Snake Deadly Act

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Summary: WOW!!! The best Snake style film ever.
Review: A star studded cast showcase the deadly art of Snake style Kung fu in this violent free for all. A must for any Kung fu collectors. Features: Wilson Tong, Philip Ko, Angela Moa, and even Bolo.

Rating:
Summary: WOW!!! The best Snake style film ever.
Review: A star studded cast showcase the deadly art of Snake style Kung fu in this violent free for all. A must for any Kung fu collectors. Features: Wilson Tong, Philip Ko, Angela Moa, and even Bolo.

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Summary: If you woke up wishing to see Kung-Fu, watch this movie!!!
Review: Amazing action in this movie with one of the best story lines/plots I have ever watched unfold! I have seen many martial art films and I rate this movie as the best one I have seen, because of the many traits the movie has for, like in Hidden Dragon, this movie is also shown in english subtitles. But, do not let that steer you away because the subtitles in this movie make it all the more better, for dubed movies are a joke; one dubed movie I have seen, I never knew that an 18th centruy marital arts master could have a western/John Wayne acent!! These poor dubs take away a great deal from the movie, while with subtitled movies you are able to hear the real emotion that is expresed in their voices, something that dubed versions take away. Yet this is not the case in Snake Deadly Act, for it is run in original Cantonese with the english subtitles. The story line in this movie is one of the best I have ever seen, I will not spoil it and tell you what happens but there is all sorts revenge, battles, trickery, and many twists and turns all through the 90 minutes of playing time!! Have you ever been upset with poor camra angles durring a martial arts film, where all you see is maby an arm or a leg, well not in Snake Deadly Act, for it is run in WIDESCREEN, so durring the movie you will be able to see EVERYTHING!!

One problem is, sometimes, durring a few scenes of the movie it is a little difficult to read the subtitles, but this only happens a few times. Snake Deadly Act is one of the best martial arts films round by all of the reasosn above.

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Summary: Above-average kung fu tale of simmering revenge
Review: SNAKE DEADLY ACT (1980) is an exciting kung fu film with several well-staged fights, some interesting characters, and a cast of kung fu favorites. Of chief interest is the casting of Fung Hak On, normally a villain, in the central role of a snake fist expert who waits a generation to get revenge on the monkey style expert, Kuo (Wilson Tong), who defeated him in the spectacular fight scene that opens the movie. Twenty years after that fight, he returns to the town where Kuo rules the roost and very gradually befriends Kuo's son (Ng Kwan Lung), a skilled fighter in his own right who, despite his privileges, uses his power to help the town's underdogs. Fung endeavors to teach the son snake fist (along with some "drunken footwork") and puts young Kuo through a series of grueling training exercises that are much more intense than normal for the genre. Fung keeps his ultimate agenda well-hidden until the very end.

With his beady eyes, bulging cheekbones and square jaw, Fung Hak On (sometimes billed as Feng Ko-An) boasted a powerful tough-guy presence reminiscent of such American action stars as Charles Bronson and Jack Palance. Fung normally played rather flamboyant kung fu bad guys (WARRIORS TWO, ENTER THE FAT DRAGON, MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER), but here he plays a more layered personality, someone who gains our sympathies early on and draws us into the story. Also in the cast are Angela Mao, as a shady brothel owner; Cheng Kang Yeh, as a hapless con man; Bolo Yeung, as a traveling strong man; and all-purpose villain Phillip Ko as Kuo's mysterious housekeeper.

The tape comes in a low-cost edition that, surprisingly, offers a letter-boxed transfer of a widescreen print in its original language, Cantonese, with English subtitles. It's rare to see an old-school kung fu movie in its proper widescreen dimensions and without the usual awkward English dubbing.

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Summary: Awsome Movie
Review: This movie begins with a fight. No words, no music. Just a great opening fight. That sets the tone for this Old School classic. Snake style & Eagle claw are spotlighted here. Good movie with a unexpected ending. A Must get if you like animal style movies. Subs are sometimes hard to read but who needs subs when its mostly fighting.

Rating:
Summary: Awsome Movie
Review: This movie begins with a fight. No words, no music. Just a great opening fight. That sets the tone for this Old School classic. Snake style & Eagle claw are spotlighted here. Good movie with a unexpected ending. A Must get if you like animal style movies. Subs are sometimes hard to read but who needs subs when its mostly fighting.