Member GhostFaceKiller Posted January 27, 2008 Member Share Posted January 27, 2008 Dude, I'm surprised I didn't hear more about this movie earlier. It is totally rad!!! I think this might be the best choreographed movie Tommy Lee has ever done. It's simply hours of non-stop forms intensive Gung Fu which is totally beautifully done. That dude Ricky Cheng was awesome. His physicality matched that of old-school Jackie Chan. This is a VideoAsia release and yet it's wide screen and pretty decent looking. I am super impressed. I think it cost me like 7 bucks. What a deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 27, 2008 Member Share Posted January 27, 2008 Yeah this movie is great. One of my all time favorites. Chang Shan doesn't mess around in this. He can't even walk at the end of his fight and he's still whoopin ass. That's how a great villain goes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted January 27, 2008 Member Share Posted January 27, 2008 I passed on this one several times because of it being one of those awful VideoAsia releases. Here's the poster... By venoms5, shot with Digimax A503 / Kenox D503 at 2007-11-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted January 27, 2008 Member Share Posted January 27, 2008 The final fight is one of the best two on one fights I have seen! And it is most def Tommy Lee's best work as choreographer in my book! There were short stints of pretty obvious undercranking that I could have done without though. But thats a minor grievance. Awesome movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member will91XingYu Posted January 27, 2008 Member Share Posted January 27, 2008 This film is amazing! Ricky Cheng is great in this! I love this film so much but i don't watch it that often. The end fight is amazing, also Chi Kai running up the tree and backflipping off it without wires! Also the fight against the two lamas is so cool as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Linn1 Posted January 27, 2008 Member Share Posted January 27, 2008 I passed on this one several times because of it being one of those awful VideoAsia releases. Here's the poster... The dvd is just a boot of another better quality PD release of the film. I can't remember who released the original, but look it up online and you should be able to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted January 27, 2008 Member Share Posted January 27, 2008 I saw the end fight of this movie on youtube and it is great, I'm definately gonna have to get this film on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted January 28, 2008 Member Share Posted January 28, 2008 The dvd is just a boot of another better quality PD release of the film. I can't remember who released the original, but look it up online and you should be able to find it. Cool. I'll look for that one. Thanks, Linn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jstn Posted January 30, 2008 Member Share Posted January 30, 2008 I keep seeing this one in the stores, didn't know much about it, but now I'm psyched, gonna check it out. : D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tosh Posted January 30, 2008 Member Share Posted January 30, 2008 I just watched some youtube clips I'll have to pick this one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GhostFaceKiller Posted January 31, 2008 Author Member Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hey Morgoth, I didn't recognize Chang Shan in this film. Who did he play? I was actually looking for him and couldn't tell who he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 31, 2008 Member Share Posted January 31, 2008 He plays the white haired villain. THis is the only movie I have seen where Shan does any kind of acrobatics. Definitely my favorite fight of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GhostFaceKiller Posted February 3, 2008 Author Member Share Posted February 3, 2008 Morgoth, Are you telling me he's the final villain? I just watched it again and I was staring him in the face and still could not recognize him. It's crazy. I was gonna say, that was one crazy fight. Even better than Shaolin vs. Lama as hard as that is to believe. This movie truly blows me away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted February 3, 2008 Member Share Posted February 3, 2008 Yeah that's him. Here's another movie where he is hard to recognize- http://youtube.com/watch?v=AnfYk0ECML0 He is so damn good in this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoNiceTime Posted February 4, 2008 Member Share Posted February 4, 2008 Great film as far as action goes. Ricky Chein is just so f** annoying in this one though. Prob due to the bad dubbing but it kinda ruins it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted February 4, 2008 Member Share Posted February 4, 2008 Show me a movie where he isn't annoying...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member 5 Element Boxer Posted February 6, 2008 Member Share Posted February 6, 2008 Yeah. I've only see parts of this movie, along with clips on youtube. I wonder if netflix has this. I must see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted February 6, 2008 Member Share Posted February 6, 2008 Netflix has it under the title Shaolin Raiders of Death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JopokHime Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Get the Vengeance UK dvd. It's wide and uncut. The horrible Shaolin Raiders version is bottom of the barrel fullscreen dreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted February 8, 2008 Member Share Posted February 8, 2008 I was pleased with the pic quality on the Saturn version of Shaolin Raiders. And the full screen barely affects the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member teako170 Posted March 1, 2009 Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 WOW! It's all that - and a bag of chips! Watched this last night. Wall-to-wall ack-chun! Tommy did an awesome job with this and Ricky never looked better. I rewatched the Ricky vs Lamas scene today while eating lunch. The man has some serious 'Acro-Fu' skills! XD Definitely in my "to-watch-again" pile.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member inframan Posted March 2, 2009 Member Share Posted March 2, 2009 This is one where the good guys just go after the bad guys. I'm so used to having to see the heros get beat down or backed into a corner, it was wierd at the end where they just kind of attacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thundered mantis Posted March 3, 2009 Member Share Posted March 3, 2009 It´s a great film. Only down points are that a couple of fights towards the end get a bit too repetitive in some movements, they kinda drag a bit, like they not evolve or go nowhere. I´m referring to the Ricky Chen vs 2 big guys, and also the final fight. Still, the action is nothing less than superb, but I maybe consider Of Cooks & Kung Fu, with similar cast, a bit step up (just a tiny bit though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WalkOn Posted March 4, 2009 Member Share Posted March 4, 2009 Great flic, with a great cast! Ricky Cheng Tien Chi, Chai Kai, Chen Shan and Tommy Lee (little screen time if I'm correct) all in top form! I never knew Tommy Lee was the choreography, thanks for letting us know. It's one of his best choreography, if not the best I've seen. I remember watching this on 42nd St during the early 80's. A crowd pleaser for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member defangthewolf Posted March 8, 2009 Member Share Posted March 8, 2009 extremely underrated - it hardly got a mention on this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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