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VHS over DVD here
I first saw this movie years ago. I recently got the DVD of it off of here and their are parts missing from the dvd, little skips. I then got another DVD of it assuming that i got a bad copy, both where the same. So first get the VHS for the whole movie, I rencently got a new VHS of this and it has the entire movie. <
> Now this movie is a really good classic kung fu flick. The training of the young fighter in monkey kung fu and the training of the master of snake style kung fu are very intresting to watch. This film dosent have a deep story but enough to make this movie a great buy for anyone who likes classic kung fu.

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i'm caught in the middle with this one...
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. <
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>it's lousy and it's excellent all at the same time.

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WOW! thats bad filmmaking
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!