Product Details

• Actors: Hui Lou Chen, Fu Chiang Chi, Tad Horino, Philip Kwok, Chun Lei
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Ground Zero
• VHS Release Date: October 30, 1999
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305793913
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,429 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tiger and Crane Fists, October 27, 2002

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D. Watkins (Morganton, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiger & Crane Fist [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Kung Pow's dazzling effects and sampling sparked intrest in the original movie it was made from, Tiger and Crane Fists. I just had to get this movie to see how the story really went, and find out if it was originally a sci-fi movie at all. This is a very emotional story of two adjacent clans in China that learn the hard way that they must overcome pride, combine technique, and unite to overcome the ruthless oppressing Master Paine or Betty.

The picture quality is ok, sound (music&effects) is retro, but in a cool way, and dialogue was before its time (suprisingly)

I enjoyed this movie, and I think anyone would who was intrigued by the masterpiece Kung Pow.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, June 25, 2003

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derek - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger & Crane Fist [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a good movie that inspired the greatest movie...Kung Pow. I would recommend this to all people.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars That's A Lot of Nuts!, February 13, 2007

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A. Palacio "Save Them from The Fire" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiger & Crane Fist [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Not a particularly memorable Martial Arts film by any stretch of the imagination, this feature has nevertheless gained a certain amount of cult status due almost entirely to *Kung Pow: Enter the Fist* and garners an additional star for it.

One would find it hard not to recall lines from Kung Pow; thusly, it would be hard to take *Tiger & Crane Fist* seriously as it was meant. You will notice that scenes do not follow the exact same order, and sorry, no ''infernal'' tonguey or a need to ''avoid the meadow.'' Some things will surprise however as there were several scenes and extended takes that were not used, and others that you may have thought were unique to Kung Pow.

Don't expect extensive remastering on this VHS title, as only cleverly selected (though numerous) portions of the original master were used, and only those were remastered in picture and sound uniquely for the 2002 Steve Oedekerk film.

It would do some good to have this film remastered in its entirety, but the owners likely fear that numbers interested would be too few. This VHS edition (printed in 1999 and in EP speed) is a full-screen presentation that is from the original source without the benefit of remastered picture and sound. The opening and ending are abrupt - there are no closing credits for some unknown reason. The far more rare and better quality SP-speed version has the full closing, which is simply the leads walking away from the camera and then a black-screen 'The End' in dual-language format.

Note: This film is AKA: *Savage Killers*, of which a repro poster is available here in Amazon.com.