Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
pretty bad movie all the way through, but a great final fight, May 25, 2006
And in this fight I witnessed THE ALLTIME COOLEST KUNG FU STYLE I HAVE EVER SEEN.
So Hwang Jang Lee(Wong Cheng Li) stars as the 9th? prince. Can't remember what # he was but there weren't any other princes so it doesn't matter. Now if the final fight would have been your normal crappy fight, this would have gotten a 2/5. But since it freaking blew me away at the end, it easily gets it's four stars. Hoi mang saves the prince from an assasination early in the movie and this leads to many comic moments and then of course a mster training the student to become deadly enough to beat the super secret style that Hwang posesses. There is actually a lot more to this story, but just seems to drag on when they are trying to explain it. But the story will keep you into it since it is WAY better than a godfrey ho or thomas tang movie. So at the end of the film(luckily I was awake) it actually picks up a little bit. Hoi mang(grey haired kid with scar from hellz windstaff) puts on a true display of his awesome acrobatic abilities in his training sequence. His master isn't the greatest fighter. But please, please, please stick around for the final fight. Truly one of the coolest things I ever seen in cinema history.
The xenon wutang collection version is fine. Picture quality is a bit poorer than normal and fulscreened of course, but still very watchable. The bonus fight scenes have 2 good ones.
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME IF THEY KNOW OF A WIDESCREENED VERSION OF THIS ON VHS OR DVD? PLEASE ONLY PUT IT ON HERE IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE VIEWED THAT VERSION AND NOT JUST HEARD ABOUT IT.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
5 Stars For Film - I Don't Know The Quality Of This DVD, June 21, 2003
I've got the World Video DVD version of this film. It's pan and scan, English dubbed, but the image is nice and clear. The only beef I have is the authoring was poorly done because the image freezes for a couple of seconds as the DVD switches chapters. Also, at about the half way mark, the chapter count resets to 1, which is strange. If you've seen Hell'z Windstaff, which features both Meng Hoi and Hwang Jang Lee, than you'll get a good idea of the pacing of the fight coreography. It's nice and fast (not Jackie Chan 80's fast, but fast enough), and doesn't rely on undercranking. The story is pretty the usual Shaolin against Manchu fare. I didn't like the weapons fighting scene towards the end which had Lung Fei and some other guy up against the protagonist Meng Hoi - I thought it was too slow. But the finale is awesome. Also, there aren't as many fight scenes as Hell'z Windstaff, but there are enough to keep the viewer interested. A great old school flick with great fight coreography that is real time rather than sped up or using frame cutting to speed up the fights. Meng Hoi is a very agile, acrobatic martial artist. Too bad he took a back seat in the 80's by doing coreography planning rather than acting and fighting.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buddha Assassinator, June 1, 2001
This review is from: Buddha Assassinator [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Hwang Jang Lee again plays the villian in this martial arts classic. Unreal Fights, and Some Very impressive styles showcased in this great flik. In one word, Intense!! A must have.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
|
