Hui Yin Hung—what a cutie pie! She was always my favorite kung fu actress. She also was a villain in a pretty good wire-fu/fantasy movie from 1993 called “Zen of Sword”. Unfortunately, she gets her head lopped off in the end
Ky-Fi I saw Zen Of Sword, and it hurt me to see her head get choped off!! I love that girl!! You have to check her out in a movie called Stage Door Johny. Ken Lo (Jackie Chans old bodyguard)is in it too.
Dirty Ho, shows Kung Fu that is masterd (not merely learned or expert). Theoretically people can challenge each other without much warning. And this is welcomed at higher levels. It must be boring being good~ and refreshing to meet someone near your level of skill. In such cases when you’re dying, you realize what you should have trained for more earlier. But these people have the comprehension to stop short enough to be the undoubted better without killing, and it was fun for both…
The Last Dragon is old school in concepts.~
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Thanks WMK–I’ll have to check out Stage Door Johnny. I think my favorite Hui Yin Hung scene is in 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, where she uses a straight sword to fight that guy that had taken her family’s kwandao, and eventually takes the kwandao away from the guy. Hmmmm…come to think of it, she really takes a beating in that movie too. That poor girl!
Ky-Fi I love to watch her in action. If you have seen the movie MY Young Auntie, then you must remember her fight at the costume party. She was using a straight sword against a guy that was using a fencing sword (foil). She also has a fight later in the movie against a guy I think it was Wilson Tong. They both used straight swords. Hot, hot, hot, hot!!!
Any movie with Alexander Fu Sheng. It is often said, that if he hadn’t have died so young (29), Jackie Chan would not have reached the stardom that he has today. In my opinion, his kung fu comedy was unmatched. It wasn’t silly like Jackie’s. He was just an all around smartass who knew when to stop acting silly and kick some butt. He was Liu Chia Liang’s first private student. Some of his best movies are Five Masters of Death, Chinatown Kid (sort of a Chinese version of Scarface), Disciples of Death, Death Chamber. If you really want to see bravery in its truest form check out Bloody Avengers. It stars Fu Sheng, Liang Chia Jen, and Chi Kuan Chun. It tells the story of the Boxer Rebellion and features some good battles between Kung Fu fighters and armed soldiers. Good stuff. Oh yeah, like someone else mentioned. Any movie by the Shaw Brothers is worth watching.