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King Of Kung Fu: The Kung Fu Movie Run Down 3

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This will be a new feature that i will run each every few weeks, giving you a run down of the latest movies i have watched and the rating also. The movies that are on my list this time feature The Shaw Brothers, as i have been making my way through the collection. I hope you enjoy my run down and remember, this is just my ratings, my guess everyone will have a different opinion. If so, please feel free to comment at the bottom of the page.

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(1976) – 6.5/10
Cast:Gordon Liu, Lau Kar Leung, Lau Kar Wing, Chen Kuan Tai

Gordon Liu stars as a young Wong Fei Hung in this Lau kar leung movie. It centers around a man on the run who is caught up by an old official, but is killed in the process. Gordon Liu is sent to an old teacher (Chen Kuan Tai) to learn kung fu and then heads off to take revenge.

The movie does have some good fight scenes (Lau Kar Wing vs Kar Leung and Gordon vs Kar Leung), but overall i didn't think it was that great and was kind of disappointed with the final result. The fights are the best thing about this movie and i also aint a big fan of watching lots of Lion dancing in movies. Overall a decent watch, good fights but no classic.

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(1973) – 7/10
Cast:Chen Kuan Tai, Yueh Hua, Lily Li
Its always great to watch Chen Kuan Tai on screen, the guy always delivers and this time is no different. The movie is around the late 1800's, Chen Kuan Tai meets a scholar (Yueh Hua) and both help each other in a fight and become good friends.

Throughout the movie we get to see some good fight scenes with hand to hand combat and some weapon work also. The camera does the typical thing back then, zooming in and out quiet a lot to show a characters expression close up. Good script, good directing from Chang Cheh and Pao Hsueh-Li and Lau kar leung is on hand to bring out the best in the actors. Not a classic, but worth a watch.

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(1979) – 7/10
Cast:Lo Meng, Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng, Chin Siu Ho
Shaolin vs. Wutang here and what comes next is some excellent fight scenes, great cast and a very enjoyable movie. In this movie we get to see a younger Chin Siu Ho, who is torn between both sides and the venom mob on hand to dish out the beatings.

The characters are mainly the same you get in the venom movies, but who cares, the action is top notch with excellent choreography, fists, kicks and weapons all in the mix until the bloody end.

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The (1978) – 8/10
Cast:Fu Sheng, Niu Niu, Philip Kwok, Johnny Wang
This movie picks up right from the first, when Fu Sheng battling his way through the enemies who want to kill him. What i found in both the first two movies are that the plots hare very good with great action, but the second movie tops the first.

In this movie, we get to see even better fight scenes from all involved, Fu Sheng kicks butt as usual, Johnny Wang is still on his tail and as some great scenes also. There are a few in the Brave Archer series, but if they continue like these, then i urge you to grab them quickly, highly entertainable.

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(1978) – 8/10
Cast:Chen Kuan Tai, Lu Feng, Philip Kwok, Johnny Wang
Chang Cheh does an awesome job with this movie, keeping the viewer engaged throughout with some interesting characters. Here he brings back the venom mob who all put in top performances.

Chen Kuan-Tai stars as the leader who is hell bent on revenge for having his family crippled by his enemies. The choreography is once again excellent by Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng and Robert Tai, with excellent acrobatic movements and the skill involved is quiet something. Not as good as a few other venom movies, but certainlya cracker.

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(1979)- 8.5/10
Cast:Wai Pak, Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, Johnny Wang

Top cast, top villain and once again the venom mob in fine fighting form. The movie is centered about gold being stolen by the evil golden arm villain, on his tail is Agent Hai To who is always drunk but as great skills to try and take down this villain. This is one of the better venom flicks with everyone putting in a great performance and once again they deliver big time in the fight sequences. If you haven't seen this movie yet, go grab it, classic.

(1978)- 9/10
Cast:Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng, Sun Chien, Philip Kwok, Kara Hui

Johnny Wang is on a mission to face the North and South shaolin fighters to face each other in a plot to kill both sides. He kills anyone who gets in his way and then blames the murders on the south shaolin fighters.

This is a brilliant movie from start to finish with great fight choreography from the venom mob and some excellent training sequences. The teachers who train the north fighters, really put them under hard training, but training worth while. Will the north and south fight to the death or will they group together and take down the evil villain? A must watch.

About the author

kingofkungfu

Hi my name is Justyn Hughes, I have been involved or watched martial art kung fu movies most my life. I started muay thai when i was around 4-5 years old for ten years. I became a fan of kung fu flicks after watching prodigal Son in the mid 90's and that blew me away. Some of my favorite stars are: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, lam Ching Ying, Lau Kar Leung, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Chen Kuan Tai and many more.

King Of Kung Fu (Justyn Hughes)

Favorite movie: The prodigal Son

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