The Buddhist Fist
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Movie Reviews of The Buddhist Fist
Movie Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie is really weirdthere were severeal times during the first viewing that i was sure someone had given me drugs and not told me
Movie Review: good ship time for free
Summary: 5 Stars
amazon is awesome I got free supersaver with my order and even though it took another 3-4 days it was worth itMovie Review: Woo Ping pulls out EVRYBODY for this wierd kung fu movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Let me list you some names of actors I spotted in this-Peter Chan(plays like the same exact charcter in Prodigal Son, The Legend, and Deadful Melody), Lee Hoi San(36th Chamber, Goose Boxer), Simon Yuen(Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Drunken Master), Dai Sai-aan(rightly nicknamed "little big eye", he's in everything and has amazing Chinese opera skills), Ho Pak-kwong(great character actor from Killer Wears White-aka Shadow Ninja), Fan Mei sheng(one of the best character actors ever, fay guy from Jackie chan's the Young Master), Cheung Yan Yuen(guy who plays a taoist master in ALL of Woo ping's movies but doesn't in this one), and then the vampire like guy with the hunchback you will also recognze from all of Woo Ping's stuff. And then just like the great film Dance of the Drunken Mantis, Shun-Yi Yuen(Chief Fox in Iron Monkey) plays the hero.
I have to say that the kung fu in this flick is absolutely dazzling. Even with Chief Fox as the hero, he is able to perform pretty well. The final fight I would call anythign but spectacular but since it is from the great Woo Ping, expect a ton of acrobatics and just beautifal choreography in general. The story is entertaining and the end left me dissatisfied but the amazing footwork and hand to hand gives it the 4/5 stars.
This dvd from Tai Seng has an English, Mandarin, and a Chinese soundtrack, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY Shame on you tai seng, you also did this with the movie "The Victim".
Picture quality could have been better as it is very washed out and has a white bar on the left side of the screen for about the first 20 minutes. But it is nicely widescreened and I genereally don't ask for more than that.
Movie Review: Excellent early effort from the great Yuen Woo Ping
Summary: 4 Stars
It's funny how they always advertise everything that Yuen Woo Ping is attached to with the slogan "from acclaimed director/choreographer of The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, and Kill Bill." Really it's the Kung Fu gems he released in the early days like this that should be referred to as his best work! Hot on the heels of a string of big hit movies (Snake In The Eagles Shadow, Drunken Master, Magnificient Butcher) Yuen dropped this semi-forgettable (when compared to the previous group especially) but entertaining film. The story here is nothing new (although it does provide a nice mystery twist albeit a rather obvious one) and puts our central character (and master of The Buddhist Fist) on a quest to find his father who has gone missing. Along the way he meets the usual assortment of friends and foes (sporting Yuen trademarks like hairy moles and buck teeth!)with plenty of great old-fashioned (hardly any wire work) Kung Fu mixed in. The only real complaint I have with the film is the hunchback character... he was just way too over the top for me personally. Beyond that there is no reason any self-respecting martial arts fan shouldn't see this as they truly don't make them like this anymore. The DVD is about what you would expect from Tai Seng, with their usual "remastered transfer" looking almost like a Kalidascope at times (the final fight changes colors basically from shot to shot)and bonus features that consist of a Yuen Woo Ping filmography and some trailers (including an amusing trailer for Wing Chun that starts with an announcer saying "Watch out Jean-Claude... Move over Arnold..."?!).Movie Review: erratic, but not liking this is most difficult...and most difficult
Summary: 4 Stars
Now this is old-school. A fun, imaginitive film with really good fights. The humor is mild, which is a plus. The funniest thing in this flick is how Yuen Shun Yi's hair-cut frequently oscillates length and style.
Two orphans are raised by monks, go their separate ways, and are later reunited by tragedy. There are little twists, but that's pretty much the story. But as you know, story is not (usually) why we watch kung fu. Care to calculate a guess? That's right, the fights. The choreography here is a nice stepping-stone between "7 Grand Masters", where the fights are lengthier and more acrobatic, and "The Prodigal Son", where they are faster and more precise.
Presentation here is inconsistent, as the film quality fluctuates a little, but mostly it's very good, and widescreen. This is another gem that I'm sorry I didn't see sooner. I wanted to watch it again as soon as it was over. You've seen better films in every individual aspect that this one has to offer, but it's still collectively great. I even liked Simon Yuen in this.
1980. aka: Secret of the Buddhist Fist