Film Details: Deadend Of Besiegers DVD | Dir.: Cheung Siu Wai | Cast: Yu Rong Guang, Cynthia Khan, Yue Hoi, Gai Chun Wa, Lee Chi Chow, Gwoh Chun Yim, Gan Tak Mau, Dale Cook
A real treat. No-nonsense story about a meeting of Chinese and Japanese martial arts masters. Filmed in mainland China, it features beautiful locales and breathtaking images.
After being humiliated in a martial arts match, a Japanese master travels to China. There he is enlisted by a village's leader (Hong Kong superstar Khan) into helping the village fend off attacking pirates.
Overview:
Sporting maybe the third most memorable name in kung fu cinema history, this enjoyable potboiler from 1992 spins the 16th-century yarn of a young Japanese martial artist (Yu Rongguang) who wishes to learn the fighting styles of other cultures. Hitching a ride with pirates to see the world (cheap fare, I guess), he is appalled when his shipmates act like, well, pirates. The hero then nobly takes it upon himself to protect the indigenous population of a small Chinese island, and winds up battling both sides--one that sees him as an invader, the other that sees him as a betrayer. The script layers on the standard subplotting of love interests, cute-kid sidekicks, and frame jobs--but all that's mere filler between butt-kickings (even if the fish-out-of-Japanese-waters story has its moments). What stands out most is the "you'll put your eye out!" stunts, and a series of swordplay-heavy action sequences that make refreshingly little use of wire work. (In other words, the usual rooftop acrobatics have been replaced by a dozen varieties of ground combat.) With his tongue taking up long-term residence in his cheek, director Cheung Siu Wai gives the movie a hammy, late-night kung fu theater charm.
II - "May be Inappropriate For Children" (Broad rating may be roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13" to "R". In the late 1980s this rating splintered in two ratings: IIA and IIB) Films rated Category II may contain mild to strong violence, nudity that is usually not sexually oriented, explicit language and adult situations.
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