The movie started off good. I mean, Sho and some idiot assassinating some Arabs, which turns out to be a training sequence? It was lovely. Then from there on out it's completely sucky. This is probably the most crappy and inconsistent film ever made, and I'm talking bad. It's like the evil step brother of "Plan 9 From Outer Space". The storytelling is so incoherent, it was almost impossible to sit through and follow. I got the premise that is about some terrorist group lead by a Nazi cripple with a pet monkey and some soul chick who calls herself Colonel Honey Hump that takes hostages so they can free some 7-foot wacko--but the storytelling is horrid.

"9 Deaths" does have its comical moments, I think. I'm not even sure as to whether the comedy was intentional or not. The comedy moments were shit, like when Sho fights some midgets dressed up Michael Jackson (or gangsters or whatever). Errr...that's about it.

One thing that did make me laugh so loud that I puked out my lungs was the credits at the beginning. As the title credits ensue, you'll see Sho perform his ninjitsu in a sexually suggestive form while some love song is playing. Then these ballerina dancers start prancing about (dis)gracefully. Oh my god, I wanted to die.

The action in this film wasn't any good either. It's like "Revenge Of The Ninja", only abate times 1,000,000,000,000,001. It was sloppier than hell and (by far) doesn't make up for this film's crappiness.

Another example of the film's absurdity (in a bad way) is Sho dressing up like an old man for no apparent reason as he beats up some guys. WHAT THE FUCK IS IT ALL ABOUT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!?

You know what, scratch the suicide thing. All I have to do is watch it again and I'll get some sort of telepathic infliction which will exert a brain tumor, followed by encephalitis, then my head will explode. There we go, that outta' bring the religious nut-jobs to help with banning this ass soup.

This one doubles as not only my favorite Gordon Liu movie but also as my favorite Shaw Brothers movie. I know there are so many to choose from and you think that one is the best and dude over there is all like "what about the '36th Chamber'?" Well, chill, we're talking about my favorites now, not yours. We talk about your favorites in your review, sucka.

Lau Kar Leung crafts this movie and its fight scenes with inspired perfection. Gordon Liu dishes out the goods with the jack-of-all trades fu by demonstrating that old school multiple proficiency that pretty much died in the 90's when everyone could just have a single gimmick and still get by. This movie is not only arguably Gordon Liu's best martial arts performance but also Yasuaki Kurata's as well. You have to wait all the way to the end to see Yasuaki finally get down; but when he does, HOLY SHIT, he's a fuckin' smokin' now! (Maybe, just maybe, there is one "Family Guy" fan out there who got that reference. Probably not.)

Anyhow, this film has got one of the best complilations of variety in martial arts styles and weapons put to use. The Japanese performers and characters are all straight-up bad-asses, and really Japanese, unlike many other Chinese films that used Chinese actors and portrayed the Japanese as bitch-made predatory miscreants. I'm not judging, I'm just sayin'. Well, I guess to truly complete a review for this movie I got to give up my favorite fight. Damn, there are so many to choose from, but if I had to pick one favorite I would cheat and say the entire end fight with Gordon and Yasuaki, which is basically like 3-4 fights in one. I don't mean to beat a dying horse (unless it's called for or I'm bored or something), but Mr. Kurata is so frickin' slick it's unreal. The man handles a ninja-to like he was born holding one, and his crab style is one of the dopest, slickest and most creative things I have ever seen. This movie has everything for martial arts lovers including a tough chick.

I also got to say Buddha bless Dragon Dynasty for releasing these perfectly digitally remastered fu classics with the original subtitles and dubbings while including all kinds of sweet bonuses like interviews with the legends that made these movies possible. Make sure this is in your collection. Essential and severely enjoyable.

This film deserves a tiny fraction of credibility due to one man who died after the making of this bigoted, unethical piece of Nazi trash, and that is Raul Julia. Damn, his superb acting just consummately overshadows this film's abysmal structure of stupidity. Too bad really, his very existence almost makes up for this...this ASS, but it's not enough.

Where "Street Fighter" ('94) ultimately fails is in just about everything, from its horrible action, its ridiculous pacing, suck ass acting (except Raul Julia and, for some weird reason, the Russian guy called Zangief--dude, he was funny), poor and ignorant casting--for example the casting of a Samoan to play a Japanese sumo wrestler (E. Honda is not a Samoan name, f@#$ers)--and so forth. And the list perpetuates until my head explodes.

The success of this film is the chick who played Chun Li. UGH SHE'S HOT! And that's about it.

I hate this movie and yet I continue to watch it over and over again. KILL ME, NOW!!!!!!! :)

Maybe it's me--maybe I just get sick of new movies being cranked out the butthole to only reveal the same old shit. The stories and conceptions for today's kung fu films are soooooo worn out that this could have been an unintentional remake of a movie from the 70's or 80's; but who knows, really. To be perfectly honest, I think you're just looking for any excuse to give films like this any credibility when in truth you are in a state of denial.

