is the greatest combination of complete amateur cinematography, 1970's automobiles and a collection of statesmen from across vast time periods. All of these things come together to ward off the advances of the Japanese. The Japanese do not make an appearance in this movie, but the Japanese are expensive and the budget for this movie could have been spent entirely in a dollar store (if they existed in the 70's) and the leftover failures from a demolition derby. This movie was all that is fantastic about action movies and China. The heart-wrenching end (I should have put that in the list above) was probably the most distressing thing I have ever seen, knowing the reappearance of these characters will be unlikely. Alas, there are no words that can summarize this movie. If I say "bad" people will say it's a bad movie. Which is certainly is not. If I say "good" people will expect something well done, and Fantasy Mission Force is anything but that. The only thing I can say is watch it. From beginning to end. Do not stop, do not look back or rewind looking for answers. Watch it from beginning to end and all will be made clear.

CitizenCaine This is not really a Jackie Chan movie; because, Chan is only a minor character in it and appears briefly. A group of mercenaries is supposedly trying to rescue a group of generals being held captive by Japanese soldiers during World War II. There is another group though that's after the generals, so the mercenaries have to contend with that group as well as the Japanese. Along the way, they also run into a collection of weirdos, including vampires, ghosts, and even Amazon women. You know the quality of any movie is in doubt when Amazon women characters appear. It's always a lame attempt to corral the male audience's attention. The action is laughable in this movie and so are the effects. The soundtrack was stolen from several American movies of the time, which means this was a very low budget film. By the time that the end of the movie arrives, so many characters have died that you really don't care anymore. This is easily one of the top five worst movies that Jackie Chan has ever appeared in. 1/2 star of 4.

Jittersx4 Well i bought the "Fantasy Mission Force" in the Jackie Chan triple punch pack for about 6 bucks and I tell you what, I did not have a clue what I was in for with this movie. First off there is no real plot there is everything from Jungle women and Nazi's to Abe Lincoln and Haunted Mansions. Then Jackie Chan is barely in the film, maybe for a good 10 minutes at the most. When I finally finished the movie all I could say was "Wow" I had no clue what I had just seen. A bad dream? A hallucination? I don't know, the best thing this movie is for is a good laugh because thats all I did. The description on the back of the movie box says "Fantasy Mission Force"-"Japan is trying to take over the world and during an attack on the Chinese forces, the Japanese capture four Western Generals. Fearing that if this news were to reach their troops it would affect their morale greatly, a force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effort with the promise of gold and pardons of past crimes." Well I guess thats what its supposed to be about but this is the Weirdest movie I have ever seen,ever.

ddd3 It seems like a lifetime ago that I used to go around car boot sales looking for interesting 'stuff'. Kung-fu movies were always a real find. Often they were obvious boots, this one looks like a boot, but appears to be an original. Some guy called Jacky Chan appears in it according to the label.Now a whole lot of early 'kung-fu' films were really weird, but nothing I had seen before could ever have prepared me for this! There are 37 other reviews here that explain the intricacies of the non-existent plot so I shan't bother (Actually it's not so much non-existent as existing in a whole other dimension), suffice to say, if you are ever attacked by a kung-fu Amazon, this is the film that shows you the ONLY way in which she can be defeated! If you like martial arts movies, don't rush out for this one just yet. Did you enjoy 'Kung fu - Headcrusher'? You're on your way. Do you like The Prisoner, Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky), The Strange World of Gurney Slade, and No Soap Radio? Then there's hope for you. How about pre-Python weirdness like Twice a fortnight?Then, my child, you are ready.Insert media, open mind, watch and enjoy... And welcome to the world of the more-than-normal.