Kung Fu Theater
Kung Fu Theater: The Duel (1971)
By The Marksman at July 18, 2011 | 8:33 am | 0 Comment
In the early 1900’s Shanghai mob bosses and corrupt politicians were vying for power while women are forced into prostitution and mobs of gangsters were involved in fights to the deathl. On the eve of his retirement, a crime boss (Yang Chih-ching) is killed during a raid by rival gang members and his son, Ren Jie (Ti Lung), goes into exile. About a year later Ren more...
Kung Fu Theater: Shaolin Temple Strikes Back Review (1972)
By Greg Dragon at May 10, 2011 | 2:25 pm | 0 Comment
If there’s any movie to exemplify the honor and selflessness of the Shaolin monks it would be Shaolin Temple Strikes Back. In this epic, monk Ce Ling starts off as a humble warrior whose job it is to protect an 11 yr old princess from the Manchu horde. When the Manchus kill her father and slaughter his kingdom, they attempt to kidnap her in order to force her hand more...
Kung Fu Theater: Seven Steps Of Kung Fu (1979)
By Greg Dragon at April 19, 2011 | 10:22 pm | 0 Comment
Before I go into the review of this film I must preface by saying that this movie has hands-down some of the best kung fu sequences I have ever seen. The choreography is ridiculous and the fights, especially the ones later on in the movie are intense. Chang Shan is a master but Chang Tin Chee is equally impressive as the two protagonists drop knees on the more...
Kung-Fu Theater: OL’ Dirty Kung Fu (1978)
By The Marksman at March 11, 2011 | 9:35 am | 0 Comment
The movie starts out with a guy planning to take his own life by hanging himself, suddenly he gets hit with something. A bum/beggar falls out of a nearby tree, and was the person who hit the suicidal man with something. The suicidal man explains that a man is forcing his daughter into marriage and he can't live with himself because he failed to prevent more...
Kung-Fu Theater: Master With Cracked Fingers Review (1977)
By The Marksman at January 6, 2011 | 6:45 am | 0 Comment
An inquisitive young child Chan Yuan Lung (Jackie Chan) wants to learn kung fu but does not have the money to pay for lessons. He finds a willing teacher in the form of a lowly beggar (the great Simon Yuen Siu-tien in his signature role), known as "The Man Who Isn't There," who is also a martial arts master. After several years of instruction, Chan has become quite more...
Kung Fu Theater: Shaolin Invincible Sticks Review (1979)
By The Marksman at December 15, 2010 | 11:45 am | 0 Comment
Shaolin Invincible sticks is about a school of stick fighters, and one fighter on the warpath in an effort to destroy all rival stick fighters. Lu Tai-yeh and his accomplices are the antagonists in this film, and start by challenging the Chen Stick Fighting School. Chen Ku-yung who is raised by three uncles after he inherited the Chen School when his father more...
Kung-Fu Theater: Seven Blows of the Dragon (1972)
By The Marksman at November 5, 2010 | 12:42 pm | 2 Comments
Seven Blows of the Dragon was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studios, it tells the tale of 108 rebels who defended 12th Century China from Sung invaders. Based on the classic Chinese novel The Water Margin, this is one adaptation of a literary cultural milestone that is about as far from stodgy and stolid as it can possibly get. In 11th century China, the corrupt more...
Kung Fu Theater: The Master (1980)
By The Marksman at September 20, 2010 | 12:01 pm | 0 Comment
By: Mark Pollard Gao Jian (Yuen Tak) is a low-ranking kung fu student frequently bullied whose fortunes change when he begins training with a wounded kung fu expert (Chen Kuan-tai) hiding from the ‘Three Devils.’ Forced to leave his school, Gao returns a year later to get revenge for the kung fu expert’s death at the hands of the Three Devils and to more...
Kung Fu Theater: Invincible Armor (1977)
By The Marksman at August 3, 2010 | 6:52 am | 0 Comment
Invincible Armor is another movie brought to us by the Shaw Brothers, and is one of the best movies of this genre. What makes invincible armor great is the simple idea; you have an invincible fighter who has one week spot which has to be found by his opponents. The fact that they had to discover the weak spot made for an entertaining last battle, I would recommend more...
Kung Fu Theater: Two Champions of Shaolin (Aka – Two Champions of Death) Review (1978)
By The Marksman at June 29, 2010 | 7:33 am | 0 Comment
The movie starts out with Chi-San telling Tung Chien-Chen that he has taught him all he can, and that he is ready to leave the Shaolin temple. He gives him one warning that he must avoid getting into fights, but Chien-Chen tells him he must avenge his families death, his master tells him he must wait on the correct time to go after the Manchu’s. Master Chi-San more...
