Member Cheng Li Posted January 3, 2015 Member Share Posted January 3, 2015 The Kung Fu Kid (1977) Alright, this is my first try to write something like a review of a movie or some kind of introduction to something that might encourage people to waste money on it and put it on their shelves next to the other hundreds and thousands of movies. I'm honest, I'm just getting into Martial Arts/Kung Fu movies and I'm absolutely not knowledgeable in this part of cinema history so no fancy background facts or associations with other Kung Fu movies, just my thoughts that I somehow scrapped together after I watched that particular movie. Who knows, maybe if I find it enjoyable to write about movies and you're thinking that my review was somewhat bearable than..maybe there'll be some more reviews in the future. Enough blabla lets get to the movie: The Kung Fu Kid from 1977 directed by Lo Wei. I don't know Lo Wei but hkmdb says that he directed a lot of movies and was an actor in even more movies so I'm sure that I'll see him again in my cinematic journey. The movie starts with a woman who screams, according to the subtitles, which are by the way somewhere between "Ah I get it, I can follow the story" and "Oh my god please, why are they using first graders to translate a movie", "Thief! Thief!" ah yeah we're in the middle of a robbery. Of course the woman who gets robbed is totally dizzy after screaming straight into the camera and spinning together with the cameraman for a few seconds, so there is no way she could catch that thief. The thief is not some random HongKong-punk no he's our star of the movie: Fang Min played by Michael Chan Wai-Man, again I don't know who that actor is but hkmdb says that he likes to play in countless movies so, see you soon Michael! Fang Min gets away and looks into the bag. What did he get? Some delicious Hong Kong Dollars, uh yeah. Next scene he buys some drugs, I don't know what kind of drugs, as I'm too lazy to look up the exact scene but it is probably some pretty dangerous stuff. I heard that the father is an important figure in an asian family, the center of everything. Fang Min didn't buy the drugs for himself but for his father, good son. But hey. whats that? His father is dead, oh no, the addiction was too much for him. As if this is not enough, the police raids the house and arrest Fang Min he doesn't even has time to bury his father. Now Fang Min is in the prison and after some decent fighting scenes he realize that fighting is no good in the prison so he becomes the model prisoner, everybody loves him and after all he is happy being in the prison, far away from that tough Hong Kong. That was the movie... No not really. Some policeman, with the goal of crushing the local drug scene needs some guy who'll infiltrate one of the biggest smuggling group, the group around our main villain: Big Man. The director of the prison recommends Fang Min because he has decent Kung Fu skills and he is super nice, Fang Min accepts as he sees this as an opportunity to revenge his fathers death and be of some use for the society. There are more characters in the movie and some nice twists in the story but I think that should be enough for you to get an idea of what the movie is all about. The fighting scenes are quite nice and the stuff between the fighting isn't that bad either, totally worth some Dollars if you find the VCD by Fortune Star which is currently unavailble at DDDhouse. You probably know other shops or ways to get the movie. The VCD itself is ok, don't expect too much, the picture quality is bearable and the subtitles, well, I have seen worse. Please do yourself a favor and don't read the text on the back of the VCD, it is full of spoilers and pretty much tells you everything about the movie, just read my introduction, that should be enough. Thank you for reading this text, I hope it wasn't too bad. Links of interest: hkmdb.com - The Kung Fu Kid dddhouse - The Kung Fu Kid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 4, 2015 Member Share Posted January 4, 2015 Nice review Cheng Li, I'm sure you will get better at it over time. Not that there's anything wrong with your review. Ive been a fan for over fifteen years and Ive still have a lot to learn. Done a few reviews myself (if you can call them that), but none of them appear on these forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 6, 2015 Member Share Posted January 6, 2015 Thanks for the review. You don't hear too much about this movie. I might have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted January 7, 2015 Member Share Posted January 7, 2015 Sounds like a decent movie, with a unique setting.. Your review was solid man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 20, 2021 Member Share Posted June 20, 2021 I wonder who the choreographer was. With this movie being produced by Lo's company, it's possible that Jackie may have lent a hand in that area. Chan Wai-Man didn't mind being choreographed by him all those years ago on the set of The Chivalrous Knight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 22, 2021 Member Share Posted June 22, 2021 It's weird that Tien Feng could appear in this movie and Fist of Fury II but not New Fist of Fury. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted June 22, 2021 Member Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/20/2021 at 4:31 PM, Cognoscente said: I wonder who the choreographer was. With this movie being produced by Lo's company, it's possible that Jackie may have lent a hand in that area. Strangely enough, the characters for Wushu (usually used for "Martial Arts Director/Instructor" were absent from the credits at the IMDB. In 1977, it could have been Jackie Chan or Chen Hsin-I (Chan San-Yat), who was finishing up his stint as Chang Cheh's second-wave fight choreographer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 22, 2021 Member Share Posted June 22, 2021 It could have been both as was the case with To Kill with Intrigue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member ShawAngela Posted June 25, 2021 Member Share Posted June 25, 2021 12 hours ago, Cognoscente said: Has anyone ordered from this site? http://karatemovie.com/catalog2/product_info.php/products_id/311 Yes, I did. The old titles such as this one or Golden Rose or Dragon Kid are DVD-R. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 25, 2021 Member Share Posted June 25, 2021 I shall do business with them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted June 25, 2021 Member Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Cognoscente said: I shall do business with them. He 's or was a member of this forum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 25, 2021 Member Share Posted June 25, 2021 I wonder if it's Falkor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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