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The Firecracker
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« #16 : March 10, 2007, 12:29:05 AM » |
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EIGHT DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER, THE 1984-Downbeat final Shaw Brothers film from Liu Chia Liang dealing with the true story about the noble Yang family, betrayed and labeled traitors, enabling the Mongols to take over China. A prophecy foretells “7 leave, 6 returns”. The writing is misinterpreted resulting in a massacre. The 6th son returns, crazed from the ambush. However, the 5th son escapes and seeks shelter at Shaolin where he learns to be a monk. His sister seeks him out and when she is captured, he must rescue her in one of the most spectacular displays of kung fu choreography ever put to film. Liang’s most violent and bloody scenes he ever shot, the somber tone is anchored by the death of heartthrob Alexander Fu Sheng mid way through filming after crashing his car headlong into a concrete wall. Two hours later he would be pronounced dead. The script was hurriedly re-written to work around his character. An excellent opening credits sequence is a highlight. Highly recommended.
They have the final fight of this circulating on youtube! What a masterful peice of work! Can't wait to see the whole movie!
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