Agreement:76% of 52 voters agree with Roger Judd, Jr.'s reviews Gender: Male Age: 48 Location: Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Bio: I grew up watching martial arts movies in the 70's.Practised Taekwon-Do (ITF) from 71 to 83.Also trained with friends in Shotokan Karate,Hapkido,Tang Soo Do and some Chinese styles.Martial arts movies are my favourite hobby & I own over 4000.Favourite actors:Bruce Lee,Hwang Jang Lee,John Liu,Jimmy Wang Yu,Cheng Pei Pei,Shih Szu,Tan Tao Liang,Chen Kuan Tai,Lo Lieh,Ti Lung,Leung Kar Yan,Venoms + more!Not crazy about modern KF movies. Always ready to trade movies with KF fans. r.judd@videotron.ca
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Iron Bodyguard (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure This is an epic movie. I always like Chen Kuan Tai, and that's why I give it a 3½*. If not for him, overall a 3* at best because the movie (patriotic type) drags and there are not enough fights. Even the finale is not great because CKT's opponent is simply not good enough. CKT does very well in his fight scenes, both hand to hand and with the sword, deserving a 4½*. Yueh Hua is way under used and I did not like the faith of his character and did not like the ending. Also the use of rifles on two occasions takes a bit away from the martial arts. Great Shaw sets as usual. I waited long to put my hand on this title and and it left me disappointed. I was expecting more. CKT's fans will like it, but will wish there were more fights.
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should be rated higher than 3 and half stars- this is an all time classic fu film.
The Supreme Swordsman (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Too much flying wire work--almost super powers. Never really liked those. In the 1980's Shaw started to overuse spectacular unrealistic wireworks. Some love it, some don't. I don't mind jumping over fences, on top of roofs to escape, etc... But when you start flying in sitting position like a whirlwind or making mutiple back flips 30 feet backward and coming back with a boomerang effect, you lose me! Jason Pai Piao plays the villain collecting swords from the swordsmen he kills to open his House of 100 Swords. Ku Feng is a famous swords maker; and Derek Yee, his son, is the young hero. Overall the storyline is okay and the fights (take away the ridiculous flying) are alright. The ending is....I won't tell you, but is a bit "stretched". Mostly recommended for those who enjoy super powers and flying like Superman.
Long Road To Gallantry (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure The fights are sped-up and there's way too much use of wires and flying. Enough action though. Some comedy. When they stay on the ground, the fight scenes are alright. Pretty Kara Hui Ying-Yung gives a good performance, but I liked her more in "My Young Auntie". Chen Kuan Tai is much older here and does okay. Pretty lame storyline. Definitely not old school genre. If you like wired kung fu, you'll most likely like it more than I did.
Pursuit Of Vengeance (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Not Ti Lung's best. I love him but I could not rate this higher. The second part of the movie is so-so with too much comedy/humour and I hated the end. The action is alright, above average, but nothing commemorable. Lo Lieh plays a secondary role and is a good guy. Worth watching once.
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never seen the film huh? Well I highly recommend this film. Trust me you'll like it!
My Rebellious Son (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Well, if you like comedy/kung fu movies, you may consider it a 4*. But I am more into the martial arts quality and quantity in the movies I watch and like. The fight scenes are good not great. Maybe the last 10-minute finale is better. Not enough fights. Alex Fu Sheng is his usual clowny self with some good kung fu action. But the movie drags here and there. The European fighters are a joke (but this is kung fu mixed with comedy). Ku Feng is Fu Sheng's dad and his role is more comedy than action. Not my favourite from Fu Sheng. Interesting extra on the [HK DVD by IVL] about Fu Sheng's life with comments from his wife.
The Silent Swordsman (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Not a great swordlay movie. Early 1967 Shaw so the action is often slow and way too much choreographed (you can guess the moves). Young Chang Yi is not very convincing in his leader role. He does get better through the years! The storyline goes everywhere: politics, love, patriotism, history, some musical singing scenes. Too many ingredients that don't always mix well if not well directed. Great Shaw sets and costumes. I've seen much worse but overall this is a very average movie, even boring sometimes. The finale is nothing to make you jump from your seat. Very close to a 2½*. Only recommended to die hard Chang Yi fans who woud like to see him in his early age.
Ma Su Chen (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure 3 stars because I love Jimmy Wang Yu. But that's it! The fights are average, JWY using his typical unorthodox style. Not really one of his best movies, but most of his fans should like it enough.
Sun Dragon (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Probably Billy Chong's best movie (the other decent one being "Fistful of Talons"), although he was never a big star in my book. It is an old school revenge story and the action is pretty good--kicks and hand techniques. Awful dubbing, but it's not the first movie like it! Overall, not a bad way to spend your martial arts movie evening! And if you like it, watch "Fistful of Talons". But you can forget about Chong's other movies.
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I think Superpower is Billy's best, followed by Fist Full of Talons and then Crystal Fist. It's just my opinion but I didn't think was as good as you did.
I do agree with you about the action in this movie being pretty good. However, this is not Billy Chong's best movie. I think Cyrstal Fist is some of his best work. As far as a much better film, Fist full of Talons is also a much better film.
Kung Fu Hustle (product link) Comedy / Action/Adventure This is just a comedy/parody of martial arts movies. My guess is that you will either love it or hate it. I hated it! Way too cartoonish for my tastes.
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I totally agree. I don't understand the fascination with the unbelievably annoying Chow, and this movie was just plain awful
You have to see some Stephen Chow movies before this one. He's a clown, but he loves his kung fu. I agree it's over-done in parts, but if you are at all into the supernatural powers and skills in kung fu movies, you'll like it.
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