Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin

Rating:
Summary: Not the usual Jackie.....
Review: while I agree with the previous reviewer that fearless hyena is also excellent, this is also a top-notch kung fu film, and defintely not "painful". maybe he saw "snake fist fighter" and got the two mixed up. fans of Jackie's kung-fu comedy style may not like this as much as some others, this is a classic formula kung fu film. the super-secret kung fu style contained in a much coveted book, the powerful villain with stereotypically dressed henchmen, bad dubbing...it's all here. one of the few Chan movies where he's an extremely skilled fighter from the start of the film, and a wisecracking one to boot. however, one of the female co-stars must be related to the producer...by the time she dies you'll be cheering the villain. this movie also received a few votes in a "best Jackie movie ever" poll of the jackie chan fan club mailing list.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting the second time
Review: While yes it's not the greatest Jackie Chan film ever made it still deserves some credit. Overlooking the very bad camera work, editing, and the extrememly horrible dubbing of the worst kind yet, the bad sound effects, and the worst lighting of any movie i've ever seen, and you'll find a really really great movie! I'm 98% serious. For it's time, 1977, it is really good and if u rent martial arts movies for only one reason and that is for the action, then this movie is chock fulla the nessecery essentials u crave. One last thing: watch it at least twice because the first once or twice you watch it is to "desensitize" you to the horrid quality of it so u can see the tru beauty of this one-of-a-kind movie.