A disagreement? With me? You’re wrong. Way wrong. You don’t know the difference between a disagreement and a hamburger. I can tell you with definite seriousness that I’ve never been in an argument. So you better rethink some things buddy and change your attitude and get yourself a good meal.
Actually I may have been in a few arguments in the past.
Is 3 Evils great? That’s a tough one. I’m gonna say almost, but not quite. I remember when I first saw it it was one of my favorites, but it’s slid down in my rankings a bit. Not that I really care about ranking these movies anymore. My list of favorite kf would be at least 200 movies long. 3 Evils does have some amazing choreography, especially in the opening fight. The actors are really flaunting their skills, Chen Kuan Tai’s confidence is off the charts. With barely any effort he beats these guys and looks cool as hell doing it. And the 3 villains that come at him are high level evil martial artists. The choreography is extremely intricate, and flawless. And a perfect use of undercranking. Maybe it is great. I don’t know.
Shaolin Kung Fu Master (1978)- a great opening to this one. Wong Goon Hung is walking over a hill. Then we see Lung Fei walking towards him. They stop, and they take a very long look at each other in silence. And the fight begins. But then it’s just a normal, good kung fu fight. A bit of a let down.
This is a sort of interesting kung fu mystery with a lot of good fights. It has a star studded cast, but Wong Tao, Chi Kuan Chun, Wong Chi Sang and Tsui Hung just have cameo fighting roles, with Wong Tao’s being the highlight. Wong Goon Hung is the leading man, Chung Wa has a non fighting role, and Tsang Chiu plays Wong Goon Hung’s sidekick. The villains are not very well known. Siu Wong Lung and Cliff Ching Ching play a big man little man duo. There’s plenty of intricate choreography in their fights and it is a highlight in their careers. Cheung Paang has a good villain role. The main villain is Chang Yi. It’s a bit of a mystery, but they don’t try to hide it. All of the bad guys are revealed early on. Chang Yi has a nice fight with Wong Goon Hung near the end of the movie and WGH gets defeated easily by snake fist. But Chang Yi lets him go. This was pretty cool I thought. We don’t know much about the villain, but now we know that he is confident, he’s a badass, he probably beats everybody easily, and he’s hoping that WGH can come back and give him a challenge. It leads to a training scene where WGH has a bunch of snakes around him, and he catches them with his hands. This is insane, and quite a thrill to watch.
The final fight is a good one, but not one that you will be rushing to watch again.
6.5/10
I got this in the Wu Tang Iron Fist pack. The picture is a pixelated mess. I found it barely watchable. If you haven’t watched many VHS tapes in your life then I doubt you’ll be able to put up with this. Luckily it’s widescreen. If I had to watch all this pixelation full screen I wouldn’t be able to do it.
I’ve never really cared much for Wong Goon-Hung (Mandarin: Wang Kuan-Hsiung). Although he was in a number of kung fu movies, I remembered him more from a number of early-80s Taiwanese gambler films. The local Vietnamese theater I frequented 30+ years ago used to show a new weekly quadruple-feature of subtitled HK/Taiwan movies with no set schedule, which meant you sometimes had to sit through romantic, gambler, gangster, horror, etc. films (some from the latter two genres were quite good) to get to the kung fu movies.
I always felt that Wong Goon-Hung lacked a certain charisma, though he seems to have been a trained martial artist. He also moved a bit stiffly, and nothing about his moves really seemed to stand out. He was the lead in Yellow Skin, which I think was filmed, at least partly, in New York City, and also featured Phillip Ko, Kwon Young-Moon, and Wang Lung-Wei. But it’s been 30 years since I saw it, and it was probably more the novelty factor than anything else. The funniest thing about Yellow Skin were some African-American gangbangers who always say “MF-er!”
I’ve also found it silly to rate kung fu movies by top-10 favorites. My favorite is Shaolin Martial Arts, but that’s open to change depending on my mood.
