| The real star of this film is the cockeral that has to withstand being used as a prop during some of the films fight scenes. When not being swung around or used as a weapon the poor bird is thrown into a cock fighting ring against another cockeral. It's rare that you see such disregard for the well being of an animal during a film and I'm a bit surprised the BBFC [UK censors] let this one through [for the UK DVD release].
The cockeral also allows for some (I'm sure it can't be innocently accidental) dialogue that is full of double entendres. At one point in the film its pretty relentless with lines such as 'let go of my cock', 'give me your cock', 'were prepared to give you 4000 dollars for your red cock' and so on....snigger. That at least appealed to my childish sense of humour but the whole animal cruelty thing was a bit much to take.
This is pretty much yer standard 'Drunken Master' cash in with a young scamp learning kung fu from an old sifu so that he can defeat some villains. The old sifu in this case though is not Yuen Siu Tien who really only appears in a cameo role and has only one, heavily doubled, fight scene. Despite that though the film is still relatively enjoyable when the actors aren't torturing birds. The action is a little slow to start with but picks up at the end with a well staged climax. Ting Hwa Chung, with all his acrobatics, makes for a decent Jackie 'stand in'. |
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