Product Details

• Actors: Au-ping An, Hongping Gao, Fu-sheng Ho, Te-cheng Li, Zhenling Liu
• Directors: Hsing-Lei Wang
• Writers: Hsi Chen
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Cantonese
• Subtitles: Chinese, English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tai Seng
• DVD Release Date: November 26, 2002
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006L93H
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,226 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Arhats in Fury" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment Release Date: 11/26/2002 Run time: 90 minutes

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3.0 out of 5 stars monks' moldy methods meet more modern Mandarin mayhem, October 19, 2008

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Mantis (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Arhats in Fury (DVD)

Now potential buyers should be warned that the first 20 minutes of this film will have raised your eyebrows all the way up to the North Pole. I had absolutely no idea what was going on. The lead character is only glimpsed in that time. My recommendation is to re-watch that first mysterious chunk after the film is completed, and that will help... some.

The basic story concerns a young monk named Chi Sing (Lau Jan Ling) and his master (Go Hung Ping), who are sent out on the Shaolin equivalent of a "vision quest". No food, no water, nothing. It seems that this pair are constantly at odds with the strict and antiquated rules of the temple, and as a result, are constantly being punished for their insubordination, Chi Sing specifically. In the name of defense and starvation, Chi Sing is forced to kill some crows, another mega-no-no. While making their way back to the temple, they encounter a village being attacked by the invading Jins (who ruled Northern China for most of the 12th century), and though he tries hard, Chi Sing can't take the slaughter and jumps in to help. Though he becomes a hero to the village and a group of rebels, he is determined to return to the temple and accept his punishment. To make matters worse, the Jins show up at the temple to look for the humble hero and start killing monks; until Chi Sing, his master, and some rebels intervene. Now hailed as a hero by the younger monks of the temple, the older abbots still wish to punish him severely. The rebels then free him from captivity and his secular temper eventually decides to help them.

If you start paying attention at the part where he and his master are being eaten by crows, you should be alright. I don't normally like to give too much plot away, but there's still a lot more to this film to see and enjoy, including bizarre animal attacks, and some awesome fights. The choreography in mainland Wushu films is quite different from Hong Kong films. Full of grace and form, they are a real joy to watch. Of course, the editing could have been a little better but...

As with all of Xenon's releases that I've seen, it's hard to say if it's really remastered or not. The widescreen presentation and good picture quality would indicate a strong "possibly". There are a couple of brief scenes where hardly anything can be distinguished, though it's not really a big deal. This is another case where I wish there was an option for subtitles (English language only). They might have helped clear up some of the confusion early on. Probably not though. Either way, it's a good story, with some original plot elements, emotionally-charged content, and good fights, though more would have been nice. Watch with a friend: It'll make for some interesting and speculative conversation. 3.5/5 and RECOMMENDED.

Special thanks to Morgoth for clarification. My apologies for the title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Flick and worth watching, September 10, 2011

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honeybee56 (gung po, oh usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arhats in Fury (DVD)

I have had this movie some over 4 years and I still find myself watching this good movie. The fight scenes are choreographed very well and the story line is easy to follow. This movie has good picture/sound quality and you will enjoy this one.

3.0 out of 5 stars It almost gets a 4 but because the movie is a bit boring and the final fight isn't great, I deduct 1 star, November 24, 2006

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morgoth "we lamas are traditional enemies of ... (omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arhats in Fury (DVD)

This movie is akin to 'South Shaolin Master', not quite as good, but I thought it was just as good as another similiar film called 'The Undaunted Wudang'. All are mainland Chinese films that use a much different type of fighting style. Of course no kung fu movie shows real kung fu but rather they will pose and then sort of dance around. In 'Arhats in Fury' they do similiar fighting but focus much more on the art of the martial arts with Wushu masters showing beautiful movement on screen.

Now the movie starts off very oddly. A young man and his master who are monks at a temple are sent out into the wilderness and starved as a punishment. Next we see a strange scene where monks are hanging by ropes off of a cliff to grab herbs and are being worked very hard. The head monk who is ordering them is getting mad and ends up causing many rocks to fall and kill some of the monks. Next thing we know the temple is being invaded by monkeys. There is literally about a 1000 monkeys who storm in to the temple and take it over. I have never seen anything like this in a movie before. The scene took me a couple viewings to understand but it finally made sense. We learn later in the movie that the young monk has become very good friends with all of the animals and when the young monks friends are being killed, the monkeys take action. Only one monkey really attacks but this sets up a scene later in the movie where he has to call on the animals to take on an army. It is truly one of the most spectacular scenes in cinema history.

Now the movie itself is boring but still tells a very good story. The final fight is average but there is 3 other fights to look forward to and any fu fan will love these scenes.

The version of this movie I have comes in the Wu Tang 20 pack. While I cannot highly recommend that DVD collection, I will tell you that it does have VERY good picture quality for this particular movie.