Deadly China Hero 1993  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy / Drama
aka: Last Hero in China
Director: Wong Jing, Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Jet Li, Sharla Cheung, Chia Hui Liu, Chung Fat, Leung Ka-Yan, Dicky Cheung, Nat Chan, Yuen King Tan, Anita Yuen, Alan Chui Chung San, Tiet Wo Chu, Isabel Leung
After Wong Fei-hung (Jet Li) relocates his martial arts school, he discovers a brothel next door. A short time later, Wong enters a martial arts contest, looses, and is forced out of Canton. But all is not lost; the brothel owner joins forces with Wong's students when a plot to kill Wong is revealed. It isn't long before Wong is back to his rightful place in Canton–even preventing a political kidnapping on his triumphal return.
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Drunken Master 1978  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy
aka: Drunken Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Hwang Jang Lee, Dean Shek, Hsu Hsia, Lin Ying, Lin Chiao, Shih Fu Tsai, Chiang Chin, Shih Kien, Casanova Wong, Ging Man Fung, Linda Lin, Chen Tien Loong, Shun-Yee Yuen
In this film, Jackie Chan became a worldwide star via his role of Wong Fei-Hung–a young, spoiled kung fu student who uses what he has learned from kung fu master Sam Seed (Siu Teun Yuen) to bring down the assassin hired to kill his father. Time has not taken its toll on this film; it remains a classic in the martial arts arena.
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 Iron Monkey 1993 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Yu Rongguang, Donnie Yen, Yen Shi-Kwan, Tsang Sze-Man, Jean Wang, Shun-Yee Yuen, Hou Hsiao, Fai Li, James Wong
Iron Monkey (Yu Rong Guang) steals from the rich and gives to the poor with no major problems. But, when he robs the governor, things take a turn for the worse. The governor coerces two martial arts experts (Donnie Yen and Tsang Sze-man) into tracking down the masked Iron Monkey. But, as must happen in this story about good guys vs. bad guys, they join forces with the Iron Monkey and, together, fight the corrupt government.
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Magnificent Butcher 1979 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-Hing, Yuen Biao, Lee Hoi San, Simon Yuen, Wei Pai, Chung Fat, Fan Mui Sang, Fung Hark-On, Lam Ching-Ying
Sure, the dubbing is poor and the cinematography could benefit from improved methods, but this an entertaining kung-fu flick with wild action scenes and well-choreographed stunts. It is well-worth viewing.
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Snake in Eagle's Shadow 1978 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Cast: Simon Yuen, Jackie Chan, Chan Lung, Fung Hark-On, Roy Horan, Hwang Jang Lee, Dean Shek, Wong Ching-lei
This early Jackie Chan film shows why he became so popular using his comedy and graceful stunts. Jackie plays a young student at a martial arts school in Hong Kong. When he saves an old man from an ambush by the evil clan that has developed a deadly new style of fighting, the man teaches Jackie the lethal Snake Fist style of fighting. Now Jackie can stand up to the rival gang.
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| 1. Deadly China Hero (1993)
aka: Last Hero in China
2. Drunken Master (1978)
aka: Drunken Monkey in the Tiger's Eyes
3. Iron Monkey (1993)
4. Magnificent Butcher (1979)
5. Snake in Eagle's Shadow (1978)
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