- Actors: Biao Yuen, Ma Wu, Wah Yuen, Tarek Boschko, Sheila Chan
- Directors: Ma Wu
- Writers: Man-Choy Lee
- Producers: Biao Yuen
- Format: PAL
- Region: All Regions
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Ground Zero
- DVD Release Date: 21 Oct 2002
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B00006JY1H
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 137,937 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Originally released as Kickboxer this Ddv is now part of the Wutang Clan collection of KF dvds from Ground Zero.
It follows the exploits of Lau Zhai who, as a student of Wong Fei Hung gets inadvertantly involved in drug smuggling and murder.
It is nice to see that Yuen Biao can still bust a move and the film contains some very nicely choreographed fight scenes that feature very little wirework ,which was a change for a movie made in 1993. Look out for some nice performances from Yen Shi Kwan as a policeman and Yuen Wah as the "Mr Big" of the piece.
Both he and Yuen Biao go toe to toe yet again in a nice final confrontation.
Now for the down side. Not a good transfer. From a VHS no doubt and the usual badly dubbed soundtrack from the same two blokes who dubbed every other kf film in existence.
Where this DVD gets 5 stars is on the extras front. It features an excellent audio commentary from HK stunt man and Hung Kuen instructor Mark Houghton. In it he discusses the story behind this and other MA films and gives an insight to what is is like being a Gweilo working in the HK film industry. He also gives some interesting information about Lau Kar Leung, Sammo, Jackie Chan and others.It is very good and is not all sweetness and light and many viewers will no doubt disagree with him. But then again he is there working in the industry and we are not. Also featured are an interview with Yuen Biao (previously seen Eastern Heroes stuff), a Peking Opera performance, Day in the Life of Yuen Biao feature (definitely from the '80s judging by the dodgy clothes and hairstyles)and a Yuen Biao photo gallery.
Then you have a fight choreography piece featuring RZA from the Wutang Clan going one on one with Chi Kwan Chun being directed by Robert Tai.It also features a Wutang Clan video (which is not much cop).
The icing on the cake comes in the form of a Hung Gar demo wihich features Tiger Form, 6 1/2 point pole form and Iron wire form all performed by Jim Uglow and members of the British Hung Kuen Association with introductions by Mark Houghton. As a Chinese Martial Arts practitioner I found this very interesting.
Well worth the money for the extras alone. I beleive this title is deleted. If you can get your hands on a copy buy it without delay.
It follows the exploits of Lau Zhai who, as a student of Wong Fei Hung gets inadvertantly involved in drug smuggling and murder.
It is nice to see that Yuen Biao can still bust a move and the film contains some very nicely choreographed fight scenes that feature very little wirework ,which was a change for a movie made in 1993. Look out for some nice performances from Yen Shi Kwan as a policeman and Yuen Wah as the "Mr Big" of the piece.
Both he and Yuen Biao go toe to toe yet again in a nice final confrontation.
Now for the down side. Not a good transfer. From a VHS no doubt and the usual badly dubbed soundtrack from the same two blokes who dubbed every other kf film in existence.
Where this DVD gets 5 stars is on the extras front. It features an excellent audio commentary from HK stunt man and Hung Kuen instructor Mark Houghton. In it he discusses the story behind this and other MA films and gives an insight to what is is like being a Gweilo working in the HK film industry. He also gives some interesting information about Lau Kar Leung, Sammo, Jackie Chan and others.It is very good and is not all sweetness and light and many viewers will no doubt disagree with him. But then again he is there working in the industry and we are not. Also featured are an interview with Yuen Biao (previously seen Eastern Heroes stuff), a Peking Opera performance, Day in the Life of Yuen Biao feature (definitely from the '80s judging by the dodgy clothes and hairstyles)and a Yuen Biao photo gallery.
Then you have a fight choreography piece featuring RZA from the Wutang Clan going one on one with Chi Kwan Chun being directed by Robert Tai.It also features a Wutang Clan video (which is not much cop).
The icing on the cake comes in the form of a Hung Gar demo wihich features Tiger Form, 6 1/2 point pole form and Iron wire form all performed by Jim Uglow and members of the British Hung Kuen Association with introductions by Mark Houghton. As a Chinese Martial Arts practitioner I found this very interesting.
Well worth the money for the extras alone. I beleive this title is deleted. If you can get your hands on a copy buy it without delay.
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Sorry about your experience, BJ
19 Sep 2001
I have the Mandarin language version, and it is terrific. Never, ever buy an English-dubbed Hong Kong movie!!
Even though I owned the "Fist of Legend" (Jet Li) DVD, I also purchased a VHS copy because it was in Cantonese. What a world of difference in the translation. It's so much better that I don't mind sacrificing the picture quality.
You just have to know where to find the original language versions on the internet when Amazon doesn't carry them. ....
Worst dubbing award
14 Jun 2000
It's too bad that no one sells the cantonese version of this movie because it appears to be a very solid movie that has some excellent even above par fights from Yuen Woo-Ping with the best stuff I have ever seen Yuen Biao do.Unfortunatley the dubbing shoots this one dead and turns it in to a comedical act,no joke I guarantee that you have never heard a worse dubbed movie than this one, not even in the Wu-Tang series.The dubbing seems to be done by a bunch of college students sitting in a basement saying what they think would be funny at any given moment,and to make it worse they forgot to remove the subtitles so you know they are making fun of it,for example in the beggining some chinese guys are counting on an abacus and say "so who do you want to bet on the Suns or the Lakers?"Then there are a couple voices obviously dubbed by a black guy who crack such remarks in the movie as "Slow your roll"and"don't move or I'll smoke everyone in here foo".And Yuen Biao calls some one "dude" and gets drunk and starts singing "sweet Chariot",I mean this is a 1800's period piece ,come on.But like I said the fights ae some excellent Yuen Woo-Ping stuff and this movie would probably be 5-stars in cantonese.To end this fiasco someone please call Yuen Woo-Ping and tell him some punk kids got a hold of his movie...
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