I need to see Yellow Skin. I like Wong, but I agree with you. Wooden actor, and I think his stiffness might come from his physique. But when he needs to he can handle the complex choreography, especially in the last 3 fights of Shaolin KF Master. And the part where he catches the snakes is crazy. I doubt your average stunt actor would try it. He must have started catching snakes when he was little. I made a top 100 fighters list on kfc, and Wong didn’t make it. But he’s definitely an honorable mention.
Hello kung fu gunman! Theres not a whole lot of kung fu fans around these parts… When you have a chance check out the Alternative top 20 thread in the Town Hall section for some good, lesser known SW recommendations watched Unbeaten 28 after hearing some hype about it on Facebook. Entertaining enough but I guess I was expecting more from it…
I took a look at that alternative 20. Lots of movies I haven’t seen there, and the ones I have are good. It’s so much fun to have a new genre to explore.
Unbeaten 28 is a pretty silly movie to hype up. I like it a lot, but Joseph Kuo’s done so much better. I watched his Dragon’s Claws recently and I loved it. I saw that you were watching Sword with the Windbell. Sounds great. I’ll recommend The Sword of Justice 1980-1981 starring Lau Seung Him. Lau Seung Him? Yeah, him. I put this one in the samurai fu category. This movie is badass.
“Don’t cut yourself off from the world that we live in. Why don’t you go out and meet some friends?”
“I only like enemies who are dead. Not friends who are living.”
Big boss of shanghai is little bit better than it`s “sistermovies” boxer from shantung and man of iron. Because of furious end fight, storyline is not so different from other two. Not over the top gore but good kung-fu.
Wild Panther- my favorite fighter Chang Shan in a starring role. From the people that made Shaolin vs Lama. This must have been a side project or something. Barely any budget, incompetent film making, and the result is some good action and a lot of wtf moments. Eagle Han Ying is great as the villain. Don Wong Tao has a large role but spends most of his time sitting in an office. Not a ton of fighting but it’s a nice showcase for Chang Shan. The best parts are the wtf moments. My favorite is a comedy scene where bad guy Ching Kuo Chung has to kill his friend at the hospital :-\
Just had this arrive today, haven’t got any of the other Shout Kung Fu sets yet but had to get this one as three of the titles only got Joy Sales/Fortune Star VCD releases in Hong Kong.
I bought that Shout factory collection myself, as well as the Angela Mao Ying Collection, and Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin. So far, all the Shout releases I’ve bought are very good quality.
I watched bloody fight, 1st hour was bit boring. Story is nothing to shout loudly about, japs bully chinese…Lots of action but not exactly interesting stuff…
Last 30 mins were whole lot better, there is some training sequences and I think end fight was pretty decent.
Just watched the new UK Hero of Shaolin DVD (aka Ninja vs. Shaolin Guards) with Lo Rei. Widescreen and good picture quality. Definitely worth picking up.
[quote=“sartana1, post:795, topic:368”]Just watched the new UK Hero of Shaolin DVD (aka Ninja vs. Shaolin Guards) with Lo Rei. Widescreen and good picture quality. Definitely worth picking up.[/quote]Cool, I was thinking of grabbing this and The Shanghai Thirteen, also The King Of Fists And Dollars with David Chiang is out next month.
Thanks for the heads up. Didn’t know about they were releasing KoF&D i have the Japanese Shamghai 13 which looks great but no English dub. Ill probably get that one too. Love that movie. One of the top 10 old school kung fu’s imo!
Just wondering. Does anyone have the Hong Kong dvd release of Stoner? The Lazenby film. I’ve been trying to get a copy for a while now. Fantastic little film.
I have the Shout factory Angela Mao Collection with Stoner, When Taekwondo Strikes and Broken Oath (Both great movies), The Himalayan (pretty good) As well as a few other not so great movies.
[quote=“Farmer_J, post:798, topic:368”]Just wondering. Does anyone have the Hong Kong dvd release of Stoner? The Lazenby film. I’ve been trying to get a copy for a while now. Fantastic little film.[/quote]Yeah, I have, love it, great fight with Angela and Whang In-sik.
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