Reviewed by Death Kick Kung Fu

Deadly Chase Of Justice

This is an exceptional 70s classic that will have Chan Wei Man fans drooling from the offset to the action packed climax. The story is based on the typical revenge dogma, however there is a hint of polarisation from the usual hunt-to-kill scenario, simply because Chan Wei Man plays a detective in a deadly chase of justice to avenge the murder of his partner and the rape of his partner's wife, by 3 criminals Luk Chuen aka (Shakamura Yashiyusha), Bolo Yeung and E... Moreric Tsang a seemingly unusual evil trio being pursued by an angry cop for justice and revenge. The fight scenes are above average in this 70s classic, with Japanese origin star Luk Chuen as the arch villain.

One of the most exciting sequences in this classic has similarities in terms of fight choreography with classics such as Warriors 2 and Iron Fisted Monk where duo villains headed by Meng Hoi (Dragon and Tiger Kids) fights Chan Wei Man with butterfly blades, whilst Fong Hank On (Warriors 2) and Huang Ha stand along side Luk Chuen anticipating Chan Wei Man's demise only to discover they're next for the kill. This movie is an overwhelming display of martial arts coupled with breath taking action scenes and superb fights by Chan Wei Man seeking justice for his dead partner.
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Reviewed by Death Kick Kung Fu

Chan Wei Man displays not only his superb acting skills in this exceptionally Action Crime rare movie "Furious", but in all the sense of the word this is a classic, and a must see for all Chan Wei Man fans 80's movies.

Chan Wei Man plays a ruthless cold contract killer working for an organisation headed by Ku Feng, whose inevitable aims are to protect his drug dealing network. Carter Wong is in pursuit of Ku Feng's network and in order to unravel the cruel murders of Chan ... MoreWei Man. His relentless efforts during his investigations are incoherently inspired by the crime scene murders of Chan Wei Man. One in particular is where he murders an entire gang and burns them alive. One of his assassinations happens to be Lo Lieh which turns out to be the most difficult of all.

This is a very entertaining action Kung Fu movie. I would strongly recommend.

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Reviewed by Goldenswallow

I watched this last night and I feel compelled to write a short review because I enjoyed it so much. I should say that it probably isn’t every ones cup of tea as there’s only three fights which are quite brief (apart from the finale), I was expecting that though so I really wasn’t disappointed. One thing that it has got though is athmosphere - and plenty of it.

The story is centered around an isolated monastery which is about to choose another new Abbot. Several ou... Moretsiders - a local general (Tien Feng), wealthy businessman (Suen Yuet) and Buddhist master Wu Wai (along with his entourage of beautiful ladies) are invited by the elderly Abbot to help him make a decision regarding the succession. They all have an ulterior motive though as they all plan to gain possession (by hook or by crook) of a valuable scripture, said to have been written by the mythical Tripitaka himself, which the Monastery owns. Yuen Sat even takes along the famed thief ‘White Fox’ (Hsu Feng) disguised as his concubine - he really wants that scripture!

As I said there’s not really much action to attract kung fu fans to this film - maybe that’s why it remains relatively unknown in comparison to King Hu’s other classics. What action there is is competently filmed although it is vaguely reminiscent of 60’s choreography despite being made in 1979. For the first 90 minutes of the two hour running time there’s only really two short fights but at the end when the story is reaching it’s conclusion there is a great chase and fight sequence, involving all the protagonists, through the woods as they try and make off with the scripture. Luckily this part of the film lasts for 10 or 15 minutes and it put me in mind of the woods scenes in A Touch of Zen - one of my favourite bits of film period.

What makes this film great, for me anyway, is the way King Hu has filmed it which is quite beautiful, the way he uses the awesome monastery settings and local scenery is quite breathtaking and as good as any of his other films. There is very little dialogue for long periods of time but this just seems to add to the atmosphere of the peaceful monastery, this is offset by the great soundtrack of traditional chinese music and peking opera percussion that punctuates the action and movement in a similar way as it did in ‘Dragon Gate Inn’.

Although the running time is quite long at almost two hours it doesn’t really seem to drag because of the great visuals, tense atmosphere and good performances (from Hsu Feng in particular). Don’t get it if you want to see an action movie but hunt it down if you can appreciate a sublimely crafted film.



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(Don't watch this clip if you intend to watch the whole thing - it's the last 10 minutes of the film!)

Edit: I forgot to mention the quality of the French DVD - awesome. I tip my beret to you sirs!Less
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