Morgoth
04-07-2008, 07:41 AM
Jimmy Lee gets a rare leading role in this wacky kung fu comedy. It's not a great movie or anything, but it's a lot of fun. Jimmy Lee is hired to help a wealthy old man with his son. What I mean by that is that his son is like a big kid and Jimmy lee is hired to help keep him under control. The son is played by Cheng Fu Hung, a huge Chinese guy who has been in a ton of kung fu movies. He has to be close to 6 and a half feet tall and over 300 pounds. So he gets into all kinds of trouble with Jimmy Lee, mainly stuff involving a girl that he likes, and the story ends up coming down to the villain of the movie (Sun Jung Chi) wanting to get a Buddha from Cheng Fu Hung's father (played by Chan Wai Lau). This leads to a big showdown at the end.
The fighting is good. This movie is obviously a low budget production, but they make the most out of it. The villain Sun Jung Chi is on fire (he played the crazy monk who drinks wine and eats meat in Shaolin vs Lama). This is one of the few movies where he had a big role. Why didn't he get more big roles like this? I wish I knew. Jimmy Lee gives a good acting and fighting performance, and shows that he could have been a lead actor in many more movies. He gets into tons of fights. At least 5 that I remember. The action is done by Peng Kong, the same guy who did the action for Shaolin vs Lama, The Leg Fighters, Woman Avenger and A Life of Ninja. I am always fascinated by his choreography because he is the best at doing wrestling moves, and there's a fun wrestling match in this movie. The big wrestler guy from A Life of Ninja (Wong Kin-Mi) faces Cheng Fu Hung, and it's a real battle of the heavyweights. I can't believe the falls that Cheng Fu Hung takes. You can see the Earth shaking! It's not as good of a wrestling match as the one in Life of Ninja, but it's still pretty dang good. This wrestler guy that fights Cheng Fu Hung worked with Yuen Woo Ping on Drunken Tai Chi (in a very short scene), he worked with Robert Tai on Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu, and Jackie Chan on Fearless Hyena, but leave it to Peng Kong to get the best out of him. I'm rambling a bit, so now seems a good time to wrap up the review and mention that the final fight is 15 minutes long (no joke).
I went over pretty much all of the notable actors, but one more I should mention is Chan Gwan Biu, who played the rival prince to Norman Chu in Rebellious Reign. He plays Sun Jung Chi's main guy and definitely looks competent in his fights, but he doesn't get much time to show his stuff. Maybe 5 minutes.
So overall, it's a slightly above average movie. Maybe a little too much comedy, the story is pretty worthless, and the movie drags quite a bit, but Jimmy Lee and Cheng Fu Hung are great together. If you don't like comedy with your kung, you may want to stay away from this. I liked it, and I laughed outloud a lot. Seeing Cheng Fu Hung trying to kiss Sun Jung Chi (to scare him) but instead smack his face on a tree is priceless. Rating- 3/5
The fighting is good. This movie is obviously a low budget production, but they make the most out of it. The villain Sun Jung Chi is on fire (he played the crazy monk who drinks wine and eats meat in Shaolin vs Lama). This is one of the few movies where he had a big role. Why didn't he get more big roles like this? I wish I knew. Jimmy Lee gives a good acting and fighting performance, and shows that he could have been a lead actor in many more movies. He gets into tons of fights. At least 5 that I remember. The action is done by Peng Kong, the same guy who did the action for Shaolin vs Lama, The Leg Fighters, Woman Avenger and A Life of Ninja. I am always fascinated by his choreography because he is the best at doing wrestling moves, and there's a fun wrestling match in this movie. The big wrestler guy from A Life of Ninja (Wong Kin-Mi) faces Cheng Fu Hung, and it's a real battle of the heavyweights. I can't believe the falls that Cheng Fu Hung takes. You can see the Earth shaking! It's not as good of a wrestling match as the one in Life of Ninja, but it's still pretty dang good. This wrestler guy that fights Cheng Fu Hung worked with Yuen Woo Ping on Drunken Tai Chi (in a very short scene), he worked with Robert Tai on Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu, and Jackie Chan on Fearless Hyena, but leave it to Peng Kong to get the best out of him. I'm rambling a bit, so now seems a good time to wrap up the review and mention that the final fight is 15 minutes long (no joke).
I went over pretty much all of the notable actors, but one more I should mention is Chan Gwan Biu, who played the rival prince to Norman Chu in Rebellious Reign. He plays Sun Jung Chi's main guy and definitely looks competent in his fights, but he doesn't get much time to show his stuff. Maybe 5 minutes.
So overall, it's a slightly above average movie. Maybe a little too much comedy, the story is pretty worthless, and the movie drags quite a bit, but Jimmy Lee and Cheng Fu Hung are great together. If you don't like comedy with your kung, you may want to stay away from this. I liked it, and I laughed outloud a lot. Seeing Cheng Fu Hung trying to kiss Sun Jung Chi (to scare him) but instead smack his face on a tree is priceless. Rating- 3/5