Diagram Pole Fighter
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Movie Reviews of Diagram Pole Fighter
Movie Review: will swing pole for atonement
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a much better than average kung fu film from Shaw Bros. and Lau Kar Leung. After an attack by the Mongols that leaves 4 of his 5 brothers dead, Yang #5 (Gordon Liu) kind of bullies his way into a Buddhist temple to train for revenge. Meanwhile Yang #6 (Alexander Fu Sheng, who died in a car crash during production) returns home with little, if any, of his sanity intact.
When the Yang mother finds out about #5's err, uh... aliveness... and monastic residence, she sends Yang sister #8 (Kara Hui) to bring him home. She is, of course, captured by the Mongols and #5 must set out to rescue her. Luckily he has been studying zoological dentistry and is up to the task.
Part of the joy in watching these films is the sheer beauty of photography, and while this is no exception, it has a few exceptions. I love the use of sets in Shaw Bros. productions, but this movie has a couple that are rather blatant. Walls painted to look like exteriors are usually placed several yards behind the actors and other props to avoid obvious detection. We're talking about .02% of the movie so the complaint is minor. The fights are all with weapons, which is slightly disappointing, but they're all very good. My only other complaint is that whoever dubbed Fu Sheng's voice as he yells a lot of incoherent psychotic ramblings is terribly annoying, but we're talking like another .02% of the flick, so, no biggie.
1984. aka: 8 Diagram Pole Fighter; Invincible Pole Fighter
Movie Review: Another great movie starring Gordan Liu!
Summary: 4 Stars
Another classic! This movie is nearly perfect! The plot, action, and cinematography are excellent. The picture is extremely clear and the color is vivid. But, I have only one problem with the dvd that might be an issue for some of you. On this dvd, you can't remove the subtitles which of course is slightly different from the english dubbed dialogue. (One example is the actors are saying Mongols while the subtitles read Tartars.) If this doesn't bother you or if you can ignore the subtitles this dvd is for you.Movie Review: I know him as liu chia hiu
Summary: 4 Stars
I know him as Liu Chia Hiu or Liu Chia Liang, well you people call him Gordon Liu whatever! it doesn't matter this was a good movie, i wonder if this movie was based on a true life historical event or was it a fictional film? a very sad, emotional martial art movie or the fighting techniques were superd one of the best movie i've seen Liu Chia Hiu in so far. i recommend that you pick this movie up, definitely a classic laters folks.Movie Review: Good Movie!
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked this movie but I felt that the 26 Chambers Of Shaolin was much better. I like Gordon Liu he is a great martial artist.Movie Review: Great film, poor quality.
Summary: 3 Stars
The first thing you should know is that Red Sun is a bootleg company. They steal the film's masters from its true owners and publish them on these discs. Red Sun discs come with essentially no bonus features, different audio tracks, or any bells or whistles.
But since most of the true releases of these DVDs are fairly impossible to get your hands on, the Red Sun releases are usually worthwhile. The release of Invincible Pole Fighter, however, isn't worth your time. It's a very good kung fu flick with some of Gordon Liu's best work, but the audio quality is simply terrible. My suggestion is to try to find it at a video rental place or somewhere so you get to see it, but this disc isn't worth adding to your collection.
Not to say Red Sun is terrible quality overall, most are fine. Return of the Master Killer, Five Deadly Venoms/Crippled Avengers, among others have the best quality picture and sound available...this one just didn't get it done.