10-18-2023, 12:38 AM
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Drunk MonkThis is one of the greatest John Woo Kung Fu flicks. The other would be Hand of Death, which is great because it's Woo directing Jackie and Sammo in a very early film for all three of them, but it's more like a diamond in the rough, whereas Last Hurrah is fully actualized.
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I recant this. Hand of Death is very mediocre - nascent skills can be scene in Woo, Jackie & Sammo but there are far better films of each of these three that I’d recommend before this.
Seen on Amazon Prime free-vee
Notes
Hand of death
Young Sammo is thicc but not fat, solid Kung Fu, goofy fake teeth
Nascent cinematography - rudiments of woo’s framing style
Young Jackie with very Chinese eyes
Lead Doran Tan - retired to teach Shannon Lee & Ke Huy Quan.
Jackie is the blacksmith
Fairly standard KF tale of vengeance
Jackie’s spear fight is solid - he’s a beat before his opponents
Drunk MonkThis is one of the greatest John Woo Kung Fu flicks. The other would be Hand of Death, which is great because it's Woo directing Jackie and Sammo in a very early film for all three of them, but it's more like a diamond in the rough, whereas Last Hurrah is fully actualized.
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I recant this. Hand of Death is very mediocre - nascent skills can be scene in Woo, Jackie & Sammo but there are far better films of each of these three that I’d recommend before this.
Seen on Amazon Prime free-vee
Notes
Hand of death
Young Sammo is thicc but not fat, solid Kung Fu, goofy fake teeth
Nascent cinematography - rudiments of woo’s framing style
Young Jackie with very Chinese eyes
Lead Doran Tan - retired to teach Shannon Lee & Ke Huy Quan.
Jackie is the blacksmith
Fairly standard KF tale of vengeance
Jackie’s spear fight is solid - he’s a beat before his opponents
Shadow boxing the apocalypse