Moderator Asmo Posted March 10, 2008 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'm interested in seeing this purely because it's an early outing for Liu Chia-Hui but I was wondering if it has any other reedeming qualities? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dragonherb Posted March 10, 2008 Member Share Posted March 10, 2008 I thought it was horribly dull + the “rolling barrel“-scene was so bad that I just can’t forget about it, no matter how hard I try. It sure was an instant throw-away movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted March 11, 2008 Author Moderator Share Posted March 11, 2008 It's that bad? Was the choreography any good? The 3 Lau brothers supposedly choreographed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dragonherb Posted March 11, 2008 Member Share Posted March 11, 2008 I didn’t care much for the choreography. Everything in this movie just bores me out. On the other hand, if you’re to pick up this flick go for the Mainland DVD which is in widescreen, you will only loose 25HKD if you threw it away afterwards. Someone put up a clip for the movie on youtube so here’s an example of the fighting: OrVvOydvDoE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted March 11, 2008 Author Moderator Share Posted March 11, 2008 That's only about $3 Australian, so I think I might go for it. What places have it for that price? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dragonherb Posted March 11, 2008 Member Share Posted March 11, 2008 Here’s where I got mine: http://www.buyoyo.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?style=1&prrfnbr=5166255&prmenbr=152&CGRY_NUM=251&LANGUAGE=1&curr=USD Yesasia sell it as well: http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-videos/pid-1004008822/ Their site informs that the movie does not contain english subs, but it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted March 12, 2008 Author Moderator Share Posted March 12, 2008 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Iron Boat Posted March 12, 2008 Member Share Posted March 12, 2008 Whoa, So this movie really does exist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Is the English dub cut? The Ground Zero edition that is? 79m NTSC (although it could be a PAL transfer I suppose) is alarm bells short. How do we know this was filmed in 1973 (as is listed almost everywhere) when the HK release date was 1978? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yakuza954 Posted November 8, 2008 Member Share Posted November 8, 2008 The English dub for this one is pretty horrendous.. I don't think this one was made made in 1978. Gordon Liu looks younger in this one, closer to how he looked like in his earlier bit roles in Shaw Brothers movies. The choreography is also much not as complicated and intricate as in the other movies LKL did in '78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted November 8, 2008 Member Share Posted November 8, 2008 Just a shot in the dark here, but my guess is that it was filmed in 74. Could be 73 though. Definitely not 78. There's no way that Lau Kar Leung made this crap movie while doing all that awesome stuff at Shaws. If it was filmed in 1976, or after, I think he would have had higher standards, even for a low budget movie like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I'm sure it was filmed several years earlier than release. I'm just wondering where 1973 specifically comes from (as opposed to say 1972 or 1974)? Also any Chinese posters/lobbies for this one? I have one that lists the title as Return of the Tiger (but that's clearly been pasted over the original). And the original production company has been blanked out also. Bah. Any know how produced this? The HKFA DB list "Ka Wah" (inverted commas because the name is only in Chinese script) The HKFA FG list "Wu Zhou" (also Chinese only) The HKMDB lists Wuzhou aka Ng Chow and Golden Tripod. I get the feeling that Golden Tripod only distributed the film. If you look at the Deadly Strike print (the one that contains the GT logo) the credits are new and so is the producer's credit for Shih Chao-Chin. The original credits (seen mostly on the Ground Zero POS) credit co-director Yang Fan as writer-producer. Golden Tripod is Shih Chao-Chin. I think Golden Tripod rebranded a movie which had sat for years on a shelf as their own. So Wuzhou could still be the prod. co. EXCEPT the only Wuzhou I could find appeared to make Cantonese B&W movies in the 1940s. Doesn't sound at all like the same company. And who the hell is "Ka Wah"? HELP!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Damn. The Ground Zero version (which looks like a piece of shit compared to the clip posted earlier) runs only 78:34 (NTSC). I smell cuts. Mind you the Chinese DVD (which I should held out for) reportedly only runs 79:11 (PAL). That's roughly 4 mins difference. So not much cut. However HK Flix list a P*n M***a release (under the re-title Deadly Strike) at 96m(!) Say it ain't so. Crap film BTW. But even crap deserves a decent uncut presentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Seems like Ka Wah maybe known as Kathreen Film Co. Were they the original producers of this film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HyperDrive Posted February 4, 2009 Member Share Posted February 4, 2009 The IMDB entry for BFO may help but it's most likely a very long shot. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832488/ Ka Wah is only listed as producing one movie in 1975 there. http://www.imdb.com/company/co0245300/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I can't imagine The Liu Brothers had their own production company back when this was made. None of them had ever starred in a film let alone directed or produced one. Pretty sure Yang Fan was the man responsible but that the credits were changed when the film was released in 1978. Lobbies/posters might help but they're scarce. I only have one which called the film Return of the Tiger but it looks doctored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member FrankBolte Posted February 5, 2009 Member Share Posted February 5, 2009 somewhere was a scanned article about that movie,i remember the mag which featured the article was from 1973... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If whomever has that article/scan could repost it I'd appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted July 13, 2021 Member Share Posted July 13, 2021 I noticed that some pieces of the musical theme form Enter the Dragon are in Breakout from oppression. So, I checked on hkmdb in order to see the date of releases of the two movies. Breakout from oppression is mentioned as a 1973 movie, but it's also written that it was released in HK only in 1978... Does anyone have any idea why it was released to late if it was a 1973 movie ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted July 13, 2021 Member Share Posted July 13, 2021 Lau Kar-Leung financed the film, but couldn't get a distributor to release it until Gordon Liu became a star. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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