Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 2002   PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Cast: Steve Oedekerk, Lung Fai, Leo Lee, Tse Ling Ling, Yan Lin, Lau Kar Wing, Chen Hui Lou, Ma Chi, Jennifer Tung, Escobar Tongue
This satire of 1970s' martial arts films features its writer/director/producer/star Steve Oedekerk as "The Chosen One" whose family was killed years ago. Now, "The Chosen One" sets out to avenge the murders. The audience for this one is very specific. 1 User Review
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| | Veritas 08/03/2009 | | It may have catered to a group of movie goers, but the true fact is that those people don't go on these sites. If they did, this movie would have a higher score than it does now. |
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Legend of the Mountain 1979  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Fantasy
Director: King Hu
Cast: Chun Shih, Sylvia Chang, Tung Lin, Tien Feng, Wu Ming-tsai, Sun Yueh, Hsu Feng, Rainbow Hsu, Chiahsiang Wu, Chen Hui Lou
King Hu brings an old legend from China to the screen. Given the job of copying a religious document, Ho (Chun Shih) has been warned of evil spirits that will try to steal his finished product. He meets a man and his daughter, has an affair with the girl, then finds out that both the man and daughter are ghosts.
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To Kill with Intrigue 1977 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Lo Wei
Cast: Jackie Chan, Kuo Wang, Hsu Feng, Shen Ie Lung, Yu Ling Lung, Tung Lin, Ma Chi, Chiang Ching Hsia, Chen Hui Lou, Li Wen Tai
Young Jackie Chan is a more serious character in this early Chan film. Sua Lai (Chan) attends a family gathering for his father's birthday, but he brings evidence (a severed hand) that bandits who were thought dead are out to get revenge. And revenge comes quickly as his entire family is murdered except for Sua and his girlfriend who he had sent away in time. Now he is the one out for revenge–and to reclaim his girlfriend.
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| 1. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
2. Legend of the Mountain (1979)
3. To Kill with Intrigue (1977)
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