The Buddhist Fist

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Summary: Buyers Beware!
Review: This is a wonderful, classic Yuen Wo Ping movie. It even stars Yuen Shun Yi, the star of Yuen Wo Ping's original sequel to Jackie's "Drunken Master", the amazing "Dance of the Drunk Mantis". There is one, very large downside to this though, regardless of the accompanying info Tai Seng printed to describe this disc, THERE ARE NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES! Please buyers beware! I first learned this at a wonderful website that includes a synopsis of DVD quality for nearly every version of every Hong Kong DVD you could imagine. Please visit here before buying your next Hong Kong DVD. You will find that some Hong Kong DVDs are of excellent quality, but you will also find that some are of either bad quality, or are misadvertised. "The Buddhist Fist", although a wonderful movie, is unfortunately a prime example of the latter.

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Summary: IF YOU LIKE THE ORIGINAL KUNG-FU FLIX THIS ONE IS IT.
Review: THIS MOVIE FEATURES SOME OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND ELECTRIFYING KUNG-FU STYLES IN THE BUSINESS. IF YOU LIKE THE ORIGINAL STYLE KUNG FU MOVIES THIS IS NO DOUBT ONE YOU HAVE TO HAVE.

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Summary: one of the best ever
Review: This movie has some of the best martial arts action ever filmed. Some reviewers don't think much of the plot but I think it's excellent. Can be watched over and over and over. The hero of the movie is one of the old school greats but usually he plays the evil bad guy. He does a great job as the good hearted hero in this one. His form is great and he is supposed to be the diligent fighter of the two main characters. However, the co-star monk fighter, WOW!, you have to see his style!! Perfect form, yet totally relaxed... He makes your spine tingle he is so good. This movie is never dull at any moment, always exciting and interesting. Great acting, great characters, very inspiring. An added bonus is the super old school Master that guards the temple... I have seen him in a few other movies... he is just plain spectacular. His footwork is among the finest I have ever seen. Even if you just want to be inspired or learn some new moves this movie is worth the price but, you get so much more than that. This is one of the best of all time and even though newer movies are produced better with better effects, etc., this movie is just plain fun plus is chocked full of the best fight scenes ever put on film.

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Summary: excellent
Review: this movie is really weird
there were severeal times during the first viewing that i was sure someone had given me drugs and not told me

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Summary: "Buddha bless you."
Review: This movie is sold as one of Yuen Woo-ping greatest movies. I purchased this movie after reading the reviews on Amazon and seeing that many people on their "Listomania's" has Buddhist Fist listed as one of the top 5 Martial Arts movies of all time. Well, despite being a good movie, it would barely fall on Yuen Woo-ping top 5 all time movies.

Buddhist fist is a very fun movie, w/a great cast, and great choreography. Buddhist Fist stars Shun-Yee Yuen (Iron Monkey, Fist of Legend, Drunken Tai-Chi, and Dreadnaught) as the main character. He leaves his city and up bringing w/his close friend played by Siu Ming Tsui (Twin Dragons), only to find out the real world isn't so nice.

He returns home to find his father has disappeared, and there seems to be a huge conspiracy going on around town. He realizes his father must know what is going on, and that is why he has turned up missing. Despite not being a Buddhist, the master of the local Buddhist temple took him on like one of his own, and helps him keep up his martial arts.

A member of the Buddhist temple has been playing both sides of the track. The person playing on the good guys side and the bad guys side has been framed and pressured into betraying his temple. Of course, Shun-Yee Yuen is forced to fight the conspirator at the end of the movie, and the final choreographed fight scene is fabulous, amazing to tell the truth.

This is a very good movie, very entertaining, and fun to watch. It is not one of the top 5 martial arts movies of all time, and if your starting a collection from scratch I would recommend 7 Grandmasters, Magnificent Butcher, Iron Monkey, Tai-chi Master, and Master of the Flying Guillotine before this movie. Buddhist Fist is definitely worth having in your collection, but it should not be the absolute best martial arts movie in your collection.

Grade: B


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Summary: Good and funny
Review: This movie not only has some creative fight scenes, it also has some very funny scenes as well. Some scenes will have you laughing, and not like other kung fu movies that are stupidly funny, this one is on purpose.

Recommended highly!

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Summary: great Kung Fu fighting style. Buy it and enjoy it now.
Review: Whenever you see "Yuen Woo Ping" (the director of this film) on ANY kung Fu movie, you should buy it without thinking too much. He is one of the best Kung Fu movie directors. I enjou all of his Fung Fu movies. Yuen's family's Kung Fu fighting style is quite unique and worth watching. This film will not disappoint you. Buy it now and enjoy the great Kung Fu fighting techniques. Another his best film worth watching is the "Secret Master" (story about Chinese legend Ho Yen Ka).

Rating:
Summary: great Kung Fu fighting style. Buy it and enjoy it now.
Review: Whenever you see "Yuen Woo Ping" (the director of this film) on ANY kung Fu movie, you should buy it without thinking too much. He is one of the best Kung Fu movie directors. I enjou all of his Fung Fu movies. Yuen's family's Kung Fu fighting style is quite unique and worth watching. This film will not disappoint you. Buy it now and enjoy the great Kung Fu fighting techniques. Another his best film worth watching is the "Secret Master" (story about Chinese legend Ho Yen Ka).