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Summary: An old school martial art movie-classic!!!!
Review: This is truly a classic! I am an avid fan of martial arts movies, especially the old school ones from the 70's and 80's. This was the first martial arts movie I saw and I was only 12. 5 fingers of death at the time when I was 12 scared me! Especially with all the gruesome action that happened concerning eyeballs!!! and a head being carried around! this was a really hard core gory movie. But as an adult I understood the plot in those days of many movies- schools verses other schools, teacher gets killed, student takes revenge kind of plot, traitor student jealous of another student and schemes his way to the top, an enemy finally knowing the truth and warning Lo Lieh (I can't spell the characters' name but Lo Lieh was the star.) This was a good movie. If you like these old school movies then you'll like this one. These high flying wire and super fast action movies really don't appeal to me, it takes out really seeing and admiring the magnificent different martial art styles moves. I would buy the video because I am into collecting these old school martial arts movies. Thank you to who ever invented the video player and DVD's!! Now if these studios could get all these old school movies on to video!!! I'd be in martial arts heaven!!!
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Summary: One of those rare finds...
Review: This, like all early kung fu flicks, Rocky Horror, and a couple other films, is much more satisfying when viewed with a crowd. However, it can also stand on its own if you are just sitting home. This was back in the day when every teacher had a "secret technique" to show their student when all else failed. Another cliche duplicated later on: the guy who became the biggest butt kicker in the end was always getting picked on by every bully conceivable, even the other students at his school. Gotta love the glowing red hands, bad acting, and screwy dialogue. The fight scenes are actually well-done for a movie that had probably half the budget of Bruce Lee movies (and, of course, had no Bruce Lee in it either).
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Summary: THIS MOVIE IS SOMEWHAT OVERRATED
Review: A MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL FEUDS WITH ANOTHER MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL PRIOR TO A BIG MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT. IT'S UP TO ONE STUDENT [LO LIEH] TO WIN THIS TOURNAMENT. BUT, STUDENTS FROM THE RIVAL SCHOOL STAND IN HIS WAY. THIS MOVIE IS CREDITED AS BEING THE MOVIE THAT STARTED THE MARTIAL ARTS CRAZE IN THE 70S. BUT, THIS MOVIE IS KIND OF OVERRATED. WHEN YOU CAN'T ENJOY A MOVIE BY YOURSELF, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT MOVIE LOSES SOME CREDIBILITY. THE FIGHTS ARE OK, BUT THE MOVIE ITSELF IS HARD TO GET INTO. LO LIEH WAS OK IN THIS MOVIE. I JUST THINK IT DOESN'T DESERVE ANY MORE STARS TO THIS BEING THAT I NEED A CROWD IN ORDER TO ENJOY THIS MOVIE. UNFORTUNATELY, LO LIEH DIED IN 2002.
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Summary: Great Kung Fu Movie -- Mediocre DVD Presentation
Review: I bought the DVD hoping to improve the presentation quality over the letterbox VHS but there seems to be no improvement. This is a fun film which helped start the Kung Fu craze in the pre-Bruce Lee period, and is quite entertaining despite its creatively dubbed dialog -- lots of outrageous martial arts stunts probably achieved by off-screen trampolines and in one case by running the film backward. A great romp, spoiled by lackluster color and focus and a grainy, muddy tinge. Not terrible, but very mediocre DVD technically speaking. In this case, you get only what you pay for.
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Summary: broke alot of new ground for this genre but! 2.5 stars
Review: I just didnt care much about this film for a few reasons one the fights are extremly slow i guees thats how it was back in 1974,the lighting is terrible,and the video transfer is just crap!If you want it buy it on VHS it'll be alot cheaper and the picture quality cant get no worse.This may deserve a better rating due to its ground breaking achievments but I see a film as it is. I dont pay lots of money for imported films just for sentimental value!
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Summary: Five Fingers of Death
Review: If you want some over the top kung fu action with a little horror mixed in then you've got to see this movie ! A man can lose his eyeballs before he blinks.Anything you can think of to put in a martial arts flick is here,this is the stuff Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon is made of.The action gets kind of gross at times but you'll love it. Put this sleeper in your collection, you won't regret it !
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Summary: Overrated and boring
Review: This movie sucks, I don't care how classic it is. I think there's just a lot of hype surrounding this movie, nothing more.
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Summary: Lo Lieh has the touch.
Review: Lo Lieh was one of the best villains in martial arts movie history. So it's funny to see him play the good guy. In the classic tail of good against evil. Five Fingers Of Death will not disappoint.
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Summary: The original kung-fu classic...nothing comes close
Review: The original kung-fu classic Five Fingers of Death is not only the first of its kind but still is the best directed and choreographed kung-fu film to date. Most kung-fu movies today are all about special effects (Yes...even WITH the kung-fu). Yeah, I've seen it all: Martial Artists flying in the air thinking they can defy gravity. Others punching their foes so hard that they literally fly fifteen feet forward into a brick wall (again defying gravity). But what did Five Fingers of Death have? Trampolines! And that was only for jumping in the air! If it wasn't for that trampoline idea, future kung-fu movies would've never have thought of using other crazy special effects that would make their characters almost look like gods. But to be honest with you, special effects have gone too far in today's kung-fu movies. I say the more realistic it is, the better. Anyway...when it came to the choreographed fight sequences in Five Fingers of Death, you can tell that these martial artists were for real. Not only do you see Chinese fists fly, but Japanese samurai slicing foes! The fight sequences with the sword-wielding samurai were again, very realistic. I may be crazy but I'm pretty sure that the swords(if not all the weapons)in the movie were real. Why? Well if you study carefully at the movie, you notice three things:
1)When our protagonist Chao Hao had to fight the two samurai, they seemed to have swung their swords very sluggishly, as if it were heavy.
2)You would hear very authentic sounds from the steel of the swords whenever they clashed with other bladed weapons.
3)The blades would shine whenever the sun was around. Well, that pretty much convinced me. Even if the director didn't have real weapons in the movie, then you have to give the guy some credit for making it seem real. I'm a huge film critic and I must admit, the directing in this film was masterful! You don't believe me? Well, watch the movie again and you'll notice this director has done many camera techniques(even for a low budget film)that only a master director can think of. Here's one example: *SPOILERS AHEAD!* When Chao Hao's old and new master dies, you notice that both turn green! Now why does the director do this? Well to be honest I'm not so sure myself, but I think it has something to do with the fact that they were both very close to Hao, and both were very wise. The director somehow wanted them to stand out, ya know, to make you realize that someone innoncent and important to Hao was dying. It could mean that, or it could be that they were just very pale after being tortured to death by that crazy villain. Either way, I thought it was a very interesting idea. *SPOILERS END!* I could mention many other cool camera techniques the director has done, but by the time I tell you all this I would ruin your fun with the movie and the review would never end! So I'm going to say one more thing and then I'll be done: If you're a big fan of kung-fu, then this classic is a must have. Don't overly expect too much from the film, but watch it with an open mind. Remember, it's the first of its kind. The action is excellent, the acting is great, the directing is masterful, and the film is original.
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Summary: Entertaining Flick, Impact on Kill Bill
Review: I just saw this movie for the first time, after watching Kill Bill sparked an old taste for kung-fu flicks. I was pleasantly surprised to find some influences that showed up in Kill Bill, especially a certain sound effect. Don't know what I'm talking about? Watch both movies to find out...
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