Master with Cracked Fingers

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Summary: Good luck getting this DVD to play well...
Review: For starters, I will admit that the widescreen presentation of the English dub of this film is probably the best I've seen of any release of it. However, the film itself is a mediocre patchwork mess, with plenty of footage with a Jackie double. During one fight scene, blink and you'll miss both Mars and Yuen Biao, longtime JC collaborators.

The biggest problem with this release is that the DVD is poorly manufactured. On two different DVD players, I could not get the disc to read properly. The disc would jump to random chapters every ten minutes or so in one DVD player; it wouldn't even read at all in the other one! I would suggest saving your money and, if you really MUST have this movie, buy one of the many other releases of the film. No matter how you slice it, the film isn't very good anyway, letterboxed or not!

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Summary: more chantastic action
Review: forget most of the reviews up there tis movie is not half bad its funny its got some good fights in the only thing that recks it is the voices but as for the dvd its not that good of a copy but it is wachable and i like the film i give it 4 stars for a jackie chan fanatic like me its a must buy for only six pound hwo could moan it hasent got any extras but the films good enough for me
ps.you may recognise some scenes from drunken master

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Summary: This movie is pretty bad
Review: I am a Jackie Chan fan, but this movie is not that great. The acting is bad, the scenes are choppy, and the fight sequences are not anything spectacular. Personally, I found it a hardship to watch the whole movie. The only reason I gave this movie two stars instead of one is the fact that Jackie Chan is in part of the movie.

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Summary: Some respect please
Review: I have never seen this movie, nor will I out of respect for Jackie Chan. This is not a real movie. When Jackie left his first director, a hack names Lay Lo, (Bruce Lee fan may reconize the name, he took credit for the first few movies Bruce made) Jackie had to sign over the rights to all of his early movies to him (on account this jerk sicked the Tri-ad on Jackie). With the rights to Jackie's early films, and Jackie now a smash hit, Lo hacked up Jackie's older films, and used bits and peaces on of each of them to make a "new movie" called Master with Cracked Fingers.

To learn more about this read Jackie's Autobiography, I Am JACKIE CHAN.

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Summary: Crappy release, please avoid
Review: I picked this up on a "hot tip" from a friend that this is a very cool kung fu movie (I had scene Drunken Master and really enjoyed it). Well... this sucks. The disc is NOT remastered. the "b" side featuring the original chinese version is an open matte poorly done affair. The included interview is only five minutes long and doesn't really show or illuminate anything. This is such a lackluster effort. Supposedly it isn't even a real movie if you read some of the other posts on this page. If i could get my money back, i would.

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Summary: JACKIE CHAN'S FIRST MOVIE
Review: In 1971, Jackie Chan got his first starring role. He started to film but the movie was never finished and the film sat on a shelf for years until someone picked it up, shot new footage with a double and released it as MASTER WITH CRACKED FINGERS. Apparently, there are several versions of this movie. The one I saw had Jackie Chan living with his father and sister. Jackie has a secret: he had been taking martial arts lessons secretly since his was a small boy. His sister knows but Jackie won't tell his father because he is against violence. Jackie constantly gets into fights with the same gang. At one point, Jackie even lets them beat him up on the condition that they will leave him alone, which they don't. As a punishment for fighting, Jackie's father makes him punch a bowl of broken glass but his master heals his wounds, making Jackie's hand stronger than ever. Eventually, the gang burn down Jackie's house (hut), killing his father. Now Jackie and his master intend to destroy the gang and kill the mastermind behind the killing, who is a martial arts master. Apparently, there is an alternate ending on this DVD. I must try and get it then. I've got the UK widescreen DVD release. On the credits, Dick Randall's name pops up. Dick Randall is the renowned producer of THE REAL BRUCE LEE and THE YOUNG BRUCE LEE. I reccomend MASTER WITH CRACKED FINGERS as it is probably my favorite movie of all time. It's a cheesy 1970's kung fu movie featuring a 17 year old Jackie Chan (before his cosmetic eye surgery). The movie is a whole lot of fun.

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Summary: IT'S A LITTLE SPOTTY, BUT IT' STILL A GOOD JACKIE CHAN FLICK
Review: IN THIS ONE, A YOUNG KID LEARNS KUNG FU, LATER ON IN LIFE, HE DISCOVERS THAT A GANG LEADER MURDERED HIS REAL FATHER AND HE SETS OUT FOR REVENGE. IT IS A LITTLE CORNY AT TIMES, BUT IT RECOVERS FROM THE MEDIOCRITY AS SOON AS THE FIGHT SCENES START. THE BLINDFOLD FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN JACKIE AND HIS ADVERSARY IS FANTASTIC. IF YOU LIKE JACKIE CHAN, THIS IS ANOTHER MOVIE THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO YOUR COLLECTION OF DVDS. A FUN MARTIAL ARTS FLICK.

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Summary: more chantastic action
Review: Madacy really dropped the ball with this DVD. To begin with, the movie contained on the disc isn't even "Master With Cracked Fingers", it's "Fantasy Mission Force". Not only did they include the wrong movie, but it looks and sounds horrible to boot. The picture looks like it was mastered from an VHS dub done in SLP. The sound is horrible, an English dub only. Oh yeah, they also included the insert for "Drunken Master", despite never releasing it on DVD. Unless you like "Fantasy Mission Force" and don't mind a poor quality copy of it, avoid this disc.

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Summary: Not one of his best.
Review: This is not one of Jackie Chan's best, but if you are a fan, this is definetly worth the money. A lot of typical Jackie action and some really good fight scenes. All in all, not a total waste of money.

Rating:
Summary: Not one of his best.
Review: This is not one of Jackie Chan's best, but if you are a fan, this is definetly worth the money. A lot of typical Jackie action and some really good fight scenes. All in all, not a total waste of money.