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Drunken Master

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Under the guidance of Sam Seed (Yuen Siu Tien), Wong Fei Hung (Jackie Chan) endures some of the most torturous training ever devised in a bid to master the devastating art of Drunken Boxing.

Overview: Stunning, groundbreaking martial arts from the world's most famous action star. On the year of its original release, "Drunken Master" sent Jackie Chan's rising star soaring into orbit, and gave martial arts cinema one of its most accomplished and best-loved action adventures.

With a brilliant tongue-in-cheek portrayal of indestructible folk hero Wong Fei Hung, later played with single-minded determination by Jet Li in the "Once Upon A Time In China" series, Jackie Chan shines as the young fighter with a talent for trouble and the potential to become a legend.

Under the guidance of Sam Seed (Yuen Siu Tien), Fei Hung endures some of the most torturous training ever devised in a bid to master the devastating art of Drunken Boxing. His climactic battle with ace kick-fighter Hwang Jang Lee, which highlights the forms of the Eight Drunken Mortals, is a breathtaking showcase and a glowing tribute to the awesome physical talents of both performers.

Drunken Master is a must for any serious collector of martial arts cinema. Known to be one of Jackie's personal favorites, the star often recalls performing take after take to perfect the incredible physical maneuvers required for the role. The result is one of the most innovative, fun-filled, action-packed martial arts adventures ever to grace the silver screen. You'd need to be drunk to miss it.

The Jackie Chan Collection

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Total reviews: 28 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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The Young Master (1980) marks the first film Jackie Chan starred in (and also directed) for Golden Harvest, the film company that made Chan classics like Drunken Master II and Police Story III (a.k.a. Supercop). Chan plays Dragon, a student whose martial arts school is in competition against a more affluent rival school. The two groups face off in an annual lion dance competition in which Chan finds himself up against his own schoolmate Tiger, who is secretly being paid to perform for the rival school. When Tiger is found out and ejected from the group, Dragon goes after him. Tiger gets deeper into trouble, taking part in a robbery and jailbreak of the rival school's crooked headmaster, Kam. Through a series of mixups, Dragon is mistaken for Tiger and he has to clear his name in a final showdown against Kam (Whang Inn-sik). The last 30 minutes of The Young Master consists of nonstop fighting scenes, the first with Chan donning a makeshift dress to employ skirt-style kung fu. The second fight sequence is a 20-minute showdown of Chan vs. Whang, which showcases Whang's talents as a master of hapkido (a Korean style of martial arts). The opening scene is equally stunning, with the two lion dance teams playing chicken on a six-inch-wide plank suspended in midair. The Young Master broke all box-office records in Hong Kong upon its release, solidifying Chan's position as a star and setting a high bar of action sequence and stunt standards for his many films to come. --Shannon Gee

Project A

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For people who've discovered Jackie Chan through his American hit Rush Hour and want to learn what his Hong Kong movies are like, Project A is an excellent place to start. Chan plays a sailor in 19th-century Hong Kong; pirates have been terrorizing the seas for months, and all efforts to combat them have been sabotaged by the corrupt chief of police and a criminal gang, who are in cahoots with the pirates. But the plot is hardly the point--a Jackie Chan movie is about astonishingly acrobatic action sequences and breathtaking stunts, and Project A has plenty. Of particular interest is a bicycle chase that is more suspenseful than any car chase you've ever seen. Chan is joined by Sammo Hung (star of TV's Martial Law) as a shifty con man who comes through when the chips are down. Project A also features Yuen Biao, a frequent costar in Chan's movies, who's yet another astounding martial artist. But what separates Jackie Chan movies from other kung fu flicks is his sense of humor; every fight scene is punctuated by something--a clever use of a prop or sudden reversal of your expectations--that will make you bark with laughter. Sometimes it's just so exquisitely choreographed that the entire movie seems to float on a cloud of giddy delight. Purists may object to the movie being dubbed, but given the overall hamminess of the acting, it's not particularly intrusive. Jackie Chan is often compared to the classic silent comedians for his grace and timing--he lives up to it. --Bret Fetzer

