Monkey Kung Fu

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Summary: Kung Fu Classic
Review: I own this movie , you wont be dissapointed, a young man bothers a master to teach him kung fu, eventually the master agrees to teach him his Monkey Style, at the same time the master comes in conflict with another Master who has taken over all the schools in town , both Masters are hurt after the fight the good monkey master decides to make his new pupil the heir to his knowldege of Monkey Kung Fu and teaches him everything, meanwhile the evil master leaves to pefect a style called fluid snake, when the evil master comes back he rapes the young Monkey Style students female boss, and all hell breaks loose and a showdown is inevitable.

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Summary: Great Kung Fu Movie!!!
Review: I used to watch this movie over and over, until I lost it.
Plenty of excellent fight scenes with many different characters.
Monkey style, drunken monkey style, eagle style,
snake style, tiger style, crane style, and probably dragon
(can't remember)... all represented with hilarious characters.
Nicely filmed with classic kung fu theatre sound effects.

Rating:
Summary: i'm caught in the middle with this one...
Review: it's easily a one-star movie, by most accounts. but unless you're a big-time afficianado of older kung fu films, you shouldn't be watching this to begin with. i'm a fanatic for chop-socky and the kung fu lover in me wants to give this thing five stars. simply because it does all the things i like to see in those movies from back in the day. the ridiculous dubbing and translations. the impossible wind whipping behind every attacking arm or leg. the lousy camera work. the simplest storylines possible. true fans watch stuff like this because it's campy. all you really want is a story about a loser who learns kung fu from an old master so he can get revenge on the bad guy that took over his town or killed his brother. it's that easy. mix up that silliness with some amazing, stylized fighting techniques and you have the perfect candidate for success. perfect for quentin tarrantino to steal and make millions off it.

it's lousy and it's excellent all at the same time.

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Summary: Monkey Fist Floating Snake
Review: Monkey Kung Fu is one of the best kungfu films demonstrating monkey style. Other films such as the original Iron Monkey (1977) and Mad Monkey Kung Fu are also excellent, but their monkey style fight choreography does not match this film. The film is a true traditional kungfu movie, with a large amount of comedy. There is also some very strange and comical music in this film, but that does not subtract from the film, it only adds to the comedic element.

The plot consists of a young man wanting to learn kungfu from an old monkey style master, at first the master won't take him as his student, but he eventually does. A kungfu master who specializes in the snake style is also going around town demanding protection money from all local kungfu schools and beating up all the masters. However, he can't beat the old monkey master, so he retreats to the forest to train for their next battle. Meanwhile, the hero of the film is learning monkey kungfu from the old master.

There is a lot of comedy in the film, and it is actually sort of funny (which is rare in kungfu films). The movie also has a fight scene about every five minutes-- there is no shortage of action. The cinematography in the film is excellent, but this version of the film is not widescreen so it cannot be fully appreciated. Parts of the shot are also cut out sometimes because it is a fullscreen version. The best part of the film is near the end, when the hero is learning kungfu; the training sequences are very good, and the final fight with the snake style master is a true masterwork of choreography.

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Summary: Monkey Fist Floating Snake
Review: The plot for the most part was very boring. Fight scenes were pretty good, but it took a great deal of concentration to stay focused and seated to continue watching.

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Summary: WOW! thats bad filmmaking
Review: This movie will be of interest for only those people who are looking to see real monkey kung fu demonstrated. If your looking for an entertaining movie, go elsewhere!

The movie is really just an excuse to show off some of the amazing skill of it's star, Chan Siu Chen. Chan was an actual student of Grand Master Chan Sau Chung, standard barrer of the art of TaiShing Pek Kwar (Monkey Kung Fu). He was also a the 1971 lightweight champion in the Southeast Asia Open Martial Arts Tournement. He is an obviously an accomplished fighter and skilled martial artist! One thing he is not, however, is an actor! Nor are most of the people featured in this film.

The film it's self does not appear to be made by professional filmmakers either. For instance, there are times in the film where one would swear that the director simply placed the camera on the ground, or a near by table, and let it roll! Even when there does seem to be someone at the helm, the camera will zoom in on ,literally, nothing! While this may be funny for the first couple of times and/or when you are with a group of friends that wish to watch a little camp, it is very hard not to touch the ffwd button.

As for the story...Well, you know the saying, 'If I ate alphabet soup, I could @%#! a better script." that about sums it up.

While martial artists will apprciate the 'real' kung fu presented (no wires), I belive it would be a rare person who would actually call this movie good. Yes, the fight scenes are authentic but are quite few and far between, not really worth the effort to find if you don't posses some fanatical interest in the martial arts. Add to al the above, the mvie is dubbed into english and the voices are completely ridiculous!

This is a true Grindhouse school, crappy Kung Fu flick, but, some people like that kind of thing. If you are one of them this is for you!

Rating:
Summary: I have seen better...
Review: This was ok and probably just about worth $4.99. Decent fight scenes but as I said there are better kung-fu movies around.

Rating:
Summary: I have seen better...
Review: This was ok and probably just about worth $4.99. Decent fight scenes but as I said there are better kung-fu movies around.