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Region Code: All
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 137 min.
Languages: English dubbed
Subtitles: None
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Description: Chang Cheh, was given one of the highest budgets to date to tell this sweeping war story of disillusionment and revenge. Choreographed by Liu Chia-Liang and starring international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng, it rates as a revelatory masterpiece.
Cast: Alexander Fu Sheng, Liang Chia-Jen, Li Li-Hua, Hu Chin, Richard Harrison...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I saw this movie while a mere tyke. Great action scenes, and a sober reminder of what happens when edged weapons meet modern firearms in pitched battle. The reality is also a little off, as Western troops met Chinese mobs at arms length distances - bayonet vs sword and spear - and beat them down. Nonetheless, the performances in the movie are outstanding and the production values are first rate for its class.
The subtext is a little off, like many such movies, which are made from a parochial viewpoint to appeal to the local (Hong Kong and Taiwan) market. Specifically, the trigger for the European invasion - not covered onscreen - is that the Chinese fighters portrayed in the movie were part of a cult funded by the Chinese Empress Dowager that slaughtered and dismembered 40,000 Chinese Christians together with hundreds of missionaries and their families. These days, it is considered completely acceptable for non-Western countries to do this to any foreigners in-country. At the time, it was a cause for war. And the rest, of course, is history.
The subtext is a little off, like many such movies, which are made from a parochial viewpoint to appeal to the local (Hong Kong and Taiwan) market. Specifically, the trigger for the European invasion - not covered onscreen - is that the Chinese fighters portrayed in the movie were part of a cult funded by the Chinese Empress Dowager that slaughtered and dismembered 40,000 Chinese Christians together with hundreds of missionaries and their families. These days, it is considered completely acceptable for non-Western countries to do this to any foreigners in-country. At the time, it was a cause for war. And the rest, of course, is history.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I have to agree that this is one of Shaw brothers classic best. The movie has great cinematography. And the hundreds of people in this film, shaw spent some money to get this done. The fighting scenes are pretty realistic. One of the things about the movie is that the Princes is told that her boxers are winning the war, and that they have special boxers who are pugilists and they can stand against the foreign guns. As she believes this she sends out all of her best boxers to fight the foreigners. I wont say anymore but Alexander Fu Sheng and Chi Quan Chun are excellent in this film. Chi Quan Chun does an awesome Lung Fu Pai form in this film to die for. I studied this form many years ago and I took first place in a Kata tournament some years ago. This is one of my favorite Shaw brother classics. Get this one Today!
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This action Pack film is set in 1900 China, at the height of the Boxer Rebellion. A group of fearless Chinese patriots ward off European Incursionists armied with little more than fists and flailing feet. Kung-fu proves no match for fiirearms, but it does slow the enemy downa great deal. Alexander Fu-Sheng and Li Li-Hua play the principal rules in this great film.
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Great classic Kung-Fu movie!
One of the old classic Kung-Fu movies. If you like "Shaolin Martial Arts", you'll appreciate this one.
Published on January 18, 2009 by Mouse
Awson Movie with Historical imput on China
I have a large collection of movies but this is one of the best of the period of china's dark history with the Boxer rebellion , Alexander fu shen , played in his best role along... Read more
Published on May 20, 2007 by Avery Jackson
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