The Ultimate Ninja Collection: Ninja the Protector

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Ninja movies, real or fiction? 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Well, after getting this DVD, I always wonder if all Ninja movies are for real or just fiction. Ninjutsu is an art that must be treated with honor, respect and sacrifice. It depends on the practioner of Ninjutsu on what's real and what's not. Movies with Ninjas seems to pop up the obvious question, real or fiction? All I can say is this, go to the movies, buy or rent DVDs with ninjas in them and judge for yourself. One thing's for certain, like any Martial Art discipline, Ninjutsu has come a long way to spark interest and controversy.

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Another unforgettable exercise in ninja-mania. A terrifically sordid Hong Kong sin-soaked saga of nude models, bar girls, and biker chicks are the background to secret battles between Ninja clans. Directed by the legendary Godfrey Ho, and featuring Richard Harrison and kung fu superstar Philip Kao-fei.

Fantasy Mission Force

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Jackie Chan makes a brief guest appearance in this surreally goofy action comedy, a high-spirited shambles from 1982 that hovers awkwardly somewhere between Monty Python and The Three Stooges. When all else fails, cult director Chu Yen-ping (Island of Fire) resorts to exploding cigars, guys making funny faces, men dressed in women's clothing, even a ghost or two. The nominal star, '70s kung fu veteran Wang Yu (The One-Armed Swordsman), is an Allied agent assembling a troupe of commandos for a mission behind enemy lines during World War II. (Although the landscape is obviously Asian, there are Hogan's Heroes-style Nazis scampering through the jungle.) Every member of this movie's mismatched clown-squad seems to hail from a different planet, including one inexplicable fellow who looks like an Elvis impersonator in a kilt. Most of the exhilarating action is handled by the glorious Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, from Peking Opera Blues and The Bride with White Hair, who kicks heads and looks smashing in a red-and-black-leather jumpsuit. --David Chute

The Legend Of Drunken Maste r/ Jackie Chan's Project A2

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THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER:The action legend himself -- Jackie Chan (SHANGHAI NOON, RUSH HOUR) -- explodes across the screen in a power-packed adventure that critics agree captures some of the most incredible action stunts ever! When the British government is discovered smuggling precious Chinese artifacts out of the country, folklore hero Wong Fei-Hung (Chan) uses his uniquely outlandish style of martial arts ... Drunken Boxing ... to fight the conspirators and salvage the valuables before it's too late! And the more Hung drinks, the more agile he becomes -- able to fend off numerous attacks with unbelievable moves! With Chinese treasures and family pride on the line, Hung steps up to every challenge in this fun and unstoppably entertaining hit! JACKIE CHAN's PROJECT A2: Director and star Jackie Chan (RUSH HOUR 1 & 2, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS, THE TUXEDO, SHANGHAI NOON) is at his hard-hitting, high-flying best in this powerfully entertaining, action-packed treat! After defeating the evil Pirate Lo on the high seas, Dragon Mao (Chan) is assigned to lead the local police force. But he soon discovers that police corruption is running wild right under his nose! When he's framed for a jewelry robbery, Dragon Mao must fight to clear his name while battling with a group of spies, pirates, and revolutionaries who want to see him go down hard! Also starring the amazing Maggie Cheung

Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania

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Why you never see a good martial arts fight compilation DVD/VHS. 5 out of 5 stars.
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A decade ago a company named Saturn Video released a tape called "The Greatest Kung Fu Fights of All Time" [ or something close to that title. ] The problem was that none of the fights on that video were any good, or even from any movie that any Martial Arts buff had ever heard of. You see, Saturn Video had originally been a distributor of cheap low budget independent films on home video, back when the major Hollywood studios were still not releasing their movies on VHS. They would sell these forgettable films to video rental shops that needed new tapes to rent. There were many companies like this back in the early 80's, but then companies like Warner Brothers, CBS/FOX, Embassy, and MGM/UA began releasing well known hit movies and drove the independent home video companies out of business.

