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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu

Half a Loaf of Kung Fu

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One of my favorites of Jackie's earlier movies
Review: "Half a Loaf of Kung Fu" is probably one of my favorites out of Jackie Chan's earlier movies. There are several funny fight scenes, and the actual Kung Fu is pretty decent. The movie is not at all serious as it is poking fun at movies in the genre that came out around the same time. I would definitely recommend this movie to any fan of Jackie Chan.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One of my favorites of Jackie's earlier movies
Review: "Half a Loaf of Kung Fu" is probably one of my favorites out of Jackie Chan's earlier movies. There are several funny fight scenes, and the actual Kung Fu is pretty decent. The movie is not at all serious as it is poking fun at movies in the genre that came out around the same time. I would definitely recommend this movie to any fan of Jackie Chan.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good, but not his best
Review: A well done kung fu parody. Although some of the fights without Jackie are really quite bad, it is a very enjoyable film, well worth a watch.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A kung-fu parody!
Review: Being a huge Jackie Chan fan and catching up with times when he made certain movies and why he made those movies, I felt compelled to write reviews for all of the ones that I've seen. You see, this movie was made when Jackie first realized that kung fu movies were too serious and didn't have enough comedy in 'em, so he tried to make fun of 'em with this parody. This is a funny movie. In opening sequence you see him attacking a wooden dummy, and then when the camera pulls back you see that it's a short (maybe less than 1 foot tall) dummy. Jackie stars as a guy that is out to prove that he's a kung fu master, put all he could do is acrobatics and gymnastics. There are plenty of funny scenes, like when he gets beaten up by a group of guys and finds some spinach. He gobbles it down and the "Popeye the Sailorman" music plays. Then Jackie beats up the bad guys. I like funny kung fu flicks, but I gave this one a four instead of a five because it was a parody that made fun of a genre instead of adding comedy to it, which Jackie does in later movies.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Ugh.
Review: Extremely lame martial arts highlight this "nutty" spoof of actual martial arts films. Skip this one.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Jackie's worst movie
Review: I am a huge Jackie Chan fan, and have been long before the Rumble in the Bronx bandwagon. But this is his worst movie yet. The opening 'comedy' credits go on forever and aren't even funny. The final fight scene isn't bad, but nowhere near enough to make up for the agonising lead up. People may get the impression that all of his movies are this bad! Check out 'Drunken Master 2', 'Police Story', 'Police Story 3: Supercop', or 'Who Am I?' which are only a few of his much superior movies ('Drunken Master 2' being his best).

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Chop Sockey action flick.
Review: Jackie Chan stars in the first kung fu parody ever. The film was very witty, and had some good fights.

Jackie plays a happy-go-lucky wanderer, who is hopeless at kung fu. When he is employed by a group of people to help them protect the 'Emerald Jades' and 'Soul Pills', Jackie calls on a kung fu master to help him.

I quite enjoyed this film, and I think you problbly will to.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Forgotten classic
Review: This film is the ultimate in late night entertainment. Originally shelved by Lo Wei this was Chans first comedy and many of his trade marks can be seen. The final fight is great alone.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: an awesome movie - a must have
Review: this is an great movie it is really funny and non-stop actio

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very Funny!
Review: This is one of Jackie Chan's old style Kung-Fu movies (set in old days and no stunts), but it's very funny and full of Jackie's trademark slapstick charm. The supporting characters are very enjoyable too.


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