12-12-2024, 12:31 AM
This was Jackie’s last classic Kung Fu flick before he hit on his comedic style. It came out a week after Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow, which was his comedic breakout. I remember that film well but this one I completely forgot.
The 8 Shaolin masters create a book of a new powerful style - Snake & Crane - and then disappear. Jackie has the book. Everyone must fight him for it. That’s it. It sets up a barrage of fight scenes, one after the other, and includes Nora Miao. Jackie v Nora is amusing if you can get past the harassing spanks.
Jackie is amazing. At 24, he’s in peak shape and his Kung Fu is miles above everyone he fights here. He’s centered, acrobatic, and a beat ahead of everyone else, delivering ridiculously long and complicated fight sequences with dozens of moves per shot. But it’s more of a Kung Fu fan’s film. The plot is threadbare and the fights are so gratuitous that if you’re not invest in the action, it’ll surely get tiresome.
I’d D00M recommend Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow first because it’s a better film and also showcases Jackie at his physical peak. Surely D00Mers have seen that already; it’s such a classic. This one is more for true fight choreo fans.
It’s another film that steals the soundtrack of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I wonder how many MF films poached that?
The 8 Shaolin masters create a book of a new powerful style - Snake & Crane - and then disappear. Jackie has the book. Everyone must fight him for it. That’s it. It sets up a barrage of fight scenes, one after the other, and includes Nora Miao. Jackie v Nora is amusing if you can get past the harassing spanks.
Jackie is amazing. At 24, he’s in peak shape and his Kung Fu is miles above everyone he fights here. He’s centered, acrobatic, and a beat ahead of everyone else, delivering ridiculously long and complicated fight sequences with dozens of moves per shot. But it’s more of a Kung Fu fan’s film. The plot is threadbare and the fights are so gratuitous that if you’re not invest in the action, it’ll surely get tiresome.
I’d D00M recommend Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow first because it’s a better film and also showcases Jackie at his physical peak. Surely D00Mers have seen that already; it’s such a classic. This one is more for true fight choreo fans.
It’s another film that steals the soundtrack of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I wonder how many MF films poached that?
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