The shame is that many of these original companies who were unable to buy the rights to major Hollywood movies would often buy the rights to foreign films, many of those martial arts movies. Some companies went out of their way to get the rights to classic martial arts movies, while others simply bought the rights to the cheapest films they could get their hands on. When the major home video companies began driving the smaller companies out of business, some decided to exclusively put out Martial Arts movies, something that the major companies were just barely doing, and find a niche in the market they could survive in. The two that survived were Saturn Video and Master Arts, but the movies they offered ranged from slightly entertaining pot boilers to the incredibly bad. The closest thing to a classic martial arts movie that Saturn ever released was "Master With Cracked Fingers", an unfinished movie from 1970 that featured Jackie Chan, and had new footage using a double added years later when Jackie became a superstar.

Since Saturn only had the rights to the movies in their catalog, they could only edit fight sequences off of the movies they already released. The same was true for any video company releasing any "Best of..." fight tape. There were some that came close to offering a tape with all the classics. Hong Kong based Ocean Shores had the rights to several good independent Hong Kong movies and was able to put out a very decent compilation tape called "This is Kung Fu", while Golden Harvest studios put together a compilation of fight scenes from their own movies called "The Deadliest Art". But here lies the problem. There are several rival Hong Kong movie studios that will not allow each other to use footage from each others movies to put out their own compilation tape. An independent home video company could buy the rights to show fight scenes from all of these studios, but it would be very expensive.

This brings us to Good Times Home Video. They were another one of those early 80's home video companies, only their strategy of survival was to save money by taping in LP mode and begin releasing tapes in stores for $10. [ Major Hollywood releases would cost around $75-$95 ] Good Times never passed up a chance to release anything that they believed was in the Public Domain, and it occurred to them that no one bothered to renew the copyrights to the trailers of hundreds of martial arts movies, and those trailers always featured the best fight sequences. Here was a way to put out a compilation tape that featured fight scenes from nearly every major HK studio, and covered many classic martial arts movies [ and some not so classic ]. They even were able to add a short promotional movie from the "Enter the Dragon" press kit. For the first time there was a compilation tape that had movie clips from both Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers studios.

Not too long after this tape was released it was pulled. From what I understand, Shaw Brothers studios lawyers got ahold of Good Times threatening a lawsuit. I have no idea if the DVD release is the same collection of movie trailers as the original VHS release 10 years ago, but if it is then it is well worth owning. A great time capsule into the 1970's when the Kung Fu craze hit the United States and these movies were being introduced to American audiences for the first time.

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BRUCE LEE AND KUNG FU MANIA With action highlights from more than thirty of the greatest martial arts movies, this kung fu-fighting, karate-kicking compilation features the real Bruce Lee and his many clones plus Chuck Norris, Jim Kelly, and more. Here’s Bruce backing up The Green Hornet as Kato, battling Norris in Return of the Dragon, and making his last complete film, Enter the Dragon, plus the secrets of his mysterious death in Bruce Lee...His Last Days. You’ll also see Lo Lieh challenge Lee Van Cleef in The Stranger and the Gunfighter, Bruce Li carrying on the tradition with The Three Avengers, and Tae Kwon Do Grand Master Jhoon Ree in The Tattooed Dragon. Compiled by SANDY OLIVERI A FILM SHOWS INC. PRODUCTION Exclusively for GOODTIMES HOME VIDEO Approximately 84 minutes Color and Black & White

Rouge

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Beautiful and Tragic 5 out of 5 stars.
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Rouge is the story of a 23 year old Chinese Prostitute named Fleur who falls in love with a client, the heir of a rich merchant. When her lover's father refuses to let them marry they run away together, but tragedy soon follows, and faced with the sadness of separation, the two decide to commit suicide together.

Fleur becomes a ghost, doomed to search for her lost lover who has not followed up in hell. Enlisting the aid of a newspaper editor and his girlfriend, she publishes an ad in the paper directing him to meet her one last time. The sound track of this movie was first rate, and the acting was superb.