The kung fu action was okay. JUST OKAY! I'll always have issues with wirework unless it fits with a film's level of insanity and/or absurdity, like "Tai Chi Master" or "Iron Monkey". But with a film like "Fearless" that's supposed to be consistent and well told (HA!), no wirework is required. It does not work. As far as the movements of the actors go, it feels a bit sloppy, but overall it's...eh, nice.

Probably the main reason why I didn't like this film is because of Jet Li. He is just not a convincing bad-ass. His martial art skills are 99% consummate but his screen presence is just weak. He's just a sissy Mary. The only films I've ever liked with him were "Tai Chi Master", "Fist Of Legend", "Martial Arts Of Shaolin", and for some odd reason "My Father Is A Hero". And perhaps "Once Upon A Time In China" 1-3, only because I like Tsui Hark films.

If you liked this film, fine. I don't care. But in the words of a great reviewer: "Nothing special here." It's just another everyday ordinary kung fu movie. Whoopee-do. Now I await your inflictions with elation.

AND THE ACTING WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!

If you haven't seen this film, you need to do so ASAP, and you need it in your collection. There are a lot of references here that people still use when talking about film. It is much more than bullets-o-rama, although there is no shortage of ammo in most any John Woo film. If you look beyond the action, there is a core of highly charged emotion regarding love of family, "brothers", and loyalty to the triads. It manages to show there is more to triads than bloodthirsty guys with no personality or values. A great film!

The story went nowhere as we delve deep into the bowels of a chick called Zhang Ziyi, whose rebellious nature gets her in trouble with a crappy sword. Then she screws some bandit and starts fights. Meanwhile, Chow Yun-Fat is on a never-ending quest to find the Jade Fox and kill her to avenge his master. Yes this is the story and moronic art film lovers cry over this crap.

I've heard there was a saying pertaining to the floating scene with Zhang and Chow: "their bodies are doing what their hearts cannot." What does this mean, exactly? This is exactly why I hate art films. Nothing makes sense. Oh sure, one must figure out the complexity in order to justify its meaning, but the question remains, does one even care? I can only get psychological stuff when come to perplexities. Art is just nonsensical to me and I am an artist. An oxymoron I am and proud of it.

The action is good with Yuen Wo Ping's brilliant choreography, plus the music implemented with each fight scene with drum banging mayhem, but it doesn't save the movie because of its extremely tedious pacing.

COMPLETELY INCOHERENT AND OVERRATED!!!!!! How a film like this can be loved is beyond my comprehension. 2 stars is too kind coming from me because I can't stand art films, but regardless, the film deserves credit for the action and music. The story goes nowhere and the pacing is like turtles having sex.

If you don't have it, I would give it my highest recommendation; and if you do have it, you should probably watch it at least once every year to keep good company with a well crafted story. Thanks for the time, campers, I got to peel.

Yes, another one of those "artsy fartsy" films where people cry over this film's ridiculous cinematography and say, "What brilliance! What flair. Holy crap, I just nutted in my underwear." God! This film bored me to tears with its stupid art film idiocy. Zhang Yimou is so overrated and a lousy director, much like Ang Lee and any other art filmmakers.

This film is somewhat of an improvement from Zhang Yimou's previous effort "Hero", 'cause yes the story is more consistent and easier to understand. Although the poetic garbage in "Flying Daggers" is more straightforward rather than just going all over the place and being absurdly paradoxical like "Hero" was.

The martial arts action was okay, I suppose. It's the only thing I really cared about and it's not anything to gloat about. It wasn't that great.

The cinematography was nice if you like that sort of thing. I can admire the flowy shit but it's just not my style.

The sex scene was awful. I swear it looked like Takeshi Kaneshiro was having sex with a praying mantis. Ugh!

Well, there you go! Slave loses more credibility because, unlike most people, he can see through these films' deceptions and does not comply to mainstream idiocy. Glad you people like this garbage but I don't. Completely boring and self-indulged piece of crap.

"The butterflies scream in agony, the love you show through apathy, the facade you wear is cruel, as the mountains play the fool." What the f@#$ are you talking about!?!

Horrible, vile, wretched spawn of Satan. This film is equally as bad as "Romeo Must Die". These dumbasses continue to misuse Jet Li's talents as a martial artist and hang his little ass on a wire. God. At least it isn't quite as bad as "Romeo Must Die". I mean come on! Wire fu football? Are you retarded? Ugh!

The story sucks. It's about Jet Li finding some black crystals.

The action is consummately abysmal. To think, I was all giddy to see a final fight scene with Mark Dacascos and Jet Li and it's ruined because the stupid director felt it was more logical to have all the characters involved to share the final showdown. Damn it, I want a straight fight without interruptions, but noooooo! we must see that overrated and untalented DMX swing a big-ass wooden nunchuck at some bald guy and Kelly Hu fight some chick with a big ass (though it was nice).

This film is like AIDS. You'll die slowly and painfully through every waking moment of your existence until it completely kills you. But watching this film is far worse, so thus I'd rather have AIDS. Recommended to those who like the smell of their own butt.

