Opinions on Pantyhose Hero

[Chinatown Kid]

This is one of the few Sammo movies I haven't seen and was hoping to get some opinions or thoughts on it. I've heard it's about 2 cops trying to track down a killer of gay people and the fights in it are pretty good. Is it worth tracking down or is it one to avoid?

[silver hermit]

get it and judge it yourself, i see it as trademark modern sammo. the comedy is a bit risky by western standards.

[D1 Ma]

One of Sammo's better projects.

[Chen Zhen]

that depends.

on the action side, this is some of sammos best stuff..the fights and stunts are crazy in typical sammo fashion...if u liked the fights in pedicab, these fights, while not quite as good, are definetely in the same ballpark.

now, if u consider urself homophobic, then there are quite a few scenes that u may want to fast forward through. its kinda funny, his take on the gay community. but fear not, theres nothing in there that is too outrageous to make one feel very uncomfortable.

on the action side - 4.5/5

overall, i'd give the movie a 3.5/5

one thing to note is that, once again, sammo gives u insane action scenes.....in very small doses.

[Markgway]

The film is unfortunately homophobic and even though I'm not gay myself I found it offensive. There's a lot of sleazy comedy to get thru before the stunts at the end. Try it at your peril.

[D1 Ma]

Oh, come on!
I fought some of the faggot jokes were funny! :)
I don't know why people are so hyper-sensitive about this film. Sammo's actualy DEFENDING gays in this movie, both verbally and physically. It's defenitely not anti-gay, it's just happen to take place within gay community.
Plus, this movie is about action, the plot is not that important, so forget all that politically correct bull$hit and enjoy the movie!

[Chinatown Kid]

Thanks for your comments guys, much appreciated. Since it has some of Sammo's great choreography and stunts in it then I definately want to check it out. :) Sammo's definately known for having controversial stuff in some of his movies before, I remember when he dressed Yuen Biao up in blackface to impersonate Robert Samuels character's brother in Don't Give a Damn. What was worse was Samuels had to act like he was actually fooled by it! :eek

[rederror]

Quality film. i found it quite funny and the action is brutal. Check out sammo's car stunt...all i can say is OUCH!!!

[rdenn]

this is the last good film sammo has done, really violent fights sammo doesnt hold back does he.

[Markgway]

I'm hardly Mr. Political Correctness, but I seem to remember gays being treated pretty badly in that film. Certainly at the time I didn't like it. But everyone's different.

[silver hermit]

its a sammo film people are supposed to get beat up. and the fact the serial killer targets gays has nothing to do with homophobia

[Riceboy2000]

I thought it was funny as well. The fighting does have the nice brutal feel to it. I remember being let down by the ending a tad bit though. I'm a fan of Alan Tam too so I enjoyed the film.

[tigerstyles]

its pure class and deserves a decent DVD release right now. Wait a minute i realy could do with a new version of Hard Boiled.....8o

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Great action with a passable story that is somtimes funny. I found it way more silly than offensive. Actually pretty daring subject matter Sammo covered the time it was made. Nowadays youre hard pressed to find a channel on tv not catering to the gay agenda (except maybe Spike).

even though I'm not gay myself
Damnit, I just lost $20 in the Fandom pool!

[Man from WAZ]

best line in the movie: "me gay, you gay, sooo...let's gay!

[tigerstyles]

superb film just watched it again

[Beat TG]

the action was hot but the movie itself is quite something that's not so pleasant to watch (I'm not homophobic or anything though, I meant for other people).

[David G Rees]

Great film, typical 80's action with a great finale.....and that stunt with the car...ouch!!

[Beat TG]

that car stunt always makes me go "ouch!!!"...;)

[niro]

I just watched this film...i've wanted to check it out for long time...its fackin hilarious :D

The funniest part was when they were training to be gay with that woman and they had the following dialogue:

Alan:Hii
Sammo:Hii
Alan:You gay?
Sammo: mmm
Alan: Me gay too
Sammo: So....
Alan: Let's gay
Sammo: Ok,OK

[Karlos]

It's a cracking modern day Sammo flick - but, as noted, it's not exactly PC!!

Still, when have HK films ever worried about offending anyone when it comes to their comedic moments?!

FarEastFlix.com has it - it's a transfer of the old VHS, but it doesn't look like it's getting a proper DVD release anytime soon!

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

Let's gay......:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[chen lung]

It seemed like Sammo wanted the word gay mentioned as often as possible, so he stuck in words like it.

I tried getting it and although the case has Pantyhose, I ended up getting 'Master With Cracked Fingers'!

[David Rees]

Great Sammo action and funny if a little dated.
Found a dvd here but im sure its a bootleg..its says 2:35-1 widescreen but my tape is fullscreen...anyone got this disc?


PANTYHOSE HERO DVD (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335857173&toolid=10001&customid=pantyhose&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FPANTYHOSE-HERO-Sammo-Hung-Widescreen-DVD-NEW_W0QQitemZ250271931357QQcmdZViewItem%3F_trksid% 3Dp3286.m20.l1116)

[chen lung]

Think 'Pantyhose' is a 1:85:1 film and that DVD is a bootleg.

[thedirtytiger]

i HAVE THE hk VCD There is no official dvd release as yet...