Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted February 23, 2014 Member Share Posted February 23, 2014 Before I pop this tape in the old VCR, has anyone seen this? Is this as good as the young dragons, if not better? Need input thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Before I pop this tape in the old VCR, has anyone seen this? Is this as good as the young dragons, if not better? Need input thank you! This is to me one of the 'BEST' kids and kung fu movies ever. Very funny too. Cleaver action. I think you will like it OKFC. Here is an ODD review I found on You Tube GD Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Kung Fu Kids Break Away – 1980 / Director: Kan Ping Yu By Rich Posted in: ACTION, COMEDY, HEADLINES, KUNG FU, REVIEW Have pity on a small child Four years before The Karate Kid came the Kung Fu Kids. Their stature (and budget) may be small, but their hearts are mighty and they have fighting skills of extraordinary magnitude. I found this little gem while looking for something a little off the beaten track for March-ial Arts month, and was expecting dire comedy, overly cute kids (preferably orphans), inept bad guys and a hot teenage girl to inflame the nascent lust slowly building in the older kid’s testicles. I got all these, but so much more. The film, it has to be said, it fairly crude (a fact which the slightly wobbly VHS rip I watched enhanced), but the two kids are bearable and the stunt work is, at times, outstanding. I’ve watched my fair share of cheapo martial arts films -the video guy I used to get my tapes from in the mid-1980s had a Suzuki van full of everything from hardcore porn (my first introduction to the strange world of John Holmes) to pirate copies of the Star Wars films – so a good sub-Bruce Lee film was always welcome. Acrobatics, deafening foley effects, a touch of unconvincing blood and hopeless dubbing were Saturday night heaven. The films all blended into one in my head – did I watch The Jade Claw, The Five Deadly Venoms or The Kid With the Golden Arm last night? Who knows – the films were usually on blank tapes, with no subtitles half the time, but as long as they were full of action, who cared? Kung Fu Kids Break Away would have been rejected after the first few minutes. Who wants young lads doing backflips when we can have ninjas and shaolin monks taking each other on, with a variety of nasty-looking hardware. My fifteen year-old self was hungry for violence, but now, I can appreciate the subtle side of things a little more (only a little, mind), and can enjoy something like Kung Fu Kids even though it’s light on extreme violence. That’s not to say that the film doesn’t have it’s nasty side – the slapstick skits (which are no less annoying than early Jackie Chan, I suppose) sit uneasily alongside a few stronger scenes. Fans of Asian cinema will recognise at least two of the faces here: the villain, Mr. Chu is played by Eddie Ko, who has starred in films as varied as Johnnie To & Ka Fai-Wai’s Mad Detective, Stanley Tong’s Rumble in the Bronx (alongside Jackie Chan) and Lethal Weapon 4. The putative star and hero, Eagle, is played by Casanova Wong. As well as having perhaps the coolest name in cinema, the Korean has appeared in chop socky classics like The Game of Death and Warriors 2. This film is neither of the two’s finest hour, but it’s still a fun little thing. the two kids (Wang Ye Leung – who plays Sanmao, a famous Chinese comic character I’ve never heard of – and Au Dai) are far less irritating than they could be and Wang is a phenomenal, acrobatic performer, who’s subsequent career didn’t do him justice at all (Sleeping Fist? Snuff Bottle Connection?). All in all, Kung Fu Kids Break Away is a fairly light, but entertaining bit of fluff. Fans of Wong and Ko will love it (although Wong doesn’t feature much at all, despite what the publicity says). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted February 25, 2014 Author Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Thanks for the input, the dubbing is fantastic by the way. I will finish this at some point, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted February 26, 2014 Member Share Posted February 26, 2014 I was really excited when I first watched this but I don't remember anything good about other than 1 or 2 or cassanova's kicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted February 26, 2014 Member Share Posted February 26, 2014 Before I pop this tape in the old VCR, has anyone seen this? Is this as good as the young dragons, if not better? Need input thank you! Your more than welcome OKFC. GD Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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