Member blue_skies Posted February 16, 2014 Member Share Posted February 16, 2014 Something I downloaded off YouTube a while ago. The movie was okay, kind of boring between action sequences and some bad comedy. Oshima Yukari was very good as always, and one of the leading ladies was good , the other was just a pretty face and clearly had no moves taking me out of the action. Good to see Kurata again. Not a movie I would likely watch again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ChillyChong Posted October 17, 2023 Member Share Posted October 17, 2023 Yukari Oshima, Shoji Kurata and taiwanese beauty Elsa Yang do action well but time between fights is near pain to watch. For those who love acion comedies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ChillyChong Posted October 30, 2023 Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 I have vcd too, terrible movie except action.in book there is same kid as in Magic Crystal he was impressive for a brat. I would buy Book too but it is not a movie hoping to get released. There are loads of better flicks with Yukari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Knetan Posted October 30, 2023 Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 I dig it. It's dopey in that Chu Yen-ping, Taiwanese way that I personally am into. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lastninja Posted October 30, 2023 Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 15 hours ago, Bruce said: Speaking of Hong Kong classics that not everyone may agree is a great (or even good) movie ... any chance of Book Of Heroes getting a decent release any time soon? I've got it on VCD but nothing to watch it on at this point! I'm not saying it's right up there with Project A or Millionaires' Express but Book Of Heroes is still kind of fun with Yukari Oshima giving the action scenes all she had & goofy, slapsticky style humor to boot, I'd like to see it get some love from someone like Eureka! or 88 Films. Thank you Bruce for your positive words about "Book Of Heroes". Even if ChillyChong's critical words are not entirely unjustified, in my opinion the film stands out from the average HK martial arts actioner. The reason for this is the really excellently staged battle scenes. And there really are a lot of them. In addition to Yukari Oshima, Elsa Yang (we'll soon see her in "Challenge Of The Lady Ninja" from Error4444) but especially Pauline Lan Hsin-Mei can show what they can do. Even if I repeat myself, here is the link to the fight scenes again. Fantastic stuff. The other movie with fantastic fights from Pauline Lan Hsin-Mei I know of is "Funny Family": For once I would agree to a bundle with the two films, Eureka. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ironfistedmonk Posted October 31, 2023 Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 22 hours ago, lastninja said: Thank you Bruce for your positive words about "Book Of Heroes". Even if ChillyChong's critical words are not entirely unjustified, in my opinion the film stands out from the average HK martial arts actioner. The reason for this is the really excellently staged battle scenes. And there really are a lot of them. In addition to Yukari Oshima, Elsa Yang (we'll soon see her in "Challenge Of The Lady Ninja" from Error4444) but especially Pauline Lan Hsin-Mei can show what they can do. Even if I repeat myself, here is the link to the fight scenes again. Fantastic stuff. The other movie with fantastic fights from Pauline Lan Hsin-Mei I know of is "Funny Family": For once I would agree to a bundle with the two films, Eureka. Never seen this one, I need to now those scenes are quality 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lastninja Posted October 31, 2023 Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 17 hours ago, ironfistedmonk said: Never seen this one, I need to now those scenes are quality Unfortunately, the two films are not easy to get. Not to mention a HD version. I'm lucky enough to own the VCD's (see photos from my collection). Of course, the image quality isn't amazing. It's just a VCD. Maybe there is an opportunity to put together a HD version based on a Chinese TV version. Heard that there are a few people in this forum who have badass Video/Audio-Kung Fu skills. Edited November 1, 2023 by lastninja 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lastninja Posted October 31, 2023 Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 This review of "Book Of Heroes" pretty much reflects my opinion: Review in german (you have to use google translator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member spannick Posted November 1, 2023 Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 there also was a nice looking, but sadly fullscreen cropped, South African DVD with English dub only for BOOK OF HEROES (Impact Video, now apparently gone with all their other great rarities) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted November 2, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 1:54 PM, Bruce said: Speaking of Hong Kong classics that not everyone may agree is a great (or even good) movie ... any chance of Book Of Heroes getting a decent release any time soon? Wrong country though, ‘Book of Heroes’ is a Taiwan flick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ironfistedmonk Posted November 2, 2023 Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 Look what I found, my memory is getting really bad Watched it last night, action is pretty darn good, although I doubt this will see the light of day in the west with some of the jokes towards the end about Eugene Thomas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ChillyChong Posted November 2, 2023 Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, ironfistedmonk said: Watched it last night, action is pretty darn good, although I doubt this will see the light of day in the west with some of the jokes towards the end about Eugene Thomas yes, quite rough language but subs are no problem can always tone down to be more politically correct. Watched it again today although skipped most of comedy but action is good indeed. Very unexpected moment when police chief jump kicks lawyer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lastninja Posted November 2, 2023 Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 7 hours ago, KUNG FU BOB said: I haven't seen FUNNY FAMILY. I actually think "Funny Family" as a whole is weaker than "A Book Of Heroes". There aren't as many fight scenes as in "Book", therefore you get more bad humor. However, the fight scenes that are there are first class and above average. When you say "mixed category", that's pretty accurate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member D1 Ma Posted November 5, 2023 Member Share Posted November 5, 2023 in terms of action, BOH rivals any HK production, IMO. Yukari never looked better, she really shines here. The comedic part is pretty bad and forced. I have a custom LD rip - arguably the best version out there in SD. Never seen an HD version but would love to find one Funny Family is much weaker, I don't think it even worth tracking down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ChillyChong Posted November 5, 2023 Member Share Posted November 5, 2023 27 minutes ago, D1 Ma said: in terms of action, BOH rivals any HK production, IMO. Yukari never looked better, she really shines here. The comedic part is pretty bad and forced. I have a custom LD rip - arguably the best version out there in SD. Never seen an HD version but would love to find one Funny Family is much weaker, I don't think it even worth tracking down I liked most part yukari proves her worth against henchmen.so swift scene. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted July 20 Member Share Posted July 20 Great martial arts in this film. Yukari Oshima is awesome and it's too bad that Pauline Lan didn't do more with her career. Full review here: https://abeautifulfilm.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-book-of-heroes-1986.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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