Hi, my name's Matt and I'm at uni at the moment in sunny Northampton!
I'm studying Product Design, ...
Hi, my name's Matt and I'm at uni at the moment in sunny Northampton!
I'm studying Product Design, I'm 20 and I think that's about it.
I hope you enjoy my reviews :-)
Member since:27.10.2009
Reviews:3
I watched this movie as a recommendation from a friend. - And I'm glad I did. This is one of Jackie Chans' first films and helped hurtle him into stardom. Don't be put off by my special effects rating, a good martial arts film doesn't need them!
The choreography is outstanding and carries the film from start to finish. The story is of a young unruly martial arts student (Jackie) who is forced by his father to leave town to train with a legendary master (Begger Shu) who is said to be the toughest of all, feared by new apprentices'. The young Jackie later discovers the legend is all but an old drunk. He dismisses him, until later through a funny and riveting series of events their paths meet again. As the film continues, Jackie's character, Wong Fei-Hung, is taught 'drunken Kung Fu'. In the mean time it is revealed an assassin has been sent after Wongs' father.
I think it is plain to see that this is soley a martial arts movie; the story there perhaps to justify a comical and ingenious action sequence that occurs every few minutes. The musical score, costume and set design is brilliant and really throws you into the scenery surrounding you in the Chinese culture.
All in all a brilliant family comedy with excellent choreography and minimised action scene editing, allowing wonderfully flowing, full on scenes.
I would definitely recommend this to a martial arts film lover.
Martial Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Bruce Lee, Sho Kosugi, James Ryan, Jim Kelly, Jimmy Wang Yu, Bolo Yeung, Christopher Lee
Production Year: 2002 - Martial Arts - Director: Yimou Zhang - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Martial Arts - Director: Prachya Pinkaew - Original Language: English\Vietnamese\Thai\Mandarin - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Tony Jaa, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Petchtai Wongkamlao
Wong Fei Hung (Jackie Chan) is sent to train under his uncle a wine-guzzling master ... more
famous for crippling his students. Desperate to escape this brutal teacher's cruel regime he flees but is confronted humiliated and beaten senseless by a hired assa...
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Advantages: Who would have though alcohol makes you stronger????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Disadvantages: Fight scenes too fast.........could even be an advantage???????!!!!!!!
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