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I still have a lot to see but here are my favorites right now-
Killer Constable
Shaolin Intruders
Shaolin Prince
36th Chamber
Return to the 36th Chamber
Boxer's Omen
Have Sword Will Travel
Shaolin Mantis
Dirty Ho
Shaolin Challenges Ninja
3 Evil Masters
To Kill a Mastermind
Avenging Eagle
Blood Brothers
Shaolin Rescuers
Crippled Avengers
Fist of the White Lotus
Chinese Super Ninjas
8 Diagram Pole Fighter
"For someone who's a Shaolin monk, your kung fu's really lousy!"
"What, you're dead? You die easy!"
"Hold on now. I said I would forget your doings, but I didn't promise to spare your life. Take his head."
“I don’t usually smoke this brand, but I’ll do it for you.”
"When all this is over, Tan Hai Chi, I will kick your head off and put it on my brother's grave!
"I regard hardships as part of my training. I don't need to relax."
The lady is back!
Gaaaaah still so many I have to see! Thank goodness it is coming up to winter so I can hibernate and add more films to my dvd rental list!
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Good to see you Su Lin
"For someone who's a Shaolin monk, your kung fu's really lousy!"
"What, you're dead? You die easy!"
"Hold on now. I said I would forget your doings, but I didn't promise to spare your life. Take his head."
“I don’t usually smoke this brand, but I’ll do it for you.”
"When all this is over, Tan Hai Chi, I will kick your head off and put it on my brother's grave!
"I regard hardships as part of my training. I don't need to relax."
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Shaolin Martial Arts
Disciples of Shaolin
Men From the Monastery
Shaolin Avengers (actually a remake of Men From Monastery)
Heroes Two
Five Shaolin Masters
Shaolin Temple (original Chang Cheh version)
Marco Polo
The Boxer Rebellion
The Kid from Kwangtung
The Treasure Hunters
The Magnificent Ruffians
Martial Club
Executioner from Shaolin
Fist of the White Lotus
Flag of Iron
Dirty Ho
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Buddhist Palm
Five Superfighters
Heroes of the East
Challenge of the Masters
Gang Master
The Kung Fu Instructor
3 Evil Masters (a.k.a., The Master)
Lovers' Blades
Legendary Weapons of China
Kid with the Golden Arm
The Five Venoms
House of Traps
The Brave Archer part 4
Two Champions of Shaolin
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Ugh, I was a bit disappointed with 2 Champions of Shaolin. I felt it was just stupid. Showdown at the Cottonmill is a hundred times better. And Flag of Iron I really hated. It was so boring.
"For someone who's a Shaolin monk, your kung fu's really lousy!"
"What, you're dead? You die easy!"
"Hold on now. I said I would forget your doings, but I didn't promise to spare your life. Take his head."
“I don’t usually smoke this brand, but I’ll do it for you.”
"When all this is over, Tan Hai Chi, I will kick your head off and put it on my brother's grave!
"I regard hardships as part of my training. I don't need to relax."
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When I first saw Flag of Iron I hated it, too. But over the years I've come to like it. Not really for the fighting. Quite a few movies I used to not like or found boring that I like more now. Guess it's one of those unexplainables.
Also,some films that seem very popular don't always float my boat. For example, I always thought Avenging Eagles was kinda so-so. I think Return to 36th Chamber is fun but not that great a film. And, some movies I used to think were great I've seen more recently and felt weren't that great. Avenging Warriors of Shaoln (Shaolin Rescuers) is one example for me.
IMO, Showdown at the Cotton Mill is a great film, but it's not a Shaw film. Wu Ma directed it to be like the Chang Cheh Shaolin series, though Tan Tao-Liang would have been out of place in Chang's mid-'70s series. My list would be endless if it included both Shaw and non-Shaw films.
One Shaw movie that never seems to get mentioned is Lau Kar-Leung's Spiritual Boxer II from 1979. It wasn't a great film, but I almost forgot how it went. Part 1 was the first true kung fu comedy movie.
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Good to see you Su Lin
I have lots more homework to do now with that list! Seeing that my kung fu classes are being cut though I have more time on my hands
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Hi jethro,
I as referring to the character played by Liu Chia Liang: Lei Kung. I do not know if this character appeared in Boxer Rebellion; unless Boxer Rebellion is a new title for the movie I saw.
By the way, I saw all of those movies I listed at the Music Palace in NYC"S Chinatown. That was a wonderful time for me. I would be in the audience with a bag full of hamburger bao from the Bamboo Garden and a quart of Tropicana orange juice. The trailers were classic, very much like the trailers for American movies back in the 1950's.
mickey
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OK, I thought maybe you were talking about Chu Tiet Wo's character. When you say he was resurrected, what movie was this character in before?
"For someone who's a Shaolin monk, your kung fu's really lousy!"
"What, you're dead? You die easy!"
"Hold on now. I said I would forget your doings, but I didn't promise to spare your life. Take his head."
“I don’t usually smoke this brand, but I’ll do it for you.”
"When all this is over, Tan Hai Chi, I will kick your head off and put it on my brother's grave!
"I regard hardships as part of my training. I don't need to relax."
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Jethro:
I *think* Hong Kong Playboys was possibly Maggie Cheung's fist movie appearance. It also starred Cherie Chung, who I think was hotter back then than Maggie Cheung was. It also co-starred that goofy guy...don't know his name, who appeared in some other comedies and Last Hero in China. I liked the chemistry in this one, not to mention it was Fu Sheng's last fully completed movie appearance, finished before 8 Diagram Pole Fighter. It came out the year he died.
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mickey:
By "resurrection of Lei Kung", did you mean by the fact that the character in Legendary Weapons resurrected his deteriorated kung fu skills back up to an elite level and rediscovered his true purpose?
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