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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Woo-ping Yuen |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1980 |
| MANUFACTURER: | 20th Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action, Adventure, Foreign, Foreign Film - Chinese, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 024543078449 |
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Customer Reviews of Magnificent Butcher
An average movie with moments of brilliance The title of my review says it all. I personally bought the DVD because I'm a Jackie Chan/ Sammo Hung fan. Their style of fighting is conducive to the big screen. If they aren't kicking someone's ass with brilliant moves, they are falling on their asses in humorous situations. It's entertaining if you can appreciate slap stick humor. For people like that, I rate this movie a 5, but most people are watching these movies for amazing martial arts, and this movie doesn't really consistently give you that. There are two fights that are really very good, and one that is absolutely amazing. You should buy this movie just to see the fight that comes in the middle of it. I won't explain any further, I'll let you enjoy it for yourself. It's a pleasant suprise at the time that it comes.
Terrible, deeply disappointing
The fight scenes are bad; I'd always seen Sammo in his older-fatter days opposite Jackie Chan and thought: maybe he was better younger?
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>There are only two things to recommend this movie (hence the two stars) --
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>1) The 'fight' between masters early on is wonderful, very different from just about anything else I've seen in 30 years of "bad karate movie" watching; and
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>2) The harm-to-innocents that occurs is.. surprising. Different enough to make you wish the entire movie'd been better to justify the thought that went into that bit of storyline.
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>However, it's too much crud to sit through just to enjoy those two bits of pleasant surprise. Rent it if you must but you'll be sooorrrryyyy...
The Word "Magnificent" Could Not Be Used Any Better
Wow! You will find yourself thinking this quite often as you watch this great movie. I bought this without having seen it before based on some of these reviews and seeing it on some listmania lists as a great kung fu film. This was also the first Sammo Hung movie I had ever seen. I could not be more satisfied. I admit I was a bit skeptical, but after the first half hour I was thinking of how I had really scored with this one.
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>First off, Sammo Hung blew me away! I had no idea how quick, agile, and fast he was. His kung fu is flawless. Well, Yuen Woo-Ping doing the choreography certainly helps. Sammo does around six different styles himself and the other actors throw in about six more. Some unique ones are monkey pole and wild cat styles. There are plenty of fight scenes to keep the pace of the film high and always moving (probably one every ten minutes, sometimes even sooner). This movie also has good comedy for an old kung fu flick, not just silliness. The story of the movie is basic but still good. It is about how butcher Wing(Sammo Hung) gets into trouble when his master, Wong Fei Hung, is away and he must deal with it on his own. He is framed for a crime and must prove his innocence while trying to constantly defend himself from attempts on his life.
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>Well, the movie has no flaws so how about the DVD itself you ask. It's perfect. This is an extremely good digital transfer of the film. I am speaking of the Fox/Fortune Star version. I do not know about the HK version. The sound is excellent, Dolby 5.1 with no background noise at all(the english dubbed version that is). The voices for the dubbing are still the old original ones but they have a high sound quality. And contrary to another reviewer's statement, the picture IS in anamorphic widescreen(enhanced). Maybe they were referring to the original chinese DVD. Nearly all of Fox/Fortune Star DVDs are in anamorphic widescreen. Some other Fortune Star recommendations are Jackie Chan's The Young Master, The Prodigal Son or Knockabout both starring Yuen Biao, In The Line Of Duty 4 starring Donnie Yen and Cynthia Khan, and The Duel to the Death.
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>If you are still questioning yourself whether to buy this or not I will help you out, Buy Magnificent Butcher, It Is Awesome!