Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted June 3, 2015 Member Share Posted June 3, 2015 This is one of my favs. Bought it a few days ago. Its been many years since I saw this and once again was over-joyed. Cast Polly Kuan John Cheung Ng-Long Yueh Hua Phillip Ko Fei Mark Lung Goon-Mo Cliff Lok Woo Gam Lo Lieh Tsai Hung Chen Hung-Lieh Paul Chang Chung Wong Wai (6) Man Man (2) Yu Chung-Chiu Got Siu-Bo Cheung Shu-Lam Woo Gwan (1) Tang Keung-Mei Tang Keung-Ying Lau Yau-Bun ... [Extra] Wong Yiu (2) ... [Extra] Ho Wai-Hung GD Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted June 3, 2015 Member Share Posted June 3, 2015 This is one of my comfort kung fu movies. Not actually especially good, but it was one of the first I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted June 3, 2015 Member Share Posted June 3, 2015 Not a favorite, but one I really enjoyed and will watch again. Fun movie, love the cameo performances and Star Wars music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted June 3, 2015 Member Share Posted June 3, 2015 Not a favorite, but one I really enjoyed and will watch again. Fun movie, love the cameo performances and Star Wars music! Okay, now I feel like I HAVE to see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted June 3, 2015 Member Share Posted June 3, 2015 Okay, now I feel like I HAVE to see this. You bastard! You said that the last time I mentioned this movie! Lol. You should see it though, I'm assuming its public domain because I have it on a mill creek 50 pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ThunderScore Posted June 4, 2015 Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 Not to be confused with Jimmy Wang Yu's FURIOUS SLAUGHTER (1972), which IIRC was also released in the U.S. as SUPER DRAGON. To further confound, wasn't this released on DVD in 2005 as SHAOLIN SUPER DRAGON? I think it's also in one of those Mill Creek DVD sets (the Shaoiln one I believe)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted June 4, 2015 Author Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 Not to be confused with Jimmy Wang Yu's FURIOUS SLAUGHTER (1972), which IIRC was also released in the U.S. as SUPER DRAGON. To further confound, wasn't this released on DVD in 2005 as SHAOLIN SUPER DRAGON? I think it's also in one of those Mill Creek DVD sets (the Shaoiln one I believe)... HKMDB lists the movies title as SHAOLIN SUPER DRAGON. GD-YY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted June 4, 2015 Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 Not to be confused with Jimmy Wang Yu's FURIOUS SLAUGHTER (1972), which IIRC was also released in the U.S. as SUPER DRAGON. To further confound, wasn't this released on DVD in 2005 as SHAOLIN SUPER DRAGON? I think it's also in one of those Mill Creek DVD sets (the Shaoiln one I believe)... Yup, it's on the Kickin' It Shaolin Style pack under the alias Shaolin Super Dragon. Guess I'll watch it soon (had no idea I had it, true story). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted June 4, 2015 Author Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 The movie has maybe 3 or 4 undercranking flaws.....otherwise worth the effort. GD Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Lone Wolf Posted June 4, 2015 Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 I haven't seen this one. My goal before death is to watch every kung fu movie ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted June 4, 2015 Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 Watched this one tonight. It's pretty confused in the first third or so, but I went "screw logic, I'll stay for the action". Cause it has a lot of action and some very nice stuff - I liked the sword fights, but them including a sound effect later re-used in Godfrey Ho's Ninja Terminator might help. Then later on (when you start to kinda get the plot), it grabbed me and I wanted to see where it was going and who the killer/escort company traitor was (he's exposed in the very end but I didn't get it - so who was it ultimately ?). The cast is enjoyable too, and I'll give two mentions. The first goes to Hu Chin, whom I instantly recognized in spite of the very bad quality of the release). She looks very cute - more than usual I should say - in that red outfit. The second goes to Lo Lieh. And here, he plays a freaking restaurant worker. But still, his mug and his attitude are put to great use - wouldn't want to stop at that inn. (Lo Lieh should have been brought up first, but Hu Chin is my favorite Taiwanese actress, I love this lady - not sure why, must be her really cute face and the parts she played that I find hypnotically fascinating) I mentionned the bad quality, and the Kickin' It Shaolin Style set has a rather bad (though watchable) release with pixelized opening credits and varying quality (it gets darker or lighter for no reason, sometimes it's a bit blurry). The movie is in fullscreen, so cropped, and parts of the screen (notably characters) are cut out. But the sound is good, which is nice since you can hear the dialogues (pretty much) and enjoy the Star Wars music (the way it's used made me laugh like crazy BTW) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted June 4, 2015 Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 The Vengeance dvd isn't too bad...well, it's 4:3, an old tape transfer, blurry, but considering some of the garbage transfers out there. It took me years to actually suss who the mystery villian was, as the cropping took out most of his face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted June 4, 2015 Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yeah I get a big kick out of the Star Wars music playing while they just ride around on horses, lol. I am surprised I don't see that mentioned more when this movie is brought up, as you can see it is one of the main things I that comes to my mind of when thinking of this movie. SPOILER: I believe the traitor was Yueh Hua, wasn't it? I need to watch it again. :/ I am an unabashed Lo Lieh fanboy, so as you know I agree he was great, even in a small cameo. I agree with pretty much everything you said about it, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted June 4, 2015 Member Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yeah I get a big kick out of the Star Wars music playing while they just ride around on horses, lol. I am surprised I don't see that mentioned more when this movie is brought up, as you can see it is one of the main things I that comes to my mind of when thinking of this movie. SPOILER: I believe the traitor was Yueh Hua, wasn't it? I need to watch it again. :/ It was more a "what character" question - like, was he part of the escort group or something ? And yeah, the use of music from Star Wars (I think from a spaceship chase sequence) for peopel riding horses is a big WTF inducing moment - it's so out of place and so obvious it should be mentionned more often really. I am an unabashed Lo Lieh fanboy, so as you know I agree he was great, even in a small cameo. I agree with pretty much everything you said about it, actually. I liked Lo Lieh's appearance, seeing him mentionned in the credits raised my interest even more. I actually expected Lo Lieh to be the masked killer (am I the only one who felt this guy seemed like a cheap Dr. Doom ?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted June 5, 2015 Member Share Posted June 5, 2015 I still believe putting Lo Lieh, a masked killer and Star Wars music together in one same film could have ended with something much more epic - like Lo Lieh as a masked gang leader whose theme would be the Imperial March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted June 5, 2015 Member Share Posted June 5, 2015 I still believe putting Lo Lieh, a masked killer and Star Wars music together in one same film could have ended with something much more epic - like Lo Lieh as a masked gang leader whose theme would be the Imperial March. Yeah the movie could possibly have been the greatest film ever created if Lo Lieh was Darth Vader. Seriously though, I agree with you. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted June 6, 2015 Author Member Share Posted June 6, 2015 Yeah I get a big kick out of the Star Wars music playing while they just ride around on horses, lol. I am surprised I don't see that mentioned more when this movie is brought up, as you can see it is one of the main things I that comes to my mind of when thinking of this movie. SPOILER: I believe the traitor was Yueh Hua, wasn't it? I need to watch it again. :/ Yes Yueh Hua is the villain. Gd Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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