Armour of God(Movie, 1986)

Armour of God (Chinese: 龍兄虎弟) is a 1986 Hong Kong action-comedy written and directed by Jackie Chan, who also starred in the film in the lead role. The film co-stars Alan Tam, Lola Forner and Rosamund Kwan. The film combines Chan's martial arts, comedy and stunts with an Indiana Jones style adventure film theme and thus is deemed a cult classic. Chan came the closest he had ever been to death in this film during a relatively routine stunt; he leaped onto a tree from a ledge, but the branch he grabbed snapped, sending Chan plummeting and cracking his skull. The film was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time, grossing an estimated US$16,300,000 (equivalent to $44,000,000 in 2022) at the box office in Asia and Europe. It was followed by the sequel Armour of God II: Operation Condor in 1991. It also inspired several other action-adventure films star... ()