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• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000EGHZ9O
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Description: This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant, recently moved to Canton. Her father, in an attempt to gain influence in the region and thus improve his business, offers his daughter in marriage to the winner of a kung-fu contest. Some interesting gender role-reversals take place during a 'comedy of errors. Running Time: 106 min. Language: English Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Format: NTSC Region: All

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4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Dub, April 3, 2010

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This review is from: Fong Sai Yuk (DVD)

Note first that you can, depending on where you look, find a minimum of two versions of this movie: The first is the original uncut Chinese dialog with English subtitles, the second is an English-only dub. Despite Chinese script covering the front, side, and back covers, this movie falls firmly into the second category.

Note also that this movie is fantastic in the original language, and that several localizations (every one that I've seen, but not necessarily all) cut plot elements and alter dialog.

Unfortunately, this version does both of these things. Not terribly so, but definitely noticeable if what you were expecting was the unedited Chinese subtitled version. Overall, still a fantastic movie.