In South Korea, it was the top-grossing foreign film of 1987, with 208,462 ticket sales, equivalent to an estimated в‚©729,617,000 ( US$886,999). In Japan, the film grossed ВҐ1.36 billion ( US$9.4 million). It was the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong at the time. The film was released in Hong Kong on 21 January 1987. Release ДЄrmour of God was released in Japan in mid-1986, specifically on 16 August 1986. For the shot of him jumping off the cliff, the crew rigged him up to a wire as he had no experience of BASE jumping. While shooting the hot-air balloon jump, Chan skydived out of a plane and landed on top of the balloon instead of jumping off a cliff as is seen in the film. Footage of the accident is shown during the film's ending credits. Chan replaced Eric Tsang as director following the accident. As a result, he now has a permanent hole in his head filled with a plastic plug and slight hearing loss in his right ear. Chan was flown to the hospital and was in surgery eight hours later. His head hit a rock, cracking his skull and forcing a piece of bone up into his brain. On his second attempt, the branch broke and he fell 5 metres to the ground below. The first take went as planned, but Chan insisted on re-shooting the scene. During filming of the opening sequence, one scene called for Jackie Chan to jump from a wall to a tree branch. Filming was also undertaken in Graz, Austria, France, Spain and Morocco. Boris Gregoric as Jackie's representative at the auctionДЄrmour of God was filmed on location in parts of what was then Yugoslavia: Zagreb ( Dolac Central Market), Upper town, Trnje (near the then-unfinished building of Croatian Radio Television), Croatia, and Predjama Castle near Postojna, Slovenia.Robert O'Brien as the African witch doctor.Ken Boyle as Grand Wizard, the leader of the evil religious cult.BoЕѕidar SmiljaniД‡ as Count Bannon, May's father.Rosamund Kwan as Lorelei, Alan's girlfriend and a former member of the Losers who is a prominent fashion designer.Lola Forner as May Bannon, the daughter of a powerful European Count.Alan Tam as Alan, a former member of The Losers who has moved on to a successful solo career.'Asian Hawk', a common treasure hunter and former member of the pop group 'The Losers' (an allusion to '70s Cantopop band The Wynners) In a daring move, Jackie does a base jump off the cave and lands on top of the balloon, ending the movie. He runs out of a cave and spots a hot-air balloon with Alan, Lorelei, and May aboard. After a couple of bluffs, he carelessly lights up the fuse and throws away the sticks of dynamite, running for his life as the monastery quickly begins to cave in, burying the entire cult and the Armour of God. Jackie is then surrounded by the rest of the Grand Wizard's men, but he reveals a vest filled with sticks of dynamite under his jacket, threatening to blow himself up with the monastery. Exploiting their high-heeled shoes as their weakness, Jackie defeats the assassins in a gruelling fight. Before he gets a chance to take the armour, he encounters the Grand Wizard, who unleashes his four female assassins on the adventurer. As Alan and Lorelei make their escape, Jackie fends off against the cult members before discovering the Armour of God in a cave.

Jackie sneaks back to the monastery and rescues his friends. At May's rest home, Lorelei drugs Alan and has him steal the three armour pieces. They infiltrate the hideout and secretly rescue Lorelei, unaware that the cult leaders have anticipated their arrival and brainwashed her to do their bidding.

Jackie, Alan and May travel into Yugoslavia to find the cult's monastery. Jackie and Alan strike a deal with Count Bannon, who is in possession of the three armour pieces: they will borrow the armour pieces for their quest to rescue Lorelei with a promise to complete the armour for the Count, on the condition that May accompanies them. The cult possesses two pieces of a legendary armour called the ' Armour of God', and they intend to have Jackie bring them the three remaining armour pieces, including the sword. He is reunited with his former bandmate Alan, who seeks his help as his girlfriend Lorelei has been kidnapped by an evil religious cult as a means of acquiring Jackie's services. After successfully stealing a sword from an African tribe, he has the weapon auctioned before it is won by May Bannon, the beautiful daughter of Count Bannon. 'Asian Hawk', is a former musician who becomes an adventurer and treasure hunter.

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