Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
by Chang Cheh
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Actor: Ku Feng, Lu Feng, Sun Chein, Ti Lung, Wang LiDirector: Chang Cheh
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Red Sun
Movie Reviews of Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
Movie Review: great cast, great waste of time.
Summary: 2 Stars
Disappointing, to say the least. A wonderful cast that includes Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, all 6 Venoms, and a bunch more Shaw Brothers' performers that you aficionados will recognize. Then why is it not very good? The characters are annoying (especially Fu Sheng), the fights are slow (though plentiful, and they do eventually get better), and it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. After it was over, I was like, "huh?" They introduce character after character, and then get into fight after fight, and keeping up with it becomes rather arduous.
It is interesting that most of the Venoms play against type, at least at first. Lu Feng, Wei Pai, and Sun Chien become friends with Ti Lung. Then Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Lo Meng are all dished some red herring and try to harass the good guys. There is also a group of young men that frequent the pawn shop that Ti Lung owns, who have a big fight at the end. No, our heroes don't fight during the film's climax, these kids do.
The version I have is distributed by Bonzai Media and is beautifully restored and remastered. Yet still no one has touched "Kid With the Golden Arm"! I should probably give this another shot, but it bothers me that I feel that I should. I can't recommend the movie as a whole. However, near the end, there are some particularly good fights. Maybe if you tried turning down the sound and synchronizing music to scenes and dialogue a la "Wizard of Oz/Pink Floyd", that could be worth an extra star. 2 or 3 if it works.
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Summary of Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
Description: Anti-Ch'ing revolutionary leader Chai Min Yu (Ku Feng) is being hunted down by Manchu General Liang (Wang Lung Wei). He is almost caught when a masked man rescues him from death and escapes with him. The masked man is Li Jen Chiao (Ti Lung) a loyal ex-Shaolin man and the owner of a pawn shop in town. Li Jen Chiao hides Chai Min Yu in the back of his pawn shop, and sends his younger brother Tan Ming (Fu Sheng) to seek the help of two other ex-Shaolin men who reside in the town, Wan Yi Ling (Sun Chien) and Su He Hu (Lu Feng). Tan Ming is temperamental and is ALWAYS getting into fights, and of course, he starts fighting with Wan Yi Ling and Su He Hu before he explains the reason for his visit. Luckily, Li Jen Chiao is able to explain the situation in time, and the two man gladly swear their allegiance. They are also joined by loyal Shaolin brothers Wong Yin Lin (Wei Pai) and Wong Kee Ying (Wong Fei Hung's father, played by Dick Wei). Li Jen Chiao has an enemy in town by the name of Mr. Chu. When Chu notices Shaolin men visiting Li Jen Chiao at all hours of the night, he becomes suspicious, and reports to General Liang. The General gives Mr. Chu funding to start a gymnasium in school headed by martial arts masters he has found: Beggar Su (Kuo Chui), Chu Yu Sheng (Chiang Sheng), Iron Fingers Chen (Lo Meng) and a noble and righteous kung fu strong man named Te Chao San (Ma Sze Peng). Since the men have already had encounters with Tan Ming, they have no problem going to start trouble with Li Jen Chiao, Tan Ming and their brothers. But when they nearly capture and confront the men, including Chai Min Yi, they soon learn that Li Jen Chiao and the others are good men. Region Code: All Format: NTSC Running Time: 90 min. Languages: English dubbed Subtitles: NoneSimilar DVD Movies
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