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      Odd Couple

      1979 1h 30m Action Comedy List
      Reviews 75% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Two bickering martial-arts masters and their respective students band together to fight a deadly foe. Read More Read Less

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      Anton Bitel Projected Figures Lau Kar-wing's mixed martial arts, mistaken identity extravaganza kicks ass - if only Neil Simon had written the script... Jan 1, 2022 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 5, 2005 Full Review Anton Bitel Movie Gazette Extraordinarily versatile fight sequences and weapons work - if only Neil Simon had written the script. Mar 12, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member My Rating: 3/5 stars; Grade: B-; Gesture: Thumbs Sideways; Status: Passable (Fresh); Emoticon: :-I. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic Sammo Hung weapons flick where he plays a spear student and a sword master. Which weapon is the best? Magnets. "Extraordinarily versatile fight sequences and weapons work." Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the oddest and funniest kung-fu flicks I have ever seen. Great sword and spear fighting scenes too, but Sammo takes the prize for most entertaining. "Mr. Rocking" was pretty good too for comic effect. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Awesome sword vs spear fights. End is just insane! INSANE!!!!!!!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member My only choices were the dubbed version or the original with no subtitles. I opted for the dub, but it only made this crazy martial arts movie better. Once every year at the Ghost Festival, the Master of the Sword and the Master of the Spear duel it out with their respective weapons. Every time, it ends with a draw. They settle upon a new plan, each will find a student and teach them their weapon skill, and ten years later they will fight to the death for their masters to see who is the best. Problem is, an old enemy of the masters returns to seek vengeance, and kidnaps their pupils in order to lure them out. A surreal little movie, as Sammo Hung and Chia Yung Liu play both the old masters and the young pupils. The weapon mastery is extraordinary and they also have some hand to hand at the end. It doesn't skimp on the action either, and it makes for a classic martial arts film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic wuxia style kung fu cinema with very creative weapons choregraphy. With Hk martial art cinema influentials Like Sammo Hung & Lau Kar Leung. It's worth noting that the film is very well shot and put together is it's one of those few actors played many different characters at once films. Where it's all down to doubles and clever camera work to keep the conitinuinty going. As Sammo plays the Sword master who teaches sword to a young Lau Kar Leung. While Lau also plays a spear master who trains a young sammo. And the choreography and camera work is very well put together for the second to finale fight scene with all 4 of the character battling. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Two bickering martial-arts masters and their respective students band together to fight a deadly foe.
      Genre
      Action, Comedy
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 25, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 30m