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Summary: wow!
Review: This movie was astonishing. I laughed until it hurt at several points while watching it, the result of awful subtitles (obviously never reviewed by an english speaker) translating bizarre dialogue. For me, the plot and action were subsumed by the humor-intentional and not-of most scenes. This movie must be seen to be believed.
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Summary: Buy the ORIGINAL instead!
Review: Not realizing that the American distributor had decided to edit the film, (which was already edited and complete, so this is extremely rude and arrogant), I rented this one. And was a bit puzzled at some of the dialogue. Then I found out about the real version, NEW LEGEND OF SHAOLIN and had to go elsewhere to buy it. What a difference!! Not only were scenes there that had been cut from this shlocky version, but entire conversations were different!! (I use subtitling only so can't vouch for the dubbed.) It made a HUGE difference to the film, which is just plain fun.
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Summary: The Legend of Terrible Dubbing
Review: Don't always believe the great looking trailers before buying a movie. I was hoping for the action packed "Jet Li versus the Manchu Army" spectacle I was promised. Instead I got something totally different.I have seen many Jet Li movies to include the great "Once Upon A Time in China" (OUATIC) series. I am usually not one to watch a movie in it's original form with the subtitles, but it MAY have helped Legend of the Red Dragon in this case. The dubbing was awful! The characters go...around...talking...like...this...for... most...of...the...movie. The dubbers were rediculous to try to match the dialouge with the the mouths EXACTLY as they spoke. Would subtitles have helped? I'm not sure about that either. The dummies used for some of the stunts looked like stuffed pillows. There is an attempt to mix the comedy with the action, but it fails miserably. You laugh for all the wrong reasons. A burned skinned arch nemesis who rides in a silver plated go-cart! Please. Do yourself a favor and rent this one. If you want great Jet Li films get the OUATIC series or "Fist of Legend". For a good mix of kung-fu and comedy try "The Iron Monkey" or "The Prodigal Son". You can thank me later.
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Summary: The worst Movie ever made
Review: This movie was terrible. The voice overs were rediculous. The characters where bad charachitures of the worst kung fu cleches. I can't beleive I wasted 2 hr's of my life watching this. This movie has absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. I would rather burn the money it would cost to by the movie than be forced to watch it again. To more accurately describe how bad it was I would have to use profanity in three different languages.
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Summary: Great example of Hong Kong Action
Review: I actually saw the version called "Legend of the Red Dragon" so I won't compare the DVD extras, instead I will simply give my take of the movie. In my opinion, this is a great example of Hong Kong cinema. Comedy, Action, Drama, Fantasy, all rolled into one movie. If you're expecting something like a Bruce Lee of Jackie Chan movie then this is not for you, but this is a movie very typical of Hong Kong cinema. For those who say there is too much wire fighting and unbelievable stuff, that is pretty normal in Hong Kong, it just hasn't been brought over here til recently so most people think of Bruce Lee when they think Kung Fu movies. The reason they use the wires and special effects is that the Shaolin and other great martial artists are supposed to be something more than normal humans (ex: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon... notice only the martial artists can run on walls and jump super high, etc) Think of it as more of a comic book than just a normal action film.
If you are a fan of any of the WuTang movies like Lord of the Wutang (also starring Jet Li), movies like Shaolin Soccer, or some of the crazier anime series out there, you should most likely enjoy this film. If you're not sure you can always rent the version "Legend of the Red Dragon" ( which I guess is edited) at most Video stores like Blockbuster
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Summary: Jet Li s Worst
Review: Some critics dubbed this movie on its dvd release in Europe; it being ones of Jet Li s best movies. If so I think they either must have seen the wrong movie or been half asleep during it, because this it without a doubt one of his worst. The story is terrible, lacking originality, realism and even a true storyline. At times they try to much, to many sideslines, and at others (most) too little. The martial arts are even worse, lacking any reality. Not only that but it really looks bad. Matrix and many other movies present unrealistic martial art, but at least they have the excuse of looking good, or having some excuse in the story (Matrix is an unreal world to begin with), this has neither. To top it of the acting [stinks], as do the SFX, the subs make it worse (if that is possible). Dont buy this, its not worth it even IF your a JEt Li fan. If it was possible to not give it any stars, I would have.
