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Excellent movie. I loved the story and the plot to this movie. Great fight scenes. This movie was action-packed from the beginning to the end. I watched it a second time back to back. Very good movie. | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | one of my favorite movies | Black Dragon |
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A mediocre kung fu flick starring Wong Tao and Lo Lieh. The movie starts out good with a lot of fighting, then the action drops down in most of the second reel, and culminates with an okay end fight. Wong Tao is pretty good and does some of his arial kicks and a lot of handwork. But the movie could use a better pace and better fighting. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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| Another thoroughly enjoyable Lee Tso Nam flick, with the usual fixin's. A good, engaging story. Wang Tao as the stoic lead. Chang Yi, in a white wig, and bushy eybrows, and solid action from Tommy Lee. But everything is not as it seems, and that's a good thing.
Wang Tao does indeed start out as the righteous hero with the kung fu skills to match. But when his friend and partner in crime-fighting is killed, he turns into a pathetic drunk, wallowing in guilt and self pity. Then a passive coward. And finally full circle, back into righteous hero, on a mission to make things right. A somewhat unusual arc, for lead in a 70's low budget kung fu indie flick, but a welcome one. And this is probably Wang Tao's best performance, in terms of acting.
As previously stated, Chang Yi, gets yet another "white haired villain" notch in his belt mere. But he also switches it up a bit. Is he a badguy? Sure. But he seems sort of calm, and actually tries to get the good guys on his side instead of just snuffing them out, one by one, while laughing maniacally. But much like unstable teenage girls, white haired villains can't really deal with rejection. So of course, he gets enough and breaks out the titular fatal needles towards the end.
The action is another decent choreo job, by Tommy Lee. It's not earth shattering stuff, but holds up well. And the end fight, shot on an interior-for-exterior set, that makes its Shaw Bros. equivalents look like the real thing, is not too bad, and kind of cool in it's own way.
What really did it for me in this one was the story and characters. Sure it borrows a little from the Shaw flick DEATH DUEL, but that was a great film, so I don't really mind. And it just has a different feel to it than your standard old schooler. I would definitely recommend this for fans of Lee Tso Nam's other work. |
| | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | I agree with the 3 star rating. The middle of the movie where Tao was chickenshit drove me nuts. I kept saying"kick his ass" but to no avail. This flick could have used a little more action and ChangYi was great as always. | William Giordanella | | Y | I agree, as a fan of Don Wang Tao this is probably his best acting performance, and one of my favorites next to The Hot, The Cool,And The Vicious! | Sgt. T |
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Excellent movie and a must-have for all Wong Tao fans. The villain here is again a white-haired Chang Yi (Tao and Yi played together in several movies). Great fights (wish there would have a bit more though). This is not a Lo Lieh movie: he only plays in a few minutes. This is a true old school classic. You can't go wrong with this one! | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | I agree buddy, being a Wong Tao fan myself, I highly recommend this classic. | Sgt. T |
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| The screenplay from this film must have been taken from the same source material as "Death Duel" starring Derek Yee, because it is practically a remake of that earlier film. Although they have changed a few of the details, the similarities between the two films are too numerous to be coincidental.
Both films are quite good, however, Fatal Needles vs. Fatal Fists' production values are nowhere near as stellar; this is to be expected, given the independent nature of this film.
The film does have its good points though, chief among them being the presence of Wang Tao. It is almost impossible for this guy to be in a bad kung fu movie. His charisma and skill automatically elevate even the worst of old school kung fu films. His fight scenes in this film are excellent, although I wish there would have been more of them. The predictable plot does not exactly help this film either. Also, those expecting to see a Lo Lieh film will be quite disappointed as he exits about five minutes into the film. This is a shame as it is one of the rare old school films where he is not the villain.
But if you are a fan of Wang Tao, this is a highly recommended must have for your collection. |
| | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | N | sorry but you rated this movie a 1/8 of a star too many. god! | slave 2 (the ressurection) | | Y | You are on the money here! If you are a Wong Tao fan as I am, you will love this film. | Sgt. T |
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Could've been better...! "Eagle's Claw" is a better flick. This seemed like a remake of "Eagles Claw", or does have a lot of similarities, but Wang Tao's performance was too lame. I hated the fact that the great Lo Lieh was only in it for 5 minutes, then got killed. Chang Yi was also not very impressive. | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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