Product Details

• Actors: Fei Meng, Yasuaki Kurata, Lin Lin Li, Pa Hung, Wang Qing
• Directors: Chai Yang-Min
• Writers: Kuang Ni
• Producers: Ying Chang
• Format: Color, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Crash Media/Koch
• VHS Release Date: December 7, 1999
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00001U0EQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #114,777 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fong Si Yu strikes again in noteworthy kung fu adventure, August 11, 2001

By	Brian Camp (Bronx, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

THE PRODIGAL BOXER is an above-average kung fu movie about Chinese folk hero Fong Sai Yuk (aka Fong Si Yu), the subject of dozens of Hong Kong kung fu films. Here the role is played by the underrated Meng Fei as a callow, unschooled youth whose attempts to avenge the death of his father result in his being badly beaten. His martial artist mother puts him through rigorous training and an herbal bath that makes him invulnerable, setting the stage for a final battle with the Iron Fist brothers, played by formidable kung fu villains Yasuaki Kurata and Wang Ching.

The available tape/DVD is made from a beautiful wide-screen print, flawlessly transferred in all its letter-boxed glory. The film itself is quite good-looking with excellent cinematography and action staged on lavish indoor sets and sprawling outdoor vistas (rare in Hong Kong kung fu films). It also includes the film's original Chinese music score and boasts above-average English-dubbing. The film is also known as KUNG FU: PUNCH OF DEATH.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A nice gem to add to your collection, July 16, 2002

By	E. Gonzales "themightyed" (Stockton, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kung Fu - The Punch of Death (DVD)

This is a nice little movie to add to the collection if you are a fan of the older style martial arts films as I am. Definitely a bargain and not a waste of a few bucks. A similar plot seen before featuring revenge. A guy repeatedly goes after the martial arts masters who pretty much cripple him each time he attacks them. What's weird about this one is you're kinda glad the punk keeps getting his butt kicked and has to be taken home in a wheel barrow. You kinda root for the masters who always let him off by not killing him. He did after all kill a student of the masters. :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars USUAL 70S KUNG FU FILM, July 14, 2004

By	MICHAEL TAYLOR "SNAKEFIST2" (RICHMOND, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kung Fu - The Punch of Death (DVD)

A YOUNG MARTIAL ARTIST [MENG FE] WANTS REVENGE AGAINST THE MARTIAL ARTS MASTERS THAT KILLED HIS FATHER. HAS GOOD FIGHTS AS ALWAYS, BUT THE DUBBING'S BAD AND THE STORY JUST [LIKE MOST MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES FROM THIS TIME PERIOD] GETS TOO THIN. BUT, I'VE SEEN MOVIES THAT'RE 10 TIMES WORSE THAN THIS. AT LEAST IT IS WORTH A WATCH.