Yesterday, 11:18 PM
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Miao Xie’s first film and he steals the show from Jet Li. Bald Eagle plays the burn scarred villain - Gigi got to interview him. Sun Jiankai is another villain, an evil monk, and I’ve interacted with him a few times. The important thing to note is it’s directed by Wong Jing & Corey Yuen. Wong is always goofy making films on his own terms. Yuen’s fight choreo is crazy, always warping physics with wire tricks.
There’s this side story about a mother & daughter scamming team. It’s played for laughs. There’s a whole sctick about how the mom loves to eat chicken ass (the literal translation). I remember seeing this with ED and him being amused at these antics but they fell flat on me. Chingmay Yau is cute as Red Bean but the romance arc doesn’t work. There’s also 6 Shaolin kids that are annoying, although their fight choreo isn’t bad for kids. Their costumes are heavily padded and thst looked like it works like foam sparring gear. There’s an ass joke when one of the kids is pantsed in a fight and his nekkid ass winds up right in someone’s face which was uncalled for. And there’s a scene where the mom scammer tries to pour an aphrodisiac drop down a string from the ceiling, but here Jet blow it back into her mouth and she gets all horny and winds up raping the master of the hoise (he’s a heavy sleeper and believes it’s a dream).
Then there’s Bald Eagle’s (Ji Chunhua) chrome tank. WTH? That’s so Wong Jing.
Not overly D00M reccomended but worth the review for Xie. He even does his signature move where he rolls down off his adversary’s back.
Seen here:
There’s this side story about a mother & daughter scamming team. It’s played for laughs. There’s a whole sctick about how the mom loves to eat chicken ass (the literal translation). I remember seeing this with ED and him being amused at these antics but they fell flat on me. Chingmay Yau is cute as Red Bean but the romance arc doesn’t work. There’s also 6 Shaolin kids that are annoying, although their fight choreo isn’t bad for kids. Their costumes are heavily padded and thst looked like it works like foam sparring gear. There’s an ass joke when one of the kids is pantsed in a fight and his nekkid ass winds up right in someone’s face which was uncalled for. And there’s a scene where the mom scammer tries to pour an aphrodisiac drop down a string from the ceiling, but here Jet blow it back into her mouth and she gets all horny and winds up raping the master of the hoise (he’s a heavy sleeper and believes it’s a dream).
Then there’s Bald Eagle’s (Ji Chunhua) chrome tank. WTH? That’s so Wong Jing.
Not overly D00M reccomended but worth the review for Xie. He even does his signature move where he rolls down off his adversary’s back.
Seen here:
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