Prodigal Son
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Fat Chung, Frankie Chan, Ging Boh Cheung, Lung Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Cantonese (Original Language) Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Running Time: 100 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-05-25 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: 20th Century Fox |
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Movie Reviews of Prodigal Son
Movie Review: someone owes me an apology
Summary: 4 Stars
Someone owes me an apology because I didn't see this sooner. Probably the white man. I've been in to kung fu for years and had never seen this until yesterday. What up with that? Out of all of Sammo's ground-breaking films, I've never even seen this in a store. I've seen "Iron-Fisted Monk" and "Warriors Two" in the store, but not "The Prodigal Son"? That makes no sense at all. While I like the other two, this one blows them away. It's by no means perfect, but what is?
This movie wastes little time. Yuen Biao is the self-proclaimed town champion, not knowing that all his opponents are bought off by his old man. After getting his tail kicked by a cross-dressing, eyebrowless opera star (Lam Ching Ying, who's excellent), he begs the man to teach him real Wing Chun. The man declines, of course, so Biao joins the opera for the sake of persistence. After the opera troupe is wiped out by hired goons, Lam takes Biao home to teach him, with the aid of Lam's brother (Sammo Hung, who directed and is pretty amazing himself).
The story is really nothing great, but the fight scenes totally are. Absolutely magnificent. You feel every hit, even every block. And talk about fast. The widescreen digital remastering job and optional English dub only makes it that much better. Some things did bother me; like how the slaughter of about 20 dudes seems like no big deal; and how Sammo isn't in this long enough, and doesn't really fight anybody. Those complaints aside, this flick rocks and is a crucial addition to any kung fu collection.
1982. aka: Pull No Punches