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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F8J05S
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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:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting movie, flawed history, September 20, 2007

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Dong Zhuo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kung Fu Classic - Boxer Rebellion (DVD)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have to agree one of the best Classics, September 6, 2007

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Jerry E. Monroe "Chief Jerry Eaglefeather" (USA PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kung Fu Classic - Boxer Rebellion (DVD)

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!

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and Entertaining Movie, October 19, 2009

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Jusuf Hariman (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kung Fu Classic - Boxer Rebellion (DVD)

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.