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Summary: Get "New Legend of Shaolin" instead of this [take].
Review: This is the second time I am trying to post a review of this film. Maybe they don't want you to know you are getting [a bad deal]? Okay, so Columbia TriStar has done an excellent job presenting Hong Kong movies such as the Once Upon a Time in China series. They deserve praise for that, unlike the always despicable nimrods at Disney/Miramax/Dimension/Buena Vista. Unfortunately, this time out Columbia TriStar has stumbled badly and decided to issue a truly sub-standard DVD, both compared to their own usual high standards and compared to what fans and viewers want. This movie is actually a dubbed, edited, renamed version of the original movie titled "New Legend of Shaolin" which is actually also for sale by Amazon at about half the price of "Legend of the Red Dragon" The new title is mystifying: there are no dragons in this film, red or otherwise. The original title is much more appropriate: the story is about the semi-historical legend of 5 young monks who survived the destruction of the Shaolin Temple and went on to rebuild it. In this fictionalized account, Jet Li aids the 5 kids, and together they rebuild the legend of Shaolin Temple. Get it? Shaolin. Legend. New. Now is that so hard for American audiences to understand? Apparently, Columbia TriStar thinks so, hence the ridiculously random and generic reference to red
dragons or mauve phoenixes or teal lions or something like that. And yes, this DVD has dubbed audio tracks only. Despite the ease with which multiple language tracks can be included on the same DVD disc, as Columbia TriStar themselves have done with other films, this time out they've chosen to give us literally less than half the value we expect. Why not include the original Cantonese audio track alongside the English dub? The only explanation I can think of is sheer laziness and disregard for the customer. Is the dubbing of good quality? Who cares?! For [price] I expect BOTH audio tracks. What is worse is that this dubbed version of the film is actually edited. That's right, footage has been cut from it. "New Legend of Shaolin" has a running time of 95 minutes. "Myth of the Magenta Tapeworm" is 87 minutes. That's 8 minutes or almost 1/10th of the movie, completely gone. Why? Apparently, because Columbia TriStar doesn't think enough of American audiences to give us the real stuff. Frankly, I am insulted. Sorry, but for [price] this DVD includes less than half the entertainment value it should. A total [waste]. Do yourself a favor, go up to the area of the "Product Details" area which says "Other Formats" and click on the link that says "DVD". This takes you to the listing for "New Legend of Shaolin" the complete, unedited, original language, subtitled version of this film. And it will cost you almost [price]less. For that price, the original "New Legend of Shaolin" is a value-packed DVD version of a zany, funny, action-packed, over the top martial arts classic starring the always excellent jet Li.
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Summary: crazy, fun,... again fun kung fu + wu xia movie!
Review: Kwun( Jet Li) finds his family and friends dead when he comes back to his village. The evil government has killed them all and Kwun swears revenge with his new born son.... definitely Not Jet Li's finest........but we all love Hk cinema's overacted drama, romance and crazy fight sequnces right???
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Summary: Very poor
Review: From a kung fu movie fan's standpoint, this is a poor movie. The actual fighting in it is all wire assisted, and the special effects are so primitive that it's laughable. There's a monster with a metal car, and these 5 shaolin monk kids that can't fight, and this woman named Red Bean who pretends her mother is dead so she can marry a rich guy. The very bad plot is impossible to follow. Watch this only if you're a jet li diehard, and if you have a free rental coupon.
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Summary: Entertaining Kung Fu flick!
Review: This is one of my favoret Jet Li movies although not his best this movie is worthy of your collection. You can watch it over and over agen like I have. I'ts funny, action packed, and based on a real person (Hung Hei Guen)named after him is The Hung style of kung Fu, or Hung Gar and his son was named Hung Man Ting. Man Ting along with Luk Ah Choy carried on the tradition from master to student to Wong Tai, to Wong Kay Ying and his famous son, Wong Fei Hung. You can put this movie along side of your historical Masters movies like Once upon a time in China.I defenetly recomend this Kung Fu Packed movie to buy.
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