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Dance of Death

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3 star:		(2)
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This is one of her last efforts - and it might be her best. As usual, she's cute as can be, as she delivers lethal leg kicks to the baddies. Her efforts to enlist the aid of two old martial arts experts in her training are hilarious. In the final scene she dances her way to victory - one sexy number. The only fault I can find is that when she dresses as a boy, she's too pretty to be believable.

Very funny Angela Mao vehicle. She plays a character named Fei Fei who is seeking vengeance for the deaths of some friends she just met, as well as trying to help two older kung-fu masters decide who is the better fighter. Much comedy is provided by these two men. One is a drunk with a prominent red nose and the other is smoking something that causes hilariously goofy music to play whenever he takes a hit off his pipe. Angela is very funny, mixing in a good deal of slapstick with straight fighting, in the various combat scenes. Also funny are nods to both Clint Eastwood's man with no name and Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme. Recomended to those looking for a more light hearted martial arts flick.

If you are a fan of Angela Mao Ying this is the DVD to get. It features a number of innovative training and fighting scenes which lead up to a spectacular conclusion. We owe the films great action scenes to Angela's skill in Kung Fu and also the films great Martial Arts Director Jackie Chan.

This Kung Fu fable is a must see and certainly one you should add to your collection. Enjoy.

This flick was directed by Jackie Chan. "Dance Of Death" could have been a 4 star easily. I though this flick was just o.k,,,,I'm a big fan of the "crazy horse kung fu", which is very rare in kung fu movies. This movie highlighted that kung fu style very nicely I though,,,however, I felt it went over-board in the final fight scene, which resulted the fight became extremely boaring,,,I swear,,this went on for approximately 20 mins. That is why I ended up giving this film a 3 star. However, the choreography was nicely done.

Angela Mao Ying plays Fei Fei, an orphan girl disguised as a boy, who seeks revenge on the ruthless and wicked gang who killed her friends. (She's too cute to be a guy - anyone could pick that up). She enlisted the help of two neighborhood clowns and tricked them into teaching her their kung fu styles in order to settle an argument between them of which one was the best. Getting her rear end kicked a few times and escaping for her life, she was able to collect herself each time and make adjustments to her fighting style. This flick is a delight. In this one you will see one of the main characters from "Ninja Checkmate." I won't say who, you'll have to get the DVD yourself!

Overall, this flick has a plot, sticks to it, and the fighting scenes are excellent. Angela Mao is a talented fighter and you will see her skill clearly in this one. She reminds me somewhat of Polly Shang Kuan.

I got this one remastered - full uncut version, but it's subtitled in English. What a bomber! You have to constantly look at the bottom of the screen to know what's going on. If you understand Cantanese, don't sleep on this gem. Other than that, the movie's picture and sound quality are great. No problems. This flick is 26 years old. If you have the chance of getting it, by all means add it to your collection.

If you are a fan of Angela Mao Ying this is the DVD to get. It features a number of innovative training and fighting scenes which lead up to a spectacular conclusion. We owe the films great action scenes to Angela's art of Kung Fu and also the great Martial Arts Director Jackie Chan.

This Kung Fu fable is a must see and certainly one you should add to your collection. Enjoy.

Congratulations! The producers of this DVD got somehow hold of the Chinese spoken original print of this movie which seems to be undamaged at all after all those years!It's a surprise since other releases of Crash Cinema like CRIPPLED AVENGERS or DUEL OF THE SHAOLIN FIST were rather poor on DVD.Superb picture and clarity and the movie's original Chinese and English subtitles on the print itself.Perfect for all the fans around!The movie itself is a rather typical average Kung Fu comedy from the late seventies with some often-seen-before gag clichés. It stars Angela Mao Ying who does her best to save the movie. By it is rather known that Jackie Chan served as a director of the martial arts choreography since he is a friend of director Chen Chi-Hua (not the director enlisted by amazon, sorry!) with whom he worked at Lo Wei's Film Company in the seventies. And so his best movie to date is in fact one of the movies he did with Jackie Chan, SNAKE AND CRANE ARTS OF SHAOLIN.Greetings, Oliver Sodemann, Germany

It had a very poor beginning. I'm into Martial Art movies -but only the serious ones. The type where there is serious anger being let out in fighting. Well don't expect that from this movie. Expect a bit of dumb jokes, dorky fighters, and a waste of time. However towards the end, when the movie finally picks up. The choreagraphy is excellent and the fighting is superb. Rent this movie first because its a tough decision.