Warriors Two
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Movie Reviews of Warriors Two
Movie Review: great film
Summary: 5 Stars
this film has replay value. fast paced. that leung has some very interesting moves. I especially remember his remarkable battle with the wooden warriors.Movie Review: I'm ashamed to say it but... "Everybody Wing Chun tonight!"
Summary: 4 Stars
The great Sammo Hung does it all here... directing, choreographing, and of course, starring in this highly entertaining staple of the genre. Warriors Two doesn't bring anything particularly new to the party but it does have a fantastic cast spearheaded by Leung Kar Yan (in maybe his best role) and Casanova Wong and rounded out by typecast villian standbys Lee Hoi San and Fong Hak On (both always great). Sammo plays the loveable lump known as "Porky" and sports the best hairdo of his career (the Friar Tuck look)! What this film does a truly fantastic job of (as noted by all the other fine reviews) is give you a thourough and informative look at the Wing Chun style of fighting... beyond "Prodigal Son" (another Sammo classic) you'll never see it done better than here. The movie has a few problems though including it's use of humor. Don't get me wrong, some of it is actually pretty good (Sammo's opening scene with the pork buns had me grinning like an idiot for awhile) but it's actually the inappropriate use of it sometimes that will have you scratching your head (the ending shifts from big drama to levity without warning). The other issue I had was the villian in the final fight. Everything up until this scene is fairly grounded in a realistic approach but at the end the main villain leans at 120 degree angles and hovers and does all kinds of other kooky junk. Still minor qualms and they shouldn't deter you from searching this out if you haven't seen it yet. Sammo's best will always be "The Magnificient Butcher" but I wouldn't argue with anyone who says this is his second best movie... and in a career like his, second is pretty damn good.
Movie Review: Movie is official!!
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a sleeper for me, I really love kung fu movies but never got into older sammo hung movies. I like SPL (KILLZONE) and Dragon Heat which are newer, but this movie made me interested to see how some of his older movies are! This movie has some of the better kung fu fights I've seen in a while, and belive me I've seen a ton of kung fu movies. This one is definietly worth the ten bucks. If you like kung fu movies and are a fan of the genre, get this one!Movie Review: Sammo raises the bar, then lowers the boom
Summary: 3 Stars
Sammo Hung really broke new ground in martial arts choreography with this film. There are moments of breathtaking kung fu and weaponry, but... there are also fights that flow like molasses topped off with some rather painful "comedy". Nonetheless I would still have to recommend it. The assets far outweigh the liabilites.
Cassanova Wong is a banker who discovers a plot to kill the mayor. The only person he tells is in on the conspiracy and sets him up. Though he escapes he is badly injured and hides out with Sammo and his Wing Chun instructor. After recovery they train for revenge and so on.
Story is not why we watch these. We watch for fights. If a good plot should happen to come along and link them together, so much the better. It helps that Cassanova Wong does some pretty sweet kicks, and wait 'til you see the Ground Mantis. Picture quality doesn't hurt either and here it is excellent. Even the nighttime shots. This would easily be a 4 or maybe even a 5-star film if the fights were more consistent and the comedy less excruciating. Those are the film's only faults, but they are rather epic in the flow and continuity of good cinema. Luckily, kung fu is partially exempt from those parameters.
1978
Movie Review: Typical kung fu
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this movie based on the good reviews but was disappointed. The punches and kicks are so fake looking, you can tell they are a foot away from the person being hit. It has the typical old school chinese comedy which is amusing. This actors are very acrobatic but just not good at choreographing fight scenes....maybe I'm just spoiled after seeing "Ong-Bak".