Member Shaolin Patriot Posted December 2, 2008 Member Share Posted December 2, 2008 One actor I've not heard much about on the board is Ling Yun. I've seen just a few of his films (Deadly Knives, Big Holdup, Five Tough Guys) and thought he gave good performances in each one. I have an interest in a few more titles. Can anyone comment on these? - Heroes of the Underground (with Ching Li) - Gun Brothers (with Ku Feng) - Six Assassins (with Lilly Li) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Betty Pei Ti Posted December 2, 2008 Member Share Posted December 2, 2008 I can recommend these two titles to you: "Clans of Intrique" (with Ti Lung and Yueh Hua) and the sequel "Legend of the Bat" (with Ti Lung and Yueh Hua as well). In each of them he plays the same Character - an assassin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vengeanceofhumanlanterns Posted December 2, 2008 Member Share Posted December 2, 2008 Twin Blades Of Doom Perils Of The Sentimental Swordsman The Deadly Knives Death Duel Duel Of The Century (this should've been released) The Iron Buddha Legend Of The Bat There are more titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted December 2, 2008 Member Share Posted December 2, 2008 One actor I've not heard much about on the board is Ling Yun. I've seen just a few of his films (Deadly Knives, Big Holdup, Five Tough Guys) and thought he gave good performances in each one. I have an interest in a few more titles. Can anyone comment on these? - Heroes of the Underground (with Ching Li) - Gun Brothers (with Ku Feng) - Six Assassins (with Lilly Li) The first two I enjoyed quite a bit especially GUN BROTHERS. The opening reminded me so much of Indiana Jones. While the whole film is good, the ending didn't reach the excitement of the beginning. SIX ASSASSINS was just okay to me, granted, I was doing other things while it was on, so another viewing would be in order. I would just get it anyways if you're a fan. As someone else said, LEGEND OF THE BAT is great. The final 30 minutes is tops and filled with enough cliffhanger moments for several movies. Ling Yun was working on another movie at the same time as DEADLY KNIVES called UNARMED COMBAT but either that one never got released by Celestial (under a different name?) or was a film that was never completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member oldeschool17 Posted December 2, 2008 Member Share Posted December 2, 2008 Legend of the Bat is much better than Clans of Intrigue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Betty Pei Ti Posted December 2, 2008 Member Share Posted December 2, 2008 ...not in my opinion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Winfred Posted December 3, 2008 Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 Alas, Unarmed Combat was never completed or it would have been the 3rd pairing of Ling Yun with Ivy Ling Po after The Mighty One & It's All In The Family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yu_Xihong Posted December 3, 2008 Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 Watch Iron Buddha, he's a good star in that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Iron Boat Posted December 3, 2008 Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 Ling Yun is great in Death Duel, and also check him out in the Proud Youth, his screen presence is dynamic.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SamuraiDana Posted December 3, 2008 Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 SIX ASSASSINS is worth a watch, but it's only fair. Of the others mentioned here, I'm a big fan of CLANS OF INTRIGUE and IRON BUDDHA. Frankly, I don't remember how big Ling Yun's role was in CLANS, but I definitely prefer it, as a film, to LEGEND OF THE BAT. He has a good part in IRON BUDDHA, which is filled with action and has a really evil bad guy, played expertly by Huang Tsung-hsin. Since the hero (Ling Yun) doesn't know what the bad guy he's chasing looks like, the villain uses this to manipulate the hero into finding the precious knife that both hero and villain are searching for. It's very clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yang Wu Liang Posted December 3, 2008 Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 In Iron Buddha he gets a decent starring role but I prefer Ling Yun in his later indies, the bloke is a swordplay DON in films like Big Land Flying Eagles, Hero's Tears, My Blade My Life, Moon Night Cutter, Last Duel, Flying Sword Lee the list goes on and only my memory's preventing me from naming more! After Ti Lung and Tien Peng he's my favourite screen swordsman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shaolin Patriot Posted December 3, 2008 Author Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thanks to everyone for your feedback and recommendations. I'll certainly look into Legend of the Bat and Iron Buddha too. Legend of the Bat has a great cast and story. It seems Sammo Hung is the action director for Iron Buddha and also features the late Wong Chung Shun from the Bruce Lee films. Clans of Intrigue - what's this about a cross-gendered monk? I'm not so sure about this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted December 3, 2008 Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 Alas, Unarmed Combat was never completed or it would have been the 3rd pairing of Ling Yun with Ivy Ling Po after The Mighty One & It's All In The Family. Thanks for that, Winfred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member oldeschool17 Posted December 3, 2008 Member Share Posted December 3, 2008 Clans of Intrigue - what's this about a cross-gendered monk? I'm not so sure about this one. Well it's not like he/she shows you his/her private parts. I thought it got a bit convoluted near the end. If i say much more then it may give away the ending. Just go into it with low expectations. I also thought Ti Lung was rather "weak" in this movie compared to Legend of the Bat. Even though Clans of Intrigue has the mystery element going for it, I thought Legend of the Bat did a better job with it and the film was much more engaging(even if it was trying to introduce an array of characters, twists and turns). To each his/her own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Iron Boat Posted December 4, 2008 Member Share Posted December 4, 2008 Like someone mentioned a while back, Clans of Intrigue is the cure for insomnia, I try to watch it and it can not hold my interest, why Chor Yuen abandoned the action and pacing of the Magic Blade I'll never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yihetuan Posted May 21, 2023 Member Share Posted May 21, 2023 Happy 82nd Birthday to Taiwanese actor, Ling Yun. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chu Liu Hsiang Posted May 21, 2023 Member Share Posted May 21, 2023 (edited) I always appreciate his performances a lot, especially as cool wuxia character, but he's also great in "contempos". Good to know he's still around. Happy Birthday!! Edited May 21, 2023 by Chu Liu Hsiang 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member morpheus Posted May 29, 2023 Member Share Posted May 29, 2023 (edited) On 12/2/2008 at 11:29 AM, Shaolin Patriot said: One actor I've not heard much about on the board is Ling Yun. I've seen just a few of his films (Deadly Knives, Big Holdup, Five Tough Guys) and thought he gave good performances in each one. I have an interest in a few more titles. Can anyone comment on these? - Heroes of the Underground (with Ching Li) - Gun Brothers (with Ku Feng) - Six Assassins (with Lilly Li) I did a review on Gun Brothers -it's not bad of a film although the choreography was a bit shaky. Ling also held the lead role as a private detective in Dark Rendezvous, investigating the murder of his ex-girlfriend. Edited May 29, 2023 by morpheus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shaolin Patriot Posted May 29, 2023 Author Member Share Posted May 29, 2023 Wow, completely forgot about my original 2008 post! Thanks for all the recommendations. I now have practically every title mentioned in the thread. Also be sure to check out Killers On Wheels. Still hoping for an official Dark Rendezvous release some day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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