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"Revenge of Drunken Master" is one cheesy flick. Directed by Godfrey Ho, the most shameless of all kung fu directors, it's a bald-faced rip-off of Jackie Chan's "Drunken Master" (including a Jackie Chan sorta-look-a-like, Johnny Chan, in the lead). Its plot is practically non-existent, and what there is meanders all over the place. I did somewhat enjoy this movie, though. I have a soft spot for cheesy chop-socky. The English dubbing is really funny - I think the dubbers were enjoying themselves - and the last twenty minutes, which involve energy transmission via belly button, are trippy and hilarious. All in all, not a bad way to waste 80 minutes of your life. Well...I guess it is a… Read more
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As nearly anyone who is reading this knows, the original 1954 "Godzilla" - a surprisingly stark and bleak anti-nuclear allegory - was released in America in 1956 with 40 minutes chopped off (including most of the anti-nuclear material) and 20 minutes of Raymond Burr added. This DVD from Classic Media is the first time the original version of "Godzilla" has been released on home video in North America, and it's a revealation: gloomy and completely non-cathartic in its destruction sequences, the Japanese cut plays more like an art film than a monster movie; its thematic material and serious take on Godzilla make it arguable the best of the series from a cinematic perspective. The American… Read more
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Bruce Le, the notorious Bruce Lee imitator, made very few movies that were watchable, let alone good. This one, "Ninja Over the Great Wall" (the box calls it "Shaolin Fist of Fury") is one of his best. It's yet another movie in which Le has to fight the occupying Japanese Samurai in China pre-WWII, and there are times when it drags. However, it has some very memorable scenes (like the first ten minutes) and some above-average fighting, particularly in the Great Wall of China climax. It also boasts far higher production values than any other Bruce Le movie. All-in-all, if you only watch one Bruce Le movie in your life, you could do way, way worse than this. The DVD… Read more
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