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I felt that the film was a bit too cheesy and was a bit of a disappointment, even though Hwang Jang-Lee and Wong Yu were both in here. For one thing, the comedy isn't all that funny and Hwang Jang-Lee seems to be the only one who was actually doing any impressive moves. Yuen Tak was also wasted in this film. It's worth a check but nothing more from what I think. | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | N | This movie is crazy sick. This review is a disappointment. Who cares about the comedy, Hsa Hsia did is job well. And you have to give Yang Yu his props, because he was believeable as a martial artist is this film. | ap2 |
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Really good fight choreography. Wang Yu usual funny as ever and Hwang Jang Lee the kicking king as expected. Chiang Kam is finally showing he can do kung fu rather than just be "fatty" he played in other films! Yuen Tak was underused probably because he was doing double duty as stunt choreographer. Lots of veterans here makes the film shine. The spooky segment was OK but could have been a bit better done. The "chicken" "centipede" dance segment I didn't get. I suppose it was a take on the Lion Dance but still didn't understand it. Still a strong film. | | AGREE? | READER COMMENTS | AUTHOR | | Y | | DW33189 |
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Having watched Shaw Brothers films for over 30 years, this is without doubt the most action I have seen in one of their films. The plot is a bit predictable, but the choreography is superb--one can only wonder why Hwang Jwang Lee did not work a lot more for Shaw Brothers. Truly sublime!!! | | LOG IN TO COMMENT ON THIS REVIEW! |
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| Okay, tThere is some great stuff here but also some stupidities. My rating is based on the quality of the martial arts and fights. Overall, the movie is a 3˝ stars at best, because of too much idiocy. The first 30 minutes, except for a small opening practice scene with Wang Yu and a 30 second fight with Hwang Jang Lee, is a total waste, including ten minutes wasted on a fight between Wang Yu dressed as a chicken and a few others as a centipede (kind of similar to lion dance costumes)--also a 10 minutes zombie scene, totally out of place. But then the good stuff begins. And the good stuff is really great. Hwang Jang Lee is just superb in this one. All his arsenal of kicks and jump kicks are displayed. The martial arts techniques showed are extremely accurate and real. The uncle (I can't remember his name) shows great Monkey style and wu shu techniques. The final fight with HJL and Wang Yu is just fantastic. The fights, even though sometime a little bit speed up, are very well choreographed. A true must-see. I will definitely watch it a few times (I'll just skip the chicken and zombie scenes!). Just get it. |
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| I had the opportunity of seeing this movie on the big screen during the eighties, English Dubbed I should add. This was pretty much how I saw most of the Shaw Brothers films, as they were shown here in Jamaica quite often--sometimes even three movies on a Sunday evening for the price of one. Gosh I miss those days. Anyway, "Kid From Kwantung", which was titled “Kwantung Warriors” back when I saw it, stands to be amongst my favorite the Shaw titles. Hwang Jang-Lee out-kicks everyone in the film; and with his super demonic cat style he becomes almost invincible. Wong Yu plays his regular jovial self but as always with lots of flair and style whenever he fights. Like most Shaw movies, the film is quite colorful, from the lion dances to the costumes; and as always the glittering weapons which seems to be a Shaw trait. Honestly, I only saw this film once and this was quite a long time ago, but trust me you will not be disappointed. |
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