I cant believe how many people have NOT heard of this film. If you enjoy martial art films then you absalutely have to watch this film. There is a decent story line to this film and it is also full of clever humour. The thing about this movie that makes it remarkable is the choriography, ... Read review
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Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
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Advantages: Remastered, plenty of bonus material Disadvantages: Subtitled
I cant believe how many people have NOT heard of this film. If you enjoy martial art films then you absalutely have to watch this film. There is a decent story line to this film and it is also full of clever humour. The thing about this movie that makes it remarkable is the choriography, only Jackie Chan has ever come close to matching it. Put that along side superb camera work, excellent editing and the four most talented martial artists you have ... more
I cant believe how many people have NOT heard of this film. If you enjoy martial art films then you absalutely have to watch this film. There is a decent story line to this film and it is also full of clever humour. The thing about this movie that makes it remarkable is the choriography, only Jackie Chan has ever come close to matching it. Put that along side superb camera work, excellent editing and the four most talented martial artists you have ever seen on the big screen and you will soon realise why this ground breaking (1993) classic has made cult status in the asian world of cinema. The film is subtitled but please dont let this put you off.
Advantages: Great Fight scenes Disadvantages: Slight poor dubbing
This is one of the best in martial arts titles. The story line is compelling as our the charecters in thh movie.
Thsis film is perfect for anyone who is martial arts fan espically those who practice Wing Chun Kung Fu as the film is based on the combat. Yuen Bio is espicially good as he plays the role of a rich fighter who has his fights fixed so not to get hurt, he goes under the wing of the wing chun master who teaches him the sacred art of the ...
solidgamer 26.04.2007 (11.05.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Prodigal Son (DVD)
Feature Length Audio Commentary With Bey Logan, Trailer Archive, Interview With Yuen Biao And Director Sammo Hung And Frankie Chan, Biography Showcase For Lam Ching Ying, Interview With Sifu Guy Lai With Wing Chun Demonstrations By Sifu Austin Goh, Fully Animated Themed Menus
Aspect Ratio
2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD Description
Leung Chang (Yuen Biao) is a spoiled son who thinks he is the baddest kung fu master around--until he is pounded in a fight with an effeminate Wing Chun master (Lam Ching-Ying) who plays a girl in a traveling Peking Opera troupe. Realizing that his father has been paying his opponents to lose, Leung begs to become the Wing Chun master's student. The master, however, doesn't agree to teach Leung until another spoiled son appears--a Manchu noble seeking to test his fighting skills. THE PRODIGAL SON is one of the earliest films with Yuen Biao in a lead role. The film helped Yuen, one of the most talented acrobats of his generation, attain a stardom nearly equal to that of his "brothers," Jackie Chan and director Sammo Hung. For Hung, THE PRODIGAL SON is his second film to depict the Wing Chun fighting system (the first was WARRIORS TWO); both films are considered classics in Wing Chun cinema. Hung appears in THE PRODIGAL SON as a portly master of long-form Wing Chun; in comic asides, Hung also demonstrates two new martial arts forms, calligraphy kung fu and toiletry kung fu.
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