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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0601643750743
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Tai Seng
Manufacturer: Tai Seng
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Tai Seng
Release Date: April 25, 2000
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 30405
Studio: Tai Seng
Theatrical Release Date: 1979
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Editorial Review:
Description:
An early classic by the legendary Yuen Wo Ping, director of "Iron Monkey" and action director for the Hollywood hit "The Matrix," "The Buddhist Fist" is the story of two orphans who are raised separately by Shaolin monks and trained in the lethal art of the Buddhist Fist. Fate reunites them after a series of attacks at the monastery, and a surprise revelation leads to a duel to the death between the two brothers. Packed with furious fight scenes expertly choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping, "The Buddhist Fist" is good old-fashioned kung fu fighting at its very best!
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Director and martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping is best known to American audiences for transforming Laurence Fishburne and Keanu Reeves into kick-ass kung fu cyber-warriors in The Matrix, but this Hong Kong pro has been turning out some of the best fight scenes in Asian cinema since 1971. He directed Jackie Chan in his breakthrough hit Drunken Master and helped turn martial arts champion Jet Li into a screen legend by choreographing Once Upon a Time in China and Fist of Legend. By contrast his 1980 The Buddhist Fist is achingly old-fashioned, a familiar revenge film about a poor but stalwart small-town orphan who returns home from the big city to find a tangled mystery involving oodles of assassins and a criminal godfather known only as "Big Small Feet." The plot is secondary to the spectacle, a tight series of precise strike-and-pose sequences that were all the rage in the 1970s, slick and practiced but stiff compared to the fluid 1980s style. Stars Yuen Shunyi and Tsui Siu Ming have neither the charisma nor the grace of Jackie or Jet, but they do pull out some furious moves in flare-ups both grim and goofy, including a deadly dinner date that brings new meaning to the term food fight and an impressive climactic duel to the death. Chunks of the score were shamelessly ripped right out of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. --Sean Axmaker
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Another quintessential bad movie sub genre is the chopsaki kung-fu flick genre. I've seen a lot of chopsaki flicks. But I don't think I have ever seen one as genuinely bad as The Buddhist Fist. It was one of those movies that I felt, at least for a time, was the worst I have ever seen. For sure it is the worst chopsaki flick I have ever seen. Every other movie of this kind has at least some kind of redeeming quality... Good one liners, good martial arts, good screenplay, SOMETHING. The Buddhist Fist ... Read More
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This movie is one of my favorite martial arts movies of all time.
The acting and story is ok, but the kung fu is excellent.
The form of the monk/brother of the main character is precise, and his
style is creative and beautiful to watch. Don't get hung up on
the other stuff and pay attention to what really on display here:
exquisite movement.
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I watched it once and of course I have a always watch twice rule before I make judgements on a movie(unless it completely sucked). After watching it twice I'd say its worth watching. But I wouldnt put this in the classic category. What I like most is the final fight where the young monk does that special buddhist style. Thats probably the most interesting style I've seen in a movie thusfar.
This movies has some interesting fights too. But I'm just going off my gut feeling here that this ... Read More
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amazon is awesome I got free supersaver with my order and even though it took another 3-4 days it was worth it
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My father was into Kung Fu movies so i grew up watching many of them. It wasn't until recently i decided to start my own collection and this was one of my first choices. I love the story, choreography and the humor in this film. A definate must have for your Kung Fu library.
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