I really enjoyed Fleur, even if I thought her lover was rather wimpy. The movie is well worth the watch, a must for Hong Kong Ghost film fans!

Ultimately beautiful 5 out of 5 stars.
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The prostitute Ruhua fell in love with Chen Zhenbang from a rich family, but the Chen's family opposed their marriage. Chen decided to leave his family and stayed with Ruhua. But the cruelty of life without the ability and endurance to make a living soon follows. Half a year later, they decided to commit suicide together and promised to stay together in another world. After her death, Ruhua could not find Chen, but she refused to drink the Mengpo soup to forget the past so that she could reincarnate. After 53 years of waiting, she went back plaintively to look for him. But in the end, she found Cheng Zhengbang was still alive and had become a mumbling lowlife old man. Disappointed with his cowardice, she returned him the rough box that she wore for 53 years and left calmly.

The screenplay writer Lillian Lee (also the author of the original novel) often writes in a rather less elegant tone. Never a perfect love story with a faithful couple, but rather one-sided with a determined prostitute, radical about love and a dandy from a rich family with a coward deep inside his heart. But with Lee's extremely versed cultural knowledge and somewhat rebellious style (but not for the sake of just being rebellious), the storytelling always turns out to be poignantly enthralling. Stanley Kwan weaved it so well in every detail without destroying the fluency of the movie or the fluency of my feeling throughout the movie. Artistical without affectation; masterful without pretentiousness, this one easily falls into my favorite type.

Fist to Fist

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John Woo is at work with a decent martial arts film. 3 out of 5 stars.
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This is not a usual John Woo film with the gunplay he's famous for but has a decent story and slow at times with some good fights scenes if you just give it a chance. It's Woo so it could never be bad.

I fell asleep watching it! 2 out of 5 stars.
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This movie is boring! It made me go to sleep! Not a normal thing for me while I am watching Jackie Chan movies!!!

Makes you wanna beat someone up 5 out of 5 stars.
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This movie is great for fight enthusiasts. shows many clips of great martial artist of the past and present. because of this movie i am now enrolled in mark shiao's dojo of jeet kune do! hope it inspires you too!

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The legehdary Bruce Lee created a unique arts style that resurrected a fighting technique which had survived thousands of years behind the Oreiental curtain. Jackie CHan has exploded onto the movie screens around the world. His acrobatic action ballet has placed him in a world apart from others who would try and claim the crown. The producers of this wall to wall action have dared to anwswere the burning question ,what would happen if these two men came eye to eye ;Fist to Fist;. Buy this from the orginal producers of the program.

36 Crazy Fists / Fighting Ace

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36 Crazy Fists Wong Tai-Kwong doesn't know much about martial arts and seems doomed to a life of getting beaten up by martial artists. In order to protect himself Wong enrolls in a Kung Fu school but ends up spending most of his time cleaning the floors instead of learning martial arts. One day however while carrying water from the river Wong meets a drunken hermit who eventually becomes his Kung Fu teacher - and teaches him the "36 styles" of Kung Fu that eventually lead him to victory over a series of deadly fighters. 36 Crazy Fists features the direction and fight choreography of the master himself Jackie Chan who also has a cameo role in the film as a stunt coordinator.Runtime: 90 minutesFighting AceJohn Liu stars as an orphan in search of the perfect Kung Fu master thus enabling him to take revenge on the crazed martial arts master who killed both his parents. On his travels John meets up with some amazing masters of the martial arts the most formidable being the leg fighter Kwan Young Moon. The terrific scenes of these two bootmen training make this movie well worth seeing. High kicking Kung Fu action! Kung Fu: the sheer beauty and artistry in this ancient art has studied and revered for centuries. This Kung Fu classic is just one of many terrific martial arts films that is a must-see for the true Kung Fu enthusiast. Filmed on location in Asia this film is filled with breathtaking scenery and amazing fight scenes to give you a carefully-crafted action-packed classic adventure!Runtime: 87 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SPORTS/GAMES/MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Rating: NR UPC: 787364463893 Manufacturer No: 44638-9