"Mighty Peking Man" is also extremely entertaining. To think, as I watch, that the best thing this film has to offer was the tiger biting some man's leg off, which was one of the funniest scenes ever crafted. But it never ends, it gets better and better and more and more absurd as the film rolls on, to the point where you get to see the greatest scene of all: Mighty Peking Man stomping on Ku Feng's character. I almost died from laughter. The insanity never ends, until the film ends of course.

There are times where the film does get emotional, where Peking Man is forced to become a misanthrope because of humanity's caustic ignorance and its antagonistic demeanor. It makes you sad to see a man in a monkey suit--er a monster who expresses his trust to humanity only to be betrayed by this atrocity, and in the end you will be rooting for Peking Man to destroy humanity. But when you get to the point where you are emotionally involved, the absurdities will manifest and everything is ruined. I loved it. It just f@#$s with your emotions, constantly.

"Mighty Peking Man" is absurd, stupid, and incoherent, yet it's heart-warming and sincere, and yet it's insane and retarded, and yet it's sad and depressing, and yet it's maniacal and--I swear I could go all day explaining my feelings and thoughts about this film. The only monster films that beat this film's high level of asininity are "Godzilla Vs. Megalon" and "King Kong Vs. Godzilla" as far as I'm concerned. This film is highly recommended to those who like their films campy and stupid and extremely fun.

I was cheated. I was robbed. Just about any amount of money you paid to see this movie that exceeds four U.S. dollars is a vicious ripoff. Was the fight sequence with the ladder phenomenal? Absolutely. Was that pretty much the only thing worthwhile in this flick? Absolutely. This movie brings shame to the immensely entertaining "Police Story" series by skimping on the fu and fight scenes. Of course there is an underwater fight at the end--meaning slow and lacking the type of dynamic aesthetics we have come to expect from a Jackie film. "First Strike" basically is a meandering, through-the-motions, on auto-pilot Jackie film. Perhaps I was mildly entertained at random throughout, but for the most part I just can't justify giving a movie that I only appreciated for one fight scene more than one and a half stars. Sorry but this is only for strict Jackie completists. I love Jackie just like you folks. That's why this film doesn't do it for me. He's better than that.

Do me a favor: at the next wedding you attend slap a bridesmaid on the ass during the ceremony. If you are questioned on this just tell them you got the idea from a bastard. Enjoy your movies, kids.

Despite all of this, it is done fairly well and there are moments you will appreciate; but altogether it is not really worth it for true Asian cinephiles--but it might be cool for your preteen nephew as a warm up before you show him those real old school classics that will blow him away.

What a malicious, malignant movie this was! My word, someone is on the rag. To think Chow Yun-Fat needs to kill a shitload of animals to cure Maggie's berserker spell. And to think some Worm Tribe priest must kill a bunch of children (and succeeds) to create a stupid-looking monster called Little Ghost. I don't think happy people are going to like this, but eh, screw them.

This is one of Nam Nai Choi's best films ever. I loved it to death. Every corner you turn on this film, there is always something bizarre to see. For example, a Thai girl with the nicest ass in the world cuts a piece of her boob meat to feed it to Yuen Chen's character to hinder the 7th curse effect. Now that's epic. Urgh, not only is it sultry, it's funnier than hell. Plus the monster called Old Ancestor towards the end of the film was great. He looked like the H.R. Giger "Aliens" monster, only with wings and a stupid looking face. Oh I'm getting flustered.

The action is really great and at the same time hilarious. Man oh man, some of the greatest action scenes were watching the Yuen Chen character getting into a no-holds-barred fight with a skeleton which evidently was a puppet on a string. Another was the epic battle with Old Ancestor and Little Ghost. Come on, peoples, you know that was great. Among other things there are plentiful martial arts fights and some gun fights which were surprisingly well choreographed and intense. Even some of the stunts that were pulled off in this film were a bit frightening.

Other things to consider: the film was fast-paced, the story was unbelievably absurd, and the special effects were sometimes cheesy and sometimes good. The only flaw I found with "The Seventh Curse" (aside from everything else, depending on your point of view) is the Worm Tribe priest's voice. Yes, he sounds like a bitch.

Oh god, I loved "The Seventh Curse". Oh baby, I've seen this sucker legitimately 50 times and I can go for another 2,000,200 more times. Though I gave this film a 5-star rating, logically it's a 3 ½ star rating. Its absurdity levels the likes of "Mighty Peking Man" or "Ninja: The Final Duel", but eh, whatever. BEST FILM EVER!!!!!!

Liu Chia Liang is framed by local gangster Lo Lieh. His sister Kara Hui becomes Lieh's concubine in exchange for his freedom. Lieh also has Liu Chia Liang's hands crippled so revenge would be hard to follow. Lieh did not count on local roustabout Hsiao Hou becoming Liu's student and getting revenge for his master!

The action is good and there are many comedic moments showing that Hsiao Hou is a pretty good comedic actor. Great film and highly recommended for Liu Chia Liang fans. If you like this feature, I recommend you check out "Stroke Of Death". This is another great film focusing on monkey style and starring Tony Ching Siu-Tung and the always underrated Hau Chiu Sing!