Shaolin Wu Tang
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Movie Reviews of Shaolin Wu Tang
Movie Review: the game of chess is like a swordfight... you always get stabbed when you get up to refill your beverage.
Summary: 3 Stars
Now I finally know where all those old-school quotes from the first Wu-Tang Clan album came from, a film that was written/amalgamated from elements of other, superior Gordon Liu flicks. There are some inevitable comparisons with "Instructors of Death" and "The 36th Chamber of Shaolin". This one has lots of well-choreographed fights. The opening credits are amazing. Unfortunately, the rest of the film fails to outdo said credits. That's a bummer, and in my opinion, should never happen.
Gordon Liu directed and plays a Shaolin student who is good friends with Adam Cheng, a Wu-Tang student. Their masters are kind of snooty with one another, and talk about sparring, but never do it. Some obligatory Manchu jerk (Johnny Wang) wants to learn the secrets of their styles, but the respective masters will not reveal them. Angry, Mr. Wang poisons the Wu-Tang leader to blackmail him into giving him their manual. When it doesn't work, Adam Cheng takes the fall for the master's death and goes to prison with a bunch of psychotic ladies who always bogart his share of the rice. Gordon and his sister break him out. Soon after, his sister is killed by the Manchus as the dudes from Wu-Tang are taking away Adam Cheng to punish him for the death of the master. There are no Manchus at the death scene and Gordo assumes it was Wu-Tang who killed his sister. Then Johnny Wang orders that the two schools have a competition in the hopes of further dividing them and learning their techniques.
This version from Xenon says "Digitally Remastered" but I'm a little skeptical. Perhaps they lack the equipment that Celestial has. The picture quality is not bad and more than watchable, but some of the night shots will have you squinting to see the action. The movie is still pretty good and I would have to recommend it to old-schoolers. Just because the story is silly and the fights never get better than the opening sequence doesn't mean the rest of the film ain't worth watching. English dubbed only and full-screen.
1981
Movie Review: There are Better, but Gordon Liu fans will love it
Summary: 3 Stars
If you like movies like "8 Diagram Pole Fighter" and "36 Chambers" you are probably going to like this film. It is the story of two friends who fight using different Kung Fu techniques--one Shaolin, the other Wu-Tang Sword. I'll admit, I mainly wanted to know something about Wu-Tang because I like the rap group, and if that is why you're reading this, go for it. The movie is easily 88 minutes of fun, but don't expect the Gordon Liu of those other films. He's good (when isn't he) but the story lacks some of dynamics of those other films. To be clear, I enjoy it, but it's not my favorite.Movie Review: Nice Story
Summary: 3 Stars
Gordon Liu has another hit, this time the story is how the Wu Tang Clan came about from the Shaolin Kung Fu. I like how they keep the two Arts as friendly as possible and complimented each others styles. The plot was good I thought it would be killing each other styles but no each schools. Instead there was class and friendship and respect for each others art. The Bad guy wanted both to kill each other so he would be number one, but no the two arts, through a contest, became great friends and good respect for each others schools. Nice film to own and watch.Movie Review: the details
Summary: 3 Stars
i haven't watched the whole film, but the transfer has some annoyances.
*fullscreen
*unremastered look
*has subtitles always on as i think i twas burned with the film
*sound says 5.1 surround but sounds very distorted
just a note for those seeking some more detail. i wish i could find the widescreen and better transfer.
Movie Review: A little disappointed of the quality
Summary: 3 Stars
I like the movie a lot, but the DVD picture quality was not really good, and the movie was subtitled in English, but it also had Mandarin or Cantonese subtitles going was well.
There was no option to go to full English dubbed, or at least have the movie only show English subtitles.