Kung Fu Classic - Boxer Rebellion
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Movie Review: Exciting movie, flawed history
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie while a mere tyke. Great action scenes, and a sober reminder of what happens when edged weapons meet modern firearms in pitched battle. The reality is also a little off, as Western troops met Chinese mobs at arms length distances - bayonet vs sword and spear - and beat them down. Nonetheless, the performances in the movie are outstanding and the production values are first rate for its class.
The subtext is a little off, like many such movies, which are made from a parochial viewpoint to appeal to the local (Hong Kong and Taiwan) market. Specifically, the trigger for the European invasion - not covered onscreen - is that the Chinese fighters portrayed in the movie were part of a cult funded by the Chinese Empress Dowager that slaughtered and dismembered 40,000 Chinese Christians together with hundreds of missionaries and their families. These days, it is considered completely acceptable for non-Western countries to do this to any foreigners in-country. At the time, it was a cause for war. And the rest, of course, is history.
Summary of Kung Fu Classic - Boxer Rebellion
Region Code: All Format: NTSC Running Time: 137 min. Languages: English dubbed Subtitles: None Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Description: Chang Cheh, was given one of the highest budgets to date to tell this sweeping war story of disillusionment and revenge. Choreographed by Liu Chia-Liang and starring international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng, it rates as a revelatory masterpiece. Cast: Alexander Fu Sheng, Liang Chia-Jen, Li Li-Hua, Hu Chin, Richard Harrison...Similar DVD Movies
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