Disciples of Shaolin / 洪拳小子 (1975)

[Tosh]

I was really looking forward to seeing this one, all I have to say is - Meh, this movie suffers from the dreaded weak villain syndrom, there's absolutely no competition for Fu Sheng, Fung Hak On and Kong Do are resoted to being pansies that can fight about as good as one of their lackies, and has to resort to a cheap shot for anything to get out of it. Chi Kuan Chun is woefully underused, being the only one with MA skills better then Sheng, he's completely wasted.
They had a trailer for Shaolin Martial Arts, I don't believe I ever seen this one, it looks badass, is it better than DoS?

[killer meteor]

I don't think SHaolin Martial Arts is very good either. Five Shaolin Masters is amazing though

[Iron Boat]

I think Disciples is one of the best films Cheng Cheh ever made, the fact that the villians are not superman makes the movie more realistic. I mean Fu Sheng is not superman either, which is good, just a naive kid. These people in the film are just industrial working class thugs, not Shaolin Trained masters.

[Fatty Dragon]

I think Shaolin Martial arts is much better that DOS. If you like Dos you should check out Men from the Monastery, which if I'm not mistaken, is the same story as DOS, just better, imo. Bacl tp SMA, I think QT must have been inspired by this film while making the training scenes in KB2. Check it out!

[peringaten]

I'm with Iron Boat on this one to be honest... the more I think about it, the more I think this is one of CC's best efforts... the plot development, the music use, CC's daringness to experiment, elements such as the whole black & white thing, the classic sheen to the flick as a whole, the strong typifying themes of CC's work to the very fore with a slight realism, and not to forget Fu Sheng at his absolute finest - literally eating up that screen with a verve and charismatic dynamism at its very peak. Just engrosses me.

CC was at the top of his game with this one imo. Shaolin Martial Arts was sweet (love Lau Kar Wing's guando demo in that), but nowhere near Disciples sweet I reckon... but with Wang Lung Wei and Leung Kar Yan in debut villainous showings you might like SMA a little more for your tastes.

[Ching li]

Disciples of Shaolin had more of a drama like feel to it. It was more than just your average kung fu film and that's why i enjoyed it so much. More importantly this movie had a well developed plot, something your normal kung fu movies don't usually have.

[ironfistedmonk2003]

I'm digging Disciples too, Fu Sheng at his finest and a nicely played out story. I am a fan of the Shaolin cycle films anyway and don't think there is a bad one amongst em but Disciples is probably the best overall film IMO.

[Egocentrik1]

alone the intro is bombastic,Fu Sheng playing the iron wire set(tit sin kuen)...

the intro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZJe1OQmOqk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZJe1OQmOqk)

[Tosh]

Well, Fu Sheng is in top form I will admit, I just think the movie would of benifited bringing in another guy like Johnny Wang Lung Wei as a more dominate heavy. CKC is one of my favorite actors, so it was disappointing to see the guy not get in on the action till the very end.
I take it this movie is where Steven Chow got the shoe idea for Shaolin Soccer?
Yeah, that opening is pretty cool Ego, you guys are talking me into liking this movie